Migration to the suburbs following World War II prompted a building boom in housing, schools, and other amenities. Southdale shopping center in Edina was completed in 1956 by the Dayton brothers, who had set aside a 15-acre "medical zone" nearby. Carl Platou of Fairview Hospital saw a golden opportunity to bring medical care to the suburbs, and struck a deal to build a second hospital in Edina.
This photograph, taken in 1966, shows the Southdale medical zone with Fairview Southdale Hospital and medical clinic in the foreground, and Southdale shopping center behind them.
Creator: Norton & Peel
Publisher: Norton & Peel; Minnesota Historical Society Photograph Collection
Date: 1966
Identifer: location Norton & Peel 296251
