Macalester-Groveland, Saint Paul

The neighborhood began to develop in the 1890s as streetcars were extended to the area. Other areas began filling in during the 1920s, resulting in different development patterns. The development in the 1920s and after was later than in other parts of Saint Paul, and resulted in buildings more oriented around private automobile travel and commercial areas mostly at public streetcar corners. A subarea of the neighborhood is called Tangletown for its curvy streets that contrast with the rest of the city's grid. In the 1880s Macalester College moved to what was then Saint Paul's western suburbs. Lots in Tangletown were intended to fund the endowment for Macalester, but that plan failed. The area developed gradually with many different architectural styles. ==Notable residents==

In the 1920s, hundreds of neighborhood residents attempted to intimidate African-American civil rights activist Nellie Griswold Francis and her husband William T. Francis from moving into the neighborhood. Charles Schulz grew up in the neighborhood as well as in nearby Union Park and Highland Park. ==References==