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Boundaries for the Como Neighborhood of Saint Paul 

The Como Neighborhood of Saint Paul is bounded to the west by Snelling Avenue, the east by Dale Street and a stretch of Lexington Avenue, and to the north and South by Larpenteur and Maryland avenues. Como is an urban departure from its western neighbors near the river.

About the Como Neighborhood 

This ethnically diverse Como neighborhood is similar to Highland Park, with recreational activity thriving around the lake. The solidly middle-class residential area offers the opportunity to get more house for your money than in Highland while still enjoying biking and walking trails, a community golf course, pool, and, of study, the Como Park Zoo and Marjorie McNeely Conservatory. 

Things to in the Como Neighborhood 

When it's minus 25 degrees, and the rest of the folks in the Twin Cities are fantasizing about someplace warm, all Como residents have to do is step next door to the tropical park inside the glimmering glass Victorian Conservatory of Como Park. With one million visitors each year at the zoo alone, Como rates as the most-used park in the seven. County metro area. Easily accessible to residents by bike or foot, most of Como's attractions are free, although there are modest entrance fees to visit the conservatory, use the pool, or play golf.

Comon Neighborhood History 

Known as St. Paul's Garden District, the park also features miles of trails, a Japanese garden, a bandshell, and extensive picnic grounds. Throngs of picnickers enjoy summer evenings much as they did at the tug-of. The.cen­tury when they rode out to the lake in horse-drawn omnibuses. While the neighborhood surrounds the park and Lake Como, none of the homes are lakeside, although many enjoy lake and park views. The oldest houses were built on the lake's west side, some of them as sum­mer villas for visitors from the South. A row of impressive 19th-century Victorians overlooks the southern shore of Lake Como. Later waves of build­ing in the 1940s, '70s and '80s added Craftsman homes with sun-porches and moderately-priced bungalows close to Snelling Avenue. Today, about one-third of the houses are less than thirty years old. 

Resources and Information for the Como Neighborhood

The Minnesota State Fairgrounds is viewed alternately as an asset and a liability on the western edge of this neighborhood. A peren­nial controversy at State Fair time has to do with those residents who allow fairgoers to park in their yards. While this brings in extra cash for some, it also clogs traffic and turns the usually tranquil neighborhoods into noisy parking lots for almost two weeks each August.

The Midway shopping area is close by and has banks, groceries, and discount stores; Rosedale Shopping Center and the shopping centers along Highway 36 are north in Roseville.

Web Sites: www.district1O.comopark.com, www.comopark.com, www.ci.stpaul.mn.us, www.tcfreenet.org

Area Code: 651

Zip Codes: 55103, 55108, 55117

Post Offices: Como Station, 2286 Como Avenue Rice Street Station; 40 Arlington Avenue East (all post office branches can be reached at 800-275-8777).

Police: Western District Patrol Team North, 651-292-3512; South, 651-292-3549

Emergency Hospital: United Hospital, 333 Smith Avenue North, 651-220-8000

Library: Hamline Branch, 1558 Minnehaha Avenue West, 651-642- 0293

Community Resource: Como Community Council, 1556 Como Avenue, 651-644-3889

Community Publications: St. Paul Grand Gazette, 651-699-1462; St. Paul Pioneer Press, 651-222-5011, www.pioneerplanet.com

Transportation: Bus Lines: 5: Downtown/State Fairgrounds/Inver Grove Heights; 12: Downtown/Rosedale/Roseville; 17: Dale Street/Rosedale; 95E: Downtown Minneapolis/Bandana Square/ Downtown St. Paul