Welcome to St Anthony Park
St. Anthony Park is tucked into the northwest corner of St. Paul bounded on the north by Larpenteur Avenue, on the west by Highway 280, on the south by I-94, and on the east by the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Fair Grounds.St. Anthony Park is home to the Music in the Park Sunday Concert Series, Luther Seminary, and a shopping neighborhood that includes Micawbers Bookstore, Muffuleta Restaurant and The Bibelot.
History
Click HERE for a 2mb PDF – “The Geography of the Twin Cities — St Anthony Park” – a slide presentation prepared by David Lanegran of the Geography Department at Macalester College
News
There are lots of places to get news and information about the neighborhood. Sources range from our very local Park Bugle newspaper to regional newspapers and media outlets
Email list
We have a very active email-list that you can subscribe to (great for folks who are thinking of moving here, or new to the neighborhood). Click HERE to subscribe.
We’re just getting started with this. Try looking for the #SAPark hashtag. We may also try out the #SAPnews and #SAPinfo tags.
Several of our organizations have Facebook pages. Search Facebook for “Saint Anthony Park” to get started.
Local news
Park Bugle – www.parkbugle.org
Locally-based media
Minnesota Women’s Press – www.womenspress.com
Metro-area news
Saint Paul Pioneer Press – www.twincities.com
Minneapolis Star Tribune – www.startribune.com
Twin Cities Daily Planet – www.tcdailyplanet.net
Minnesota Public Radio – www.mpr.org
Libraries
A Carnagie library is a central feature of our neighborhood but there are other library resources as well.
Public Libraries
St Anthony Park Branch – www.sppl.org/locations/stanthony.html
St Paul Public Library – www.stpaul.lib.mn.us
Ramsey County Libraries – www.ramsey.lib.mn.us
Minneapolis Public Libraries – www.mpls.lib.mn.us
College and University Libraries
University of Minnesota – www.lib.umn.edu
Luther Seminary – www.luthersem.edu/library/
Parks and Recreation
Community Band
St Anthony Park Community Band – a volunteer band performing in our parks, nursing homes and around our community every summer. – www.stanthonyparkband.org
Recreation Centers
Langford Rec Center  30 Langford Park, St. Paul, MN 55108 651-298-5765 www.stpaul.gov/depts/parks/recprograms/langford.htm
South St Anthony Rec Center    890 Cromwell Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55114 651-298-5770 www.stpaul.gov/depts/parks/recprograms/stanthony.htm
Parks
Langford Park   Playground, tennis courts, winter skating rinks, picnic tables. 30 Langford Park, St Paul, MN 55108 Map
South St Anthony Park Rec/Playground – click HERE for more information
College Park   Tennis courts, playground 2123 Carter Ave, St Paul, MN 55108 Map
Hampden Park    Open green space 993 Hampden Ave., St Paul, MN 55102 Map
Community Organizations
Saint Anthony Park Community Council –Â promotes active citizen involvement in local issues, ensures the neighborhood has an effective voice in government decisions, and serves as a conduit for connections in our community. www.sapcc.org
The St. Anthony Park Community Foundation supports charitable and community activities serving the needs of the St. Anthony Park community, which includes St. Paul’s District 12 boundaries, the University Grove area, 1666 Coffman, the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota, and the Fulham block of Lauderdale.
Schools
K-12 Schools:
St. Paul Public School District – www.spps.org
St. Anthony Park Elementary (grades K-6) – www.stanthony.spps.org
Murray Junior High School (grades 7-8) – www.murray.spps.org
Central High School (grades 9-12) – www.central.spps.org
Como Park Senior High School (grades 9-12) – www.comosr.spps.org
List of Charter Schools in St. Paul – www.mncharterschools.org/aboutmacs_memberschools.htm#stpaul
Community Education
St. Paul Public Schools = www.commed.spps.org
Higher Education:
University of Minnesota – www.umn.edu/twincities
Augsburg College – www.augsburg.edu
Bethel University – www.bethel.edu
Hamline University – www.hamline.edu
Macalester College – www.macalester.edu
University of Northwestern — St. Paul – www.unwsp.edu
College of St. Catherine – www.stkate.edu
University of St. Thomas – www.stthomas.edu
Metropolitan State University – www.metrostate.edu
St Paul College (Community & Technical College) – www.saintpaul.edu
Luther Seminary – www.luthersem.edu
Worship
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church www.stmatthewsmn.org/ 2136 Carter at Chelmsford Avenue 651-645-3058
St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church www.saplc.org Como Avenue at Luther Place 651-645-0371
Bethany Baptist Church Skillman and Cleveland Avenues 651-631-0211 Bethany Baptist and Fillipino-American Morning Worship
Corpus Christi Church 2131 North Fairview at County Road BÂ 651-639-8888
Korean Church of St. Andrew Kim 1449 Cleveland Avenue 651-644-0992
Lutheran Campus Center 1407 North Cleveland Avenue 651-645-4561 Also houses the Center for Chinese Students.
Mount Olive Evangelical Lutheran Church 1460 Almond at Pascal Avenue 651-645-2575
Peace Lutheran Church Walnut at Ione Avenue in Lauderdale 651-644-5440
Rose Hill Alliance Church Roselawn at Cleveland Avenue 651-631-0173
St. Anthony Park United Church of Christ 2129 Commonwealth at Chelmsford Avenue 651-646-7173
St. Anthony Park United Methodist Church Como and Hillside Avenues 651-646-4859
St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church Cromwell and Bayless Place 651-644-4502
Businesses
The Saint Anthony Park Community Council used to maintain a list of businesses — but they’ve stopped. Click HERE for their site — and ask whether they plan to revive the list.  I’ll link to it if they do.