Mears Park in Lowertown St. Paul has undergone many changes over the years. For one thing, it used to be a hill. The land was donated to the city in 1849 and leveled not too long afterward. It underwent a renovation in the early 1970s, and in keeping with the developments of that era, the park became a mostly concrete and brick space, with a few trees. In the late '80s, the city started over, and the park we're familiar with now, complete with a little manmade creek running through it, was... More »
