Sorensen Neighborhood

Did you know? Sorensen Factoids Fall 06

Feb 24, 2007

- The Sorensen Neighborhood contains some of the oldest
development within St. Louis Park. The original subdivision near Central Community Center dates back to 1887.

- The Sorensen name honors one of the neighborhood?•s original families. Clyde Sorensen served on the St. Louis Park Police Department between 1948 and 1974, serving as police chief for several of those years.

- The St. Louis Park Trolley that ran from Minneapolis to Hopkins went through the Sorensen Neighborhood until 1907.

- Ours is just one of 35 neighborhoods in St. Louis Park.

- The average single family house was built in 1941.

- The SLP high school building is 50 years old. On Sept. 4, 1956, the senior class of 1957, along with members of the sophomore and junior classes, entered the ?’new school?“ for the first time.