Too Much Information

PN, if you asked me, I'd say you lived in Denfeld.

Here's a map of Duluth, neighborhoods and all, that might help you determine where you are. You can find it (and one of Superior as well--and the only complete map of Skyline Parkway in any book) in "True North: Alternative and Off-Beat Destinations In and Around Duluth, Superior, and the Shores of Lake Superior" (www.X-communication.org). And this map was approved by none other than Mr. Paul Lundgren, a native West Duluthian and expert on all things West Duluth/Denfeld/Geeky. Well, approved may be astrong word. He did look it over once upon a time and had no complaints that I'm aware of.

Also:

Gary and New Duluth were once two separate entities (some say they still are), and that is why it is now hyphenated: Gary-New Duluth.

Lakeside was indeed first developed as housing for Duluth's servant class. West Duluth was very industrial, filled with manufacturing plants (most of which can be seen on the murals at the Kom-On-Inn). West Duluth was indeed filled with blue collar folk, but not many of whom would have worked for Chester Congdon (except perhaps during the construction of Glensheen). He was a lawyer who's work involved developing mining in MN and AZ (copper) and agriculture in Washington (Chester developed the Yakima Valley).

Barrett is right: Most people from areas now called "Spirit Valley" and "Lincoln Park" hate the terms, created in part to make both neighborhoods "more appealling" for business / retail customers. And most folks use those same boundaries for West Duluth he provided: West Duluth falls between the Ore Docks and the Zoo. East of the Ore Docks (to Mesabe Avenue?) is the West End.

But I don't think Barrett is exactly right about West Duluth once being Oneota--I believe they were two separate townships, albeit right next to one another, and I imagine what we now consider West Duluth includes what was once Oneota.

It's rather complicated. What is now Duluth was once dozens of tiny townships, all competing to become the "big port town" everyone expected to develop.

Homework: who can tell me the boundaries of the Hillside: What's Central? What'sEast?

Extra Credit: Had another township--say, Endion--developed into what is now Duluth, would it make the work of Radiohead, Wilco, and Low less important OR even more important to comp[osition instructors who would rather surf the web in search of controversial music reviews than grade student papers, and if the Beatles hadf not played around in the studio would it have lessened the creative frustration experienced by Michael Nesmith as a member of the Monkees in a time before his mother became rich by inventing White Out, allowing him to experiment with film and music to help create what later became MTV? Discuss.

TonyX