YMCA Building, Duluth, Minnesota, 1910s Print

Great looking hand-colored image of the YMCA Building in downtown Duluth, Minnesota, from the 1910s. Like many other historic buildings in Duluth, this building was demolished during the urban renewal craze of the 1960s. Duluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of St. Louis County. Duluth is about 65 miles south of the Superior National Forest and the Sawtooth Mountains. It is a hub for tourism and cargo shipping. Commodities shipped from the Port of Duluth include coal, iron ore, grain, limestone, cement, salt, wood pulp, steel coil, and wind turbine components.Duluth has a population of 86,697, making it Minnesota's fifth-largest city and the center of Minnesota's second-largest metropolitan area, with a population of 278,799. Duluth forms a metropolitan area with neighboring Superior, Wisconsin; together, they are called the Twin Ports. The city is named for Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, the area's first known European explorer.Situated on the nor