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The patio homes of BirnamwoodMay 31, 1970 Minneapolis Star Tribune ad for the Birnamwood Homes.
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Aspen Grove 2017Residential on Burnsville Parkway, near the former site of Billy Goat Bridge.
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Townhomes Kennelly CircleBack yard view of the townhomes on the Kennelly land Highway 13, Burnsville.
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Barracks become homes at Orchard Gardens 1949September 5, 1949 MInneapolis Star Article: In Orchard Gardens, 20 miles out on south Lyndale, four barracks stand side by side, each as different as their owners' personalities...
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Berkshire of BurnsvilleFrom their website: Location County Road 11 near McAndrews Road.
Berkshire of Burnsville is an active, thriving community that is close to both downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis via 35E and 35W. When you exit these freeways the gently rolling countryside beckons you home to this quiet suburban setting we call Berkshire of Burnsville.
Our townhouses have been carefully planned and designed for your comfort. We provide the convenience you need, the luxury you deserve, and the price you want. Vacation at home in the community building, use the swimming pool, sauna, whirlpool, exercise room, entertainment area, picnic area and barbecue areas. Also, on half block to a park with tennis courts, playground and softball fields.
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Berkshire Townhomes 2017Located off McAndrews Road and County Road 11, Berkshire offers rental townhomes.
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Berkshire Town homes 2017In the Burnsville the Early Years slide program (found on this site) an old barn appears in the first few slides... it was located on this site.....near 13901 Echo Park Circle (off Co. Rd. 11).
Berkshire of Burnsville offers studio, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom townhomes in a quiet suburb but just minutes from downtown St. Paul & Minneapolis. Homes feature an in-home washer/dryer, private patio, dishwasher, garbage disposal, granite counters, walk-in closets and free private garage parking. Pet friendly units available. Community amenities include an outdoor swimming pool, whirlpool, fitness center, sauna, party room and BBQ area with tennis courts and a playground nearby.
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Berkshire Town homes In the Burnsville the Early Years slide program (found on this site) an old barn appears in the first few slides... it was located on this site.....near 13901 Echo Park Circle (off Co. Rd. 11).
Berkshire of Burnsville offers studio, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom townhomes in a quiet suburb but just minutes from downtown St. Paul & Minneapolis. Homes feature an in-home washer/dryer, private patio, dishwasher, garbage disposal, granite counters, walk-in closets and free private garage parking. Pet friendly units available. Community amenities include an outdoor swimming pool, whirlpool, fitness center, sauna, party room and BBQ area with tennis courts and a playground nearby.
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Birnamwood townhomes 2017 photoBuilt by Pemton, these townhomes are located on Burnsville Parkway.
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Birnamwood Homes 1970A Sunday Ad for a new housing option in Burnsville. Note the price - the mid $30's....
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Birnamwood TownhomeAugust 20, 1970 ad for Birnamwood Townhomes, in Burnsville.
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Move inNovember 15, 1970 MInneapolis Star Tribune ad for the Birnamwood Townhomes.
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Neighborhood Bock party stands the test of time - Hayes Drive - North River Hills 2019 Neighborhood block party stands the test of time- by John Gessner August 16, 2019 Sun/Thisweek News
Hayes Drive event marks 30 years
No fan of split-level houses, Judy Corrigan never fully made peace with the one she and husband Kevin bought in 1986.
The young couple figured they’d stay in their Burnsville neighborhood for a few years before moving on up to a proper two-story abode.
“But because of the people here, we said ‘No way,’ ” Corrigan said. “So we added a little onto our house, and we’re still here.”
Corrigan and her neighbors will hold their 30th annual block party Saturday, Aug. 24, with food, beer, games, a bonfire and rituals that have survived the tests of time and neighborhood turnover.
The late summer or early fall event typically draws 80 to 100 people who live or lived on Hayes Drive, Hayes Court, Prescott Court or 27th Avenue. The neighborhood is in the North River Hills area of northeast Burnsville.
The houses began sprouting in the early ’60s, built by Pemtom, a ubiquitous developer in the city’s formative years.
“We still have original owners in houses along here,” said Corrigan, whose children are 27 and 30. Between the elders, people of her generation, their millennial children and the kids they’re starting to have, Corrigan figures the neighborhood encompasses four generations.
She and a few other block party veterans discussed the event in the backyard of Hayes Drive resident Earl LaMott, who has held neighborhood Christmas parties since 1978 and keeps a standing 5 p.m. appointment for anyone wanting to stop for a beer or glass of wine.
The block party was “the highlight of the summer,” said Connie Yandle, a neighbor of LaMott’s. “My kids lived for it. I lived for it. I loved it. It was talking to everybody that you didn’t always see, and lots of good food.”
Most of the events were held on a large lot comprised of LaMott’s and Yandle’s backyards, which share an underground pipeline.
Since her husband, Larry, died of cancer three years ago, the party has been moved up the block to the Roscoe and Berkowitz homes.
“They had the younger kids and the energy to keep it going,” said Yandle, who still has a hand in the event.
“I bring the beer tent,” she said. “We all take turns with what we bring as far as food.”
Some of the games and activities change from year to year but a few are sacred, including the “Larry Yandle Egg Taws.” Raised in North Carolina, Yandle presided over the egg toss with his booming, Southern voice, yelling “Taws!” at the paired contestants, who took another step back with each command until hands and pavement were wet with broken eggs.
“No one could say it like him,” said Earl LaMott, who lost his wife, Gail, to cancer in January.
