Two new, related manuscripts collections are now available for use:

Lowertown Redevelopment Corporation Records, 1961-2007
(bulk of the records is between 1978 and 2006).
56.5 cubic feet (57 boxes).
MHS call number: ALPHA (see the green Alpha manuscripts notebooks for a list of the boxes and locator numbers, or use the online inventory).

Records of a St. Paul-based non-profit corporation that, working in partnership with the city and the private sector, developed and worked to bring to fruition a development strategy for Lowertown, a run-down 18-block historic warehouse district located at the eastern end of downtown St. Paul, with the goal of preserving and renovating historic sturctures, ensuring that new construction was compatible with existing historic buildings, attracting new business ventures and investment, and creating housing and entertainment venues in the area.

Weiming Lu Papers, 1963-2007
14.5 cubic feet (15 boxes).
MHS call number: ALPHA (see the green Alpha manuscripts notebooks for a list of the boxes and locator numbers, or use the online inventory).

Personal papers of a Chinese-American urban planner who for many years served as executive director of the Lowertown Redevelopment Corporation in St. Paul. The collection includes information on Corporation projects, as well as on a variety of Chinese-American and Asian-American organizations and projects in the United States. The collection includes an autobiography of Weiming Lu entitled “Being a Global Person,” which is a PDF of a PowerPoint presentation.