In about 1962 when I was no more than four years old, I remember sitting in our car as my mother approached Lyndale Ave. from what was probably Minnehaha Pkwy. I have a clear memory of seeing a strange, watertower-like structure atop an old building. And ever since then, I’ve wondered just where exactly that odd structure was located and what the building was. I knew it was somewhere near our house at 48th and Colfax, but finding out exactly where seemed too daunting to me. After all, I may had simply dreamt it! Well, just a few days ago I happened to amble into the lobby of what used to be the Boulevard Twins Movie theater, where they display some images of the theater and the surrounding neighborhood from bygone years. And one image stopped me dead in my tracks: There, in all its robot-like eerieness was that image that had so indelibly stuck in my head for more than 40 years. What a sweet revelation!
In about 1962 when I was no more than four years old, I remember sitting in our car as my mother approached Lyndale Ave. from what was probably Minnehaha Pkwy. I have a clear memory of seeing a strange, watertower-like structure atop an old building. And ever since then, I’ve wondered just where exactly that odd structure was located and what the building was. I knew it was somewhere near our house at 48th and Colfax, but finding out exactly where seemed too daunting to me. After all, I may had simply dreamt it! Well, just a few days ago I happened to amble into the lobby of what used to be the Boulevard Twins Movie theater, where they display some images of the theater and the surrounding neighborhood from bygone years. And one image stopped me dead in my tracks: There, in all its robot-like eerieness was that image that had so indelibly stuck in my head for more than 40 years. What a sweet revelation!