Lowertown Community

Saint Paul’s Lowertown Arts District is a vibrant community. Recently cited as “hippest zipcode” in the nation, and the most romantic city in North America, Saint Paul — and our Lowertown neighborhood in particular — has a great balance of urban sophistication and down-to-earth charm for working artists and their families.

The newest features of our neighborhood include the Metro Transit Green Line light rail train service and CHS Field, home of the Saint Paul Saints minor league baseball team.  We’re right next door to the Green Line’s first transit station (which helps get people to our building), and a few blocks from CHS Field.

But there’s so much more! Here’s a sampling.

General Community • Arts & Culture Information

• About Lowertown in General

• CHS Field - Public Art

• Lowertown Underground Artists

• Lowertown Community Site

• Lowertown First Fridays

• Minnesota Children’s Museum

• Minnesota History Center

• Minnesota Museum of American Art (The ‘M’)

• Minnesota State Arts Board

• Saint Paul Art Collective

• Saint Paul Art Crawl

• Saint Paul Skyway System — One block from our alley entrance!

• Saint Paul Union Depot

• Science Museum of Minnesota

• Springboard for the Arts

Bars and Restaurants

Within a few blocks walking distance:

• Barrio — Mexican

• Big River Pizza — Most excellent pizza

• Bin — Wine bar, great food

• Black Dog — Coffee Shop/Restaurant with live music most evenings, gluten-free-friendly

• Bulldog — Sports bar

• Buttered Tin — Breakfast/Lunch

• The Java Express — Union Depot coffee shop and café

• Per•ke•lat — Very close, Skyway coffee shop, open business weekdays, M-F

• Saint Dinette — Creative cocktails, excellent menu, and a bright, comfortable space

• Urban Wok — Fast, casual Asian

We also have some great delivery options for when we feel sedentary:

• Pizza Lucé — Fabulous pizza, free delivery, gluten-free options

• Sawatee — Voted “Best Thai of 2012”, downtown location, free delivery, gluten-free options

• Bite Squad — FABulous food delivery service partnering with dozens of restaurants that don't normally deliver. Fee for delivery based on distance.

More options are listed at the Lowertown Landing website.

Grocery

• Saint Paul Farmer’s Market — Right next to us! Open Saturdays and Sundays in season and some Saturdays in winter

• Lunds & Byerlys — About ten blocks away

• Target —Three locations 10-15 minutes away by car or public transport: Midway (University and Hamline); West Saint Paul (Robert Street); East Saint Paul (White Bear and Burns Avenues, easy off I94)

• Trader Joe’s — About 15 minutes away, off 35E just south of downtown at Randolf and Lexington

Performing Arts

• The Baroque Room

• Classical Ballet Academy

• Fitzgerald Theater

• Nautilus Music Theater — Run by Co-op member/owner Ben Krywosz, just a couple blocks away

• Ordway Theater — Major 1400 seat theater, home of the Saint Paul Orchestra

• Xcel Energy Center — Entertainment and sports venue

• School of Rock

• Sendero Flamenco

• Studio Z

• Zeitgeist

Parks & Recreation

• Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary

• Harriet Island Regional Park

• Indian Mounds Regional Park

• Irvine Park

• Mears Park — Our Lowertown park, home to many music & art events

• Raspberry Island Regional Park

• River Walk — Great for walking/biking/rollerblading

• Saint Paul Parks & Zoos

• Saint Paul Saints Baseball Park — Just a few blocks away

• YMCA Downtown — Just three blocks away

• Dog Parks

  • Battle Creek Dog Park — Large forested dog park, 15 mins in car out hwy 94 east

  • Lowertown Dog Park — Five blocks away, small fenced in dog park

  • OFF-LEASH: Arlington and High Bridge Dog Parks

Transportation & Parking

• Bus/Train

  • Metro Transit — Excellent online trip planner and mobile apps

  • Metro Transit Green Line — Light rail right next door

  • Metro Mobility — Transportation for disabled riders

  • Union Depot — Major metro and national transportation hub; Amtrak’s train station for the Twin Cities

• Car

  • Hour Car — Car share service, closest cars two-three blocks away

  • Zipper — Car share service, closest cars four blocks away

• Bicycle

  • Nice-ride Minnesota — Bike sharing service 

• Parking

  • Saint Paul Smart Trips — Fabulous downtown parking info, interactive and printable

Local Schools

The Twin Cities is a “magnet” school system where you can apply to go to any school in the district. More about Saint Paul Public School System.

• Elementary

  • John A. Johnson Achievement Plus Elementary

  • Charter: Urban Academy Charter School

• Middle & High Schools

  • Humboldt Middle and High School

  • Charter: River’s Edge Academy (environmental ed focus)

  • Charter: Saint Paul Conservatory of Performing Arts

  • Charter: Saint Paul Creative Arts Secondary School

• College, University & Continuing Education

  • Metropolitan State University

  • Saint Paul College — Community & Technical College