The Last Time Fridley Was This Hot ...

Tuesday is the hottest day in the Twin Cities in 23 years—since Aug. 1, 1988.

How long ago is that in Fridley terms?

• The 100-Twin Drive-in theater was a recent memory (razed in 1986), and it was 10 years away from becoming the site of Medtronic's headquarters.
• Cleanup from the 1986 tornado was just getting done at , along with completion of floating boardwalks, dams and ponds. 
• The was a year away from becoming an arts center.
• The was known as the Fridley Branch and had new landscaping by . 
• Brooklyn Center, Blaine, Spring Lake Park, Mounds View and Fridley had yet to build their joint Fire Training Center in Fridley.
• City-issued recycling containers were three years away.
• William Burns was not yet city manager (he started in 1989).
• Fridley City Hall was a year away from remodeling and rededication as .
• The city built a new auxiliary fire station on Old Central Avenue.
• McGlynn's Bakery had not yet bought Totino's Pizza Factory.
• Rice Plaza shopping center was standing and wasn't on Osborne Road yet.

Source: Fridley: Its History and People, available through the .