Minnesota: Parks for the People DVD

• Format: DVD, 55 minutes
• Publisher: Topics Inc.
• Usually ships in: 1 to 3 business days
• Product ##: 13617

See what the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area looked like when it was first being developed compared to today, and find out what it took to create the one-of-a-kind system that now boasts hundreds of parks in Minnesota: Parks for the People, which previously aired on public television.

Product Features

Meet the people behind the Twin Cities’ unique parks systems and see vintage film of parks and playgrounds from the 1800’s to today

How did prairie transform into city and then into leafy community parks?

Watch how Minneapolis and Saint Paul’s lakes change from winter to summer recreation in a few short months

Visit Oxford Field, which helped produce Minnesota professional baseball players Dave Winfield, Paul Molitor and Joe Mauer