Video Archive: Duluth’s Lake Place Park — “the park in the sky” — under construction
From KBJR-TV, Oct. 25, 1990.
[Note: This video was removed by the YouTube user.]
You’ll notice the headlines from 20 years ago seem to mirror those of today. Before Barbara Reyelts’ piece on Lake Place Park, which starts 2 minutes into the video, you’ll see the president refusing to raise taxes, gas prices rising and ramp closures on local freeways.
Among the commercials at the end of the video is one for the late Senator Paul Wellstone, who back then was campaigning to replace Rudy Boschwitz.
That’s one of a series of four clips that encompass the entire newscast. You can find links to them all at the News Tribune Attic site.
KBJR newscast from 1990
At 5:42 of clip one is a Rudy Perpich campaign ad – He’s our G-O-V-E-R-N-O-R
Here’s a few photos of the construction from Tim Bergstrom’s Facebook page.
Lake Place Park.
Lake Avenue I-35 overpass.
“The Big Dig,” for the tunnel under and parallel to Superior Street.