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Sundown Towns

I removed the following passage: "Historically Edina was a completely white "Sundown Town," as was recently revealed by the historian James W. Loewen in Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, pages 7 and 23. In such towns Black people were not allowed to spend the night for fear of being run out of town or suffering violence,"

Those sentences are based on a careless reading of Lowen's book. Loewen does call Edina a "Sundown Town" on page 7 and 23 of his book, but in the book, the term Sundown Town is used somewhat broadly. There is no specific indication in the book that violence generally threatened black people after dark at any time in Edina. (If black people were in fact not allowed in Edina after dark, I would be interested to see a historical reference; Loewen does not provide one.) The specific information on Edina in Loewen's book is about racist covenants for residents of the Country Club neighborhood (in which home-buyers in the new (early 20th cent.) development promised not to rent, lease, or sell to non-whites or to allow non-white residents other than servants), and about Edina's pioneering use of zoning ordinances to keep out low income housing. These might be interesting topics for article inclusion, but I would suggest that someone do more careful research than can be done with Loewen's book alone. (Loewen's book is large, but with few exceptions, the information in it on any one given town such as Edina is pretty sketchy.)

Also, Loewen's book is not a good source for the claim that Edina was at any time "all white". From page 417: "...it seems as though there had always been a few African Americans in Grosse Pointe, Edina, or Beverly Hills."

Finally, I'm not sure it's correct to call James Loewen a historian. He's a sociologist. Aitch-a-elel (talk) 03:45, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Stereotype section

This section warrants immediate and permanent removal from the article. The information is based on heresay and adds absolutely no verifiable or valid information to the article.

the information was valid

Carl Pohlad lives in Edina?

Source? All the sources I've seen say he lives in Minneapolis. Pfalstad 01:30, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, so a lot of the sources cite him living in Minneapolis, MN, because a lot of people know were Minneapolis is as opposed to Edina. Here is the source i have, and i am going to add Richard Schulze (Best Buy owner) to the list as well. [1].--Geppy 04:53, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But that source also says that Carl lives in Minneapolis. Pfalstad 16:13, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, you must have read my mind, you already added Richard pfalstad!! I guass i should check the article page before the talk page.--Geppy 04:56, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The source you quoted says: "Pohlad is 88 widowed, and lists Minneapolis as his home." Not Edina. Pfalstad 22:21, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Carl Pohlad most certainly lives in Edina. I'm currently sitting in my house about a mile away and can drive over and take a snapshot of his house (his new one and even his old one across the street) if you would like. His son and their family are members of my church. --BenFranske 01:37, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

We need a source. I don't think taking a picture of his house would help. Pfalstad 03:08, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How about a picture of him standing infront of his house? :)--Gephart 05:42, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That would do it. No, he would have to be holding a sign saying "this is my house". :) Actually I found a source that he lives in Edina, or he did in 1997: [2] [3] Pfalstad 18:12, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank goodness for political campaign contributions! I found site with Federal Elections Commission disclosure forms where he lists Edina as his home address for 2004, 2005 and 2006. See the entire list or most recent filing. --BenFranske 01:30, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Clean Up

All that needs to be cleaned up is the history and naming of Edina. I have copy edited the rest of the article. I will get to these eventually, but i can do no more at this moment. So anyone looking at the tag and wondering what they can do, you can work on those sections, because the rest of pretty much already done. LETS MAKE THIS ARTICLE BETTER THAN THE St. Louis Park ARTICLE PEOPLE!! Thankszoreos.--Geppy 23:14, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Removed image, map on Minnesota with dot representing Edina, MNMap-doton-Edina.png --Geppy 00:19, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ALMOST DONE!! All i have left to do is the history section, rewrite the first paragraph and proof read. Then the clean up tag can be removed.--Geppy 08:48, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

CLEAN-UP FINISHED.--Geppy 02:23, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Techpower in Edina?

Is Techpower a major employer in Edina? They may have moved but on their website the address is James Ave. in Bloomington. --BenFranske 01:52, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I couldnt find anything that said they lived in Edina either (including their website). It was part of an old list that was on prior to me cleaning up the article. I say we go ahead and remove it if their website says Bloomington.--Gephart 05:30, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Edinans(Cake Eaters)?

What is someone that is from Edina called? Edinan? Edinite? Does anyone know? Deyyaz ^{[ Talk | Contribs ]} 03:28, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

An Edina Resident.--Gephart 13:17, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the quick response.Deyyaz ^{[ Talk | Contribs ]} 02:11, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you were looking for the colloquial terms, the Edina residents are called Edinaians, or, more pejoratively, Cake Eaters. Blingice 18:33, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

theyre called cake eaters

theyre called Ediners

they are called Ediners since Edina is not a rich suburb anymore (compared to the other suburbs in Minnesota)

Template for a U.S. City

For those are working on editing and expanding this article, please follow the Template for a U.S. City. As it is, this article does not conform with that format. Thanks!--Daveswagon 09:37, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them." So f*ck you Daveswagon!!!

Triva Section

The majority of the Trivia Section appears to be about famous/notable Edina residents. As trivia sections are discouraged, perhaps the section should be renamed and trimmed accordingly? (e.g. The Southdale reference is already redundant, as it is covered above in the shopping section.) Elcobbola 17:57, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've created the "Notable Edinians" section and altered the trivia section accordingly. Elcobbola 16:50, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just wanted to drop a note about my removal of two trivia items. I want to assert and assure that the removal was not politically motivated (both mentioned George W. Bush). There was a mention of President Bush visiting a private residence as a fundraiser and a mention of a book being given to him as a present from Edina. The references are not notable and only indirectly pertain to the City of Edina. If they must be mentioned, the “visit reference” would fit better on the Republican Party or George W. Bush pages and the “Lest We Forget” reference” on a “Lest We Forget” page (the current lack of such a page further demonstrates the lack of notability for this reference). Elcobbola 20:38, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

History Section

I made some substantial changes to the History section. I removed the first two paragraphs, as they did not pertain to the history of Edina but, rather, Minnesota/Hennepin/Minneapolis. I’ve replaced them with a link to the main article on Minneapolis history, The remainder of the changes were primarily to remove redundancy and better organize the section. Elcobbola 15:33, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:33, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Places of Worship

Apparently there are only Christians in Edina. Someone care to add some non-christian places of worship to the new section? Kirkmona (talk) 03:29, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]