Thread: Tell me about St. Paul, MN
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Old 11-26-2007, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Benzadmiral View Post
The Swede,

So Maryland Avenue is the main artery through Frogtown? West Maryland, or East? (I guess "Frogtown" got its name because a lot of French immigrants settled there?)

Looks to me (using the bird's eye view at http://maps.live.com/) like Como Avenue is a business corridor. Is that the neighborhood you're talking about?

It looks like my lead character (I hesitate to call him a hero) could pick up a car on Como, drive up Dale St. North to County C Road, jog west to Lexington, and take that the rest of the way up to Shoreview and North Oaks? How long would a drive like that take at, say 5:15 a.m. on a weekday?
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I would say Lexington, Pierce-Butler (or the RR tracks just north), Como Ave and University form the Frogtown 'hood -- roughly.

North Oaks is a hike, straight north. 15 min drive on a good day.
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