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Every city has a College Avenue, or College Street.  St. Paul is no exception, College Avenue is close to downtown, just two blocks off of Summit Avenue and one block from Mulberry street.  college Avenue is one block long and these condo's are the only homes on the street.  The building was built in 1898 . . actually there are two buildings, so close together that they look like one. They were converted to condos many years ago. I once lived a block away and remember when they were converted, they had been apartments.  There was a Mission school on college avenue in 1851, the mission is gone but the street is still there.

The school used to be where the history center is today.  The best view of this building and of downtown, especially at sunset is from the parking lot of the Arch diocese building.  The lot is on Kellogg Blvd and Mulberry Street.  If you have never heard of College or Mulberry, don't worry they are both one block long and no one has heard of them. . . except the people who live and park on them.

One of the things I always notice when I stand in the parking lot is the wonderful mix of old and new. I can see the church steeples, and the landmark center, and buildings that were built less than ten years ago and a couple that were completed last year. It is the mix of old and new that gives the area it's charm.