Greg Gaut

Reinventing the People's Library Greg Gaut

"Reinventing the People's Library" traces the history the Arlington Hills Public Library, one of the branches of the Saint Paul Public Library built by Andrew Carnegie, and its reinvention as the East Side Freedom Library, an institution dedicated to telling the stories of the East Side, including the Dakota who first lived here, the European immigrants who settled the area, the African Americans and Mexicans who came between the wars, and the more recent Southeast Asian, Central American, and East African immigrants who are revitalizing the area.