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100 years of literary lakes and legends BY CORINNE STREMMEL STAFF WRITER
“This Side of Paradise,” F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first published novel, would likely not have been possible without the summers he spent in White Bear Lake. The summer of 2022 marks 100 years since the writer and his wife, Zelda, spent a rather memorable summer at the White Bear Yacht Club. However, the town played a much larger role in launching Fitzgerald to the international fame he has today. It was 1919 when Fitzgerald returned to St. Paul. World War I had ended. His manuscript for “This Side of Paradise” had been rejected twice, and Southern belle Zelda Sayre refused to marry him unless he made something of himself. It’s safe to say the young Fitzgerald was under plenty of pressure.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda spent summers at the White Bear Yacht Club in 1921 and 1922.
That summer, Fitzgerald turned to his childhood friend, Katherine Tighe, to edit his rewritten manuscript of “This Side of Paradise.” “She was absolutely pivotal in his early success. The thing that really made him was ‘This Side of Paradise,’” said local historian and writer Mary Jane LaVigne. “She was a really critical reader for him, and made some important suggestions on.” Tighe, who was born just blocks from where Fitzgerald was born, lived in a house on Dayton Avenue in St. Paul for most of her childhood, but her summers were spent on Manitou Island in her grandmother’s home. According to LaVigne, the home, which dates back to the early 1880s, is still on the island today. It is now understood that it was that very home where Tighe and Fitzgerald SEE F. SCOTT FITZGERALD, PAGE 9A
From steaks to stakes at former Lakeside Club site BY LORETTA B. HARDING CONTRIBUTING WRITER
For a long time, folks flocked to the Lakeside Club at 10 Old Wildwood Road to enjoy a juicy steak and camaraderie in a rustic atmosphere. The establishment was an icon even before its building appeared in the movie “Fargo.” The restaurant stopped serving steaks several years ago when it closed. Now the only stakes are those that mark property lines and underground utilities. At stake for the developer is the need for variances. The Mahmood family, owners of the Lakeside Club, has sold the property to Hearth Development, which plans to build a multistory apartment building on the site. After the Mahtomedi City Council at its June 7 meeting voted 3-2 approving (council members Janes Schneeweis and Lily Melander were opposed) a site plan review of the multifamily devel-
opment and four variances, work will soon begin on the project. The city set 20 conditions for the developer to meet before the project could be approved. A two- to three-story 39-unit apartment building will soon occupy the derelict 4-acre site, 1.89 acres of which are developable. The rest of the property will remain wetland. The developer plans to offer one- and two-bedroom units at market rate, a 48-stall underground garage and 25 surface parking spots, seven bicycle spaces, a community room, a rooftop deck, a patio, a fitness center and a balcony on each unit. Trash will be collected inside the building, and all exterior lighting will be directed downward. At the request of the Mahtomedi Fire Department, two hydrants will be installed. The 30,000-square-foot footprint is smaller than the senior co-op that was proposed on the site in 2014 when the site was rezoned, a developer’s representative said. The total area of individual units will vary, ranging from 1,436 square feet to 10,241 square feet. Most
units will be from 2,500 to 5,500 square feet in size. The developers presented their initial proposal at the February 9 Planning Commission meeting, but were denied three variances by a vote of 6-1. The proposal was pulled before council could consider it at its following meeting. The developer made a number of changes to its proposal to present at the May 11 Planning Commission meeting. For example, a peaked roof was changed to a flat roof, the number of units was reduced from 41 to 39, and the north setback was increased from 5 feet to 22 feet. “Sustainable elements are vastly improved over February’s proposal,” said City Planner Hannah Rybak. Renters for what she called “a small boutique apartment building” will come from Mahtomedi or the greater White Bear Lake area. It’s important to move this project forward for the sake of housing
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An apartment building is planned at the old Lakeside Club site in Mahtomedi.
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