UPDATE, Feb. 18, 2025 – YAY! St. Louis Park’s city council unanimously voted YES on a zoning plan amendment that included a recommendation to rezone Rock Island Park’s north meadow to ‘park and open space.’ Read more What’s next? As part of a citywide rezoning project, the city will rezone the land to either park…
Graeser Park is now on the National Register of Historic Places! December 23, 2025 After years of careful restoration, the National Park Service has added Lilac Way’s Graeser Park in Robbinsdale to the National Register of Historic Places! This MnDOT-owned park is managed through the Historic Roadside Properties and Wayside Program. Read the blog article or download MnDOT’s…
Graeser Park’s Preservation Celebration was just perfect. This event showcased the completion of MnDOT’s recent major preservation and restoration project. Andrea Weber, Manager of MnDOT’s Historic Roadside Properties Program, spoke of the park’s history and its importance in the community. This wonderful event featured a concert by the Robbinsdale City Band under the direction of…
Join us to celebrate the completed restoration of Graeser Park! Free, open to all with a concert by the Robbinsdale City Band. Now that MnDOT’s Historic Roadside Properties Program has completed almost three years and $500,000 of detailed work, the community is ready to celebrate. Where: Graeser Park, West Broadway & Lakeland Avenue North, Robbinsdale,…
MnDOT has brought treasured Lilac Way park back to life. In 2021, Program Manager Andrea Weber at MnDOT’s Historic Roadside Properties Program thoughtfully planned a three-phase project to preserve and restore Lilac Way’s Graeser Park in Robbinsdale, MN. With a keen attention to detail and adherence to the National Park’s Service’s Historic Preservation Standards and…
UPDATE! We’ve made history. On May 1, 2023, St. Louis Park’s City Council voted YES to Rock Island Park. The city accepted the park’s south parcel from MnDOT for $0 to use as a public park, and purchased the north parcel for $187,000 with no use restrictions. Read more Read long-awaited Rock Island Park updates…
May 1, 2022. Graeser Park’s preservation project, launched by MnDOT in fall of 2020, will continue when spring arrives. It was a drizzly 43° when I visited on May Day. The average temperature is 64°, so we are quite a bit behind schedule. Already completed is initial preservation of the historic beehive fireplace and reconstruction…
UPDATE! We’ve made history. On May 1, 2023, St. Louis Park’s City Council voted YES, saving Rock Island Park’s historic rock garden from development. The city accepted the park’s south parcel from MnDOT for $0 to use as a public park, and purchased the north parcel for $187,000 with no use restrictions. The north parcel…
UPDATE! We’ve made history. On May 1, 2023, St. Louis Park’s City Council voted YES, saving Rock Island Park’s historic rock garden from development. The city accepted the park’s south parcel from MnDOT for $0 to use as a public park, and purchased the north parcel for $187,000 with no use restrictions. The north parcel…
Rock Island Park, Sept. 8, 2021. Looking east over the rock garden, one of only two left in MN. Rock Island Park, Sept. 8, 2021. Looking north to the park's open meadow. UPDATE! We’ve made history. On May 1, 2023, St. Louis Park’s City Council voted YES, saving Rock Island Park’s historic rock garden from…