St. Louis Park, Minnesota

St. Louis Park is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota and a first-ring suburb of Minneapolis. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 44,126. St. Louis Park is the birthplace and childhood home of movie directors Joel and Ethan Coen. Other notable former residents of St. Louis Park include New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, author/satirist Al Franken, guitarist Sharon Isbin, writer Pete Hautman.

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Hennepin County, Minnesota - Suburb - Minneapolis - 2000 - Movie - Joel and Ethan Coen - New York Times - Thomas Friedman - Al Franken - Sharon Isbin - Pete Hautman

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The Pavek Museum of Broadcasting, which has a major collection of antique radio and television equipment, is also in the city. Items range from radios produced by local manufacturers to the Vitaphone system used to cut discs carrying audio for the first "talkie," The Jazz Singer.

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Pavek Museum of Broadcasting - Antique - Radio - Television - Vitaphone - The Jazz Singer

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