Rondo neighborhood

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The Rondo neighborhood is a historically Black community in Saint Paul, Minnesota, known for its vibrant cultural life and for being partially destroyed by the construction of Interstate 94 in the mid-20th century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rondo neighborhood canonical 2
Midway neighborhood 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic African-American community ⓘ
neighborhood ⓘ
affectedBy eminent domain land takings ⓘ
urban renewal policies ⓘ
commemoratedBy Rondo Days festival ⓘ
annual community celebrations ⓘ
hasActivism advocacy for reparative investment ⓘ
efforts to reconnect the neighborhood across I-94 ⓘ
hasCommunityOrganization ReConnect Rondo ⓘ
Rondo Avenue, Inc. ⓘ
hasCulturalExpression community parades and festivals ⓘ
jazz and blues traditions ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage African-American history in Minnesota ⓘ
civil rights activism ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Rondo Commemorative Plaza ⓘ
Rondo Community Library ⓘ
hasDemographicHistory center of Black life in Saint Paul in early to mid-20th century ⓘ
hasEconomicHistory Black entrepreneurship ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitutions schools serving Black residents ⓘ
hasEthnicCharacter African-American ⓘ
hasLegacy displacement of Black families ⓘ
loss of homes and businesses ⓘ
ongoing community revitalization efforts ⓘ
hasMemoryPreservation historical exhibits and markers ⓘ
oral history projects ⓘ
hasPlanningDiscussion proposals for a land bridge over I-94 ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic predominantly Black before Interstate 94 construction ⓘ
hasReligiousInstitutions Black churches ⓘ
hasSocialOrganizations fraternal organizations ⓘ
mutual aid societies ⓘ
hasStreetNameOrigin named after Joseph Rondeau (Rondo) ⓘ
hasTransportationCorridor Interstate 94 ⓘ
hasUrbanFormChange fragmented by freeway construction ⓘ
historicalEvent construction of Interstate 94 through the neighborhood ⓘ
knownFor Black-owned businesses ⓘ
being partially destroyed by Interstate 94 ⓘ
churches and social clubs ⓘ
jazz and music venues ⓘ
vibrant Black cultural life ⓘ
locatedIn Saint Paul, Minnesota ⓘ
linked to: Saint Paul

United States ⓘ
majorDisruptionPeriod 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
partOf Ramsey County, Minnesota ⓘ
Twin Cities Black cultural landscape ⓘ
precededBy a cohesive Black residential and business district ⓘ
symbolOf impact of freeway construction on Black communities in the U.S. ⓘ
racial inequities in urban planning ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frogtown (Thomas-Dale) → adjacentTo → Rondo neighborhood ⓘ
Hamline Avenue Station → serves → Midway neighborhood ⓘ
linked to: Rondo neighborhood
Thomas-Dale → borderedBy → Rondo neighborhood ⓘ