387 MARION STREET, St. Paul Minnesota.
This episode spotlights the history of Frogtown's Western Sculpture Park. Now, a popular place for festivals and music gatherings, this land has belonged to the Dakota people for hundreds of years, ox-cart traders once occupied the land trading furs and meats, the land then became part of St. Paul's booming African-American community and business district, Rondo. During the construction of interstate I-94, in the 1960's the park fell into disrepair after the Rondo neighborhood was torn apart. In an effort to revitalize the neighborhood, in the 1990's Public Art St. Paul commissioned artists to create interactive art pieces in Western Park and developed art programs for youth. The park is open to the public and is now thriving.
