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CAP Board advances downtown baseball-park commemorative application to site-selection
Summary
The board voted to advance an application to commemorate the downtown baseball park (the “Pillbox”) to the site-selection stage after staff found the submission met subpart 2 criteria; staff noted historical consultant Pigeon Consulting raised questions about later site uses and broader urban-history context.
The Capital Area Architectural and Planning Board voted to advance an application to add a commemorative work marking the downtown baseball park site (sometimes called the 'Pillbox') to the site-selection stage.
Staff summarized the application (submitted 12/18/2024; revised 01/02/2025) and said the memorial would highlight the history of segregated baseball in Saint Paul — including the all-white Saints and the all-Black Gophers — and provide statewide historical…
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