Rhoda Lewin Papers on the Kenwood Park Neighborhood Center
Description of Contents
The collection includes newspaper clippings; petitions; correspondence; proposals; news releases; statements; programs; park board Capital Improvement Program, 1981-1985; and minutes from various meetings. The newspaper clippings discuss the proposed plans, controversy, and beginning of construction. The correspondence, news releases, proposals, petitions, statements, programs, and capital improvement plan give vivid detail of the back and forth dialogue and controversy between the City of Minneapolis, the park board, and Kenwood residents.
Dates
- Creation: 1979 - 1985
Creator
- Kenwood Park Citizens Planning Committee (Organization)
Access
The collection is available for use in Special Collections at Minneapolis Central Library during the department's open hours.
History
The Kenwood Park Neighborhood Center was a contentious and controversial construction project that met both significant opposition and support from Kenwood residents in the planning stages from 1979-1983. Opposition came in the form of a lawsuit against the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and the City of Minneapolis by Kenwood residents Charleen Bacigalupo, Michael Bress, and Betty Lillehei. Support came in the form of a Kenwood Park Citizens Planning Committee, which also consisted of Kenwood residents. Eventually, the proposed plan won out in 1983, due to majority neighborhood support and financial difficulties for the opposition in court. The Kenwood Park Neighborhood Center was completed in 1984.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Donor Information
The materials date from 1979-1985 and were given by Rhoda Lewin, a Kenwood Park Citizens Planning Committee member, as accession 2000.182.
Subject
- Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (Organization)
- Title
- Rhoda Lewin Papers on the Kenwood Park Neighborhood Center
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Hennepin County Library Special Collections Repository
Minneapolis Central Library
300 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis MN 55401 U.S.A.
612-543-8200
specialcoll@hclib.org