Tour: Rice Street
![Carnival on University Avenue (at Rice Street), St. Paul; State Capitol in background](https://www.historicsaintpaul.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/rice%20street%20pic.jpg?itok=TPURkjQt)
Located in the North End neighborhood, Rice Street began as a commercial corridor that served Saint Paul’s working class. Rice Street is unassuming; when it was rushed into being more than a century ago, there was no time for ornamentation or ostentation. Despite its utilitarian appearance, Rice Street has a character that is unique to the street and the North End.
Download the tour below and take a trip that reveals a rich neighborhood history with proud ethnic and working class roots. Rice Street was and is a street that works.
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