Another of his neighbors has also died. Bill Bennewitz, who moved out of his home a couple of years ago, died July 1 at age 96. He was a Marine Corps fighter pilot who flew in some of the first air strikes over mainland Japan during World War II and earned five Air Medals.
Bill and his wife, Norma, were charter members of the church that became River Hills United Methodist Church at Highway 13 and River Hills Drive. He drove a school bus after retiring as a salesman for the A.B. Dick Duplicating Products Co.
“He was a great guy,” LaMott said. “I enjoyed him tremendously. Very humble.”
LaMott’s son, Tony, remembers the block parties of his youth.
“All the adults would sit by the fire and we’d just run around the neighborhood at night playing night games — flashlight tag and stuff like that — until we got old enough to actually sit by the fire and listen to the stories,” said Tony, 37. he said. “Larry (Yandle) would bring out the banjo or the guitar.”
A chili, salsa or appetizer cook-off is an annual staple. The winner’s traveling trophy, provided by Jean Schaefer, was one of her son’s old baseball trophies, retrofitted for the cook-off.
“It was pretty big. Things fell off of it and we just continued. For a few years it had salsa or peppers on it,” Schaefer said.
“But last year it was changed to a wooden spoon that’s spray-painted gold, so people are now happy to get the prize because they don’t have to drag that trophy home with them,” Judy Corrigan added.
The daylong event begins sedately enough with 9 a.m. coffee, a bike ride or even yoga, Connie Yandle said.
“And then we go for naps,” she said. “And then we tap the keg along about 3 or 4 o’clock. And then the cook-off. And then we do dinner usually around 5, 5:30-ish, and more games after dinner.”
Then a movie for the kids, the adult bonfire and, for some, a Sunday morning reunion for leftovers and cleanup.
“A house is just a house,” Earl LaMott said, “but it’s your neighbors around you that really make the place.”
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River Hills Begins 1963Shown are the first five of what is expected to be 1,000 home development at River HIlls in Burnsville Township. Prices range from $18,000 to $21,000.
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Perry Roth family planted yard with rocks and boundersSeptember 30, 1962 Minneapolis Tribune:
The Perry Roth's home in Burnsville (no address provided) is built of glass and concrete blocks with unique landscaping.
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Bristol Ridge 2017These Carriage homes are located on Plymouth Avenue.
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Bristol RidgeThese carriage homes are located on Plymouth Avenue.
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Burnhaven Woods 1979Exciting, new, luxurious model homes. Choice, close-in Burnsville location. Beautiful rolling land, with views that stretch to downtown MInneapolis. Located between County Roads 42 and 5.
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New addition is underway in Burnsville 1958May 29, 1958 the Dakota County Tribune reports: Burnsville Heights is the latest housing development of Grohoski's Suburban Builders of Orchard Lake - Savage Minnesota.
Located on land purchased from Martin Hayes, the development is on Old Lyndale Avenue (now County Road 5) and has Minneapolis telephones. It is in the Burnsville School District.
Mary Grohoski, secretary of Suburban Builders, said there are several model homes open for inspection on Sundays and several homes have been completed and are occupied.
All the roads will be blacktopped in compliance with the latest requirements of Burnsville Township code. There are 140 lots in the new addition. Suburban Builders have developed the Northview and Circle Heights Division.
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New symbol selected for South River HillsApril 25, 1974 Burnsville Sun
South River Hills will in the future be identified by this logo...
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Built 1880, an original Burnsville Home - Judical RoadOne of Burnsville's oldest homes, built 1880, at the corner of Judicial Road and Williams Drive near the site of the Berrisford Store and St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.
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Burnsville Woods 1999St. Paul Pioneer Press September 12, 1999 reports: The Burnsville Woods neighborhood appears to have no minuses. Or, more likely, the positives so outweigh the negatives, the negatives are hardly worth mentioning....Location - West and East Manor Boulevard. Homes were built in the late 1970s, 38 single family homes in a four block area, served by Vista View, Joseph Nicollet and the Burnsville High School.
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Butler Homes 1967June 4, 1967 ad for Butler Homes on Nicollet Avenue.
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Butler HomesButler Homes - April 1 at7, 1966 a brand new area in Burnsville at Nicollet and 130th and Parkwood South. Homes start at $18,800.
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North River Hills developmentThis early photo of North River Hills comes from an informational brochure prepared for the city.
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Burnsville by Air - River Hills 1980sShowing both North and South River Hills, Highway 13, entry street Galtier and River Hills Drive, River Hills United Methodist Church,
Sioux Trail School and the Minnesota River. Photo compliments of the City of Burnsville.
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The Villages of River WoodsThe Villages of River Woods, 2019.
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Berkshire of BurnsvilleFrom their website: Location County Road 11 near McAndrews Road.
Berkshire of Burnsville is an active, thriving community that is close to both downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis via 35E and 35W. When you exit these freeways the gently rolling countryside beckons you home to this quiet suburban setting we call Berkshire of Burnsville.
Our townhouses have been carefully planned and designed for your comfort. We provide the convenience you need, the luxury you deserve, and the price you want. Vacation at home in the community building, use the swimming pool, sauna, whirlpool, exercise room, entertainment area, picnic area and barbecue areas. Also, on half block to a park with tennis courts, playground and softball fields.
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Walden HomesWalden Townhomes sign.
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Birnamwood TownhomesSeptember 27, 1970 Minneapolis Star Tribune ad:
How can anything as beautiful as Birnamwood be such a good buy?
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