Dinner for 2,000 in St. Paul

It took a half mile of tables to seat them all in this public art project with a message (and a meal).

September 15, 2014 at 6:18PM
(Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Locally grown produce was featured at a meal for 2,000 in St. Paul. Photos by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/ Star Tribune
Locally grown produce was featured at a meal for 2,000 in St. Paul. Photos by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/ Star Tribune (DML - Star Tribune Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
The dinner table was the gathering place Sunday on Victoria Street in St. Paul. A half-mile dinner table, at that, which ran down the middle of the street between University and Minnehaha avenues as part of a project called "Create: The Community Meal."
The dinner table was the gathering place Sunday on Victoria Street in St. Paul. A half-mile dinner table, at that, which ran down the middle of the street between University and Minnehaha avenues as part of a project called "Create: The Community Meal." (DML - Star Tribune Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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