Fitger‘s History on Tap Tuesday, October 2
We are still overwhelmed by the remarkable turnout for the release of Naturally Brewed, Naturally Better—the Clyde Iron staff estimated over 200 people in the crowd! If you missed it, you’ll want to make it to one (or all!) of our upcoming events on the histories of the Twin Ports’ four major historic breweries. Next…
Read MoreThe Beer Book is Here!
Copies of Naturally Brewed, Naturally Better: The Historic Breweries of Duluth & Superior have arrived just in time for this Thursday’s launch celebration! Special thanks to Tobbi Stager and his crew at J.S. Print group for helping us get the book manufactured and delivered on time. Thanks to their pre-press staff, the images—all 585 of…
Read MoreFree passes to “Brewing History Bus Tour” at upcoming book events
We’re giving away tickets to The Duluth Experience’s new “Brewing History Bus Tour” at the book events surrounding the release of Naturally Brewed, Naturally Better. Fueled in part by history from Zenith City Press, the DE’s new tour “explores the stories of the Twin Ports pioneer breweries while sampling some of today’s brews along the…
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Get a sneak peek of “Naturally Brewed…” now—book release celebration September 20!
The word from our printer is we’ll soon be receiving advanced copies of Naturally Brewed, Naturally Better—and we can’t wait to show it off to you! The book’s 224 pages contain nearly 600 historic photos and lithographs, and you can click HERE to preview a portion of the book We’re launching the book with an event…
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Embracing Preservation Only When Convenient Means Losing Our Landmarks
The Duluth Economic and Development Authority recently announced it rejected all proposals submitted to redevelop the burned-out Kozy Bar and proposed its demolition. The Kozy was constructed in 1887 as the Pastoret Terrace. Designed by Oliver Traphagen, then Duluth’s premier architect, the Pastoret contained six opulent townhouses. By 1924, the townhouses were split into smaller, less-expensive…
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“Beer Book” update: Off to the Presses!
Four years after work began in earnest on Naturally Brewed, Naturally Better: The Historic Breweries of Duluth & Superior—and forty years after coauthor Pete Clure’s first started researching and collecting all things related to brewing in the Twin Ports—final corrections have been made and the layout files are off to the printer! The book covers from 1859 to today, telling…
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FREE Superior Street History Tours!
Zenith City Press has teamed up with the Duluth Experience and the city of Duluth to create free historic walking tours of Superior Street during its reconstruction project. The tour covers the portion of Superior Street undergoing renovation between Third and Seventh avenues west, exploring the history and evolution Duluth’s main thoroughfare and the stories behind many of the…
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“Duluth’s Historic Parks” winner of the 2018 Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for Non-Fiction
Zenith City Press is proud to announce that last night, Thursday, May 24, its 2017 release Duluth’s Historic Parks: Their First 160 Years, by Nancy S. Nelson and Tony Dierckins, took home the top prize in the non-fiction category of the 30th Annual Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards. This is Zenith City Press’s second NEMBA win…
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“Duluth’s Historic Parks” book—33% OFF OR FREE!
In Honor of Duluth Parks Day May 19, for the entire month of May our Duluth’s Historic Parks book, regularly $25, is on sale (on our website only) for just $16.50—normally $25, a savings of 33%!—and 5% of proceeds will go to the Duluth Parks Fund. BUT… you can get a copy for FREE by volunteering to help clean…
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Do You Know These People’s People?
Pete Clure, co-author of our upcoming book on the historic breweries of Duluth and Superior, has been collecting brewerania and research related to the Twin Ports’ historic breweries for nearly forty years. Part of his amazing archive is a collection of eight photos taken at People’s Brewery in Duluth in the 1950s. Unfortunately, we don’t know…
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