With the end of a yearslong lawsuit over historic preservation, the demolition and reconstruction of a St. Paul’s Hamline-Midway library will start this year. Construction bids are set to close Jan.

ST PAUL, Minn. — The St. Paul Public Library made an announcement Thursday and confirmed it will close the Hamline Midway branch at the end of the month. It will be demolished and a new one built in ...

A St. Paul library will close later this month for decommissioning before a new library is built in its place. The city says Hamline Midway Library will officially close to the public on May 28 so ...

Following 16 months of litigation, a Ramsey County district judge has given the city of St. Paul the go-ahead to tear down the Hamline-Midway Library and replace it with a modern library facility ...

Despite a successful effort by preservationists to win national historic status for St. Paul's Hamline Midway Library, Mayor Melvin Carter on Thursday said the city is moving ahead with plans for a ...

Two sides in an escalating fight over the uncertain fate of the Hamline-Midway Library launched separate salvos on Thursday, with the city announcing a closing date this month in advance of planned ...

A group of historic preservationists filed a civil lawsuit this week against the city of St. Paul and the St. Paul Public Library asking for an injunction to stop the demolition and rebuilding of the ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. A seeming last-ditch effort to stop the demolition of the ...

It may be closed for now, but at St. Paul’s Hamline Midway Library, what is old will be new again. “I think it’s a historic building,” says Julie Lentz, who lives nearby. “It’s probably 100 years old.