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May/June 2018
Withrow Ballroom continued
wood – which gives the
space “an old-fashioned,
but modern look,” she
said.
One thing they haven’t
touched? The ballroom’s
wooden floors.
Mendele said the pre-
vious owner gave her
specific instructions nev-
er to wax the floor her-
self. He told her that the
dancers were supposed
to wax the floor with the
bottoms of their shoes.
It was one of Men-
dele’s first history les-
sons about the Withrow
Ballroom, which at the
age of 90 is one of Min-
nesota’s oldest ballrooms
— and also likely has the
state’s oldest dance floor,
she joked.
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An on-site apartment
has been turned into a
wedding party lounge/
dressing area.
Windows have been
replaced, garages ex-
panded, and a renovation
of the outdoor wedding
space “to boost appeal,”
she s