Dakota County's 1930 Reaction to Tokyo's 'Modern City Hall'

Editor's note: This is a new feature where we take a look at historic clippings from old Dakota County newspapers. 

Feb. 14, 1930: The times are changing, and Tokyo, Japan has a new "modernistic" city hall that looks much like a building that could be constructed one town over, rather than a continent away.  

This image, printed in the West St. Paul Booster and Dakota County Globe newspaper, leads the front page.

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