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St Paul: Charles Schulz
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Put away the worries that this year's "Charlie Brown Around Town" public art project in St. Paul would be too much of a good thing. Last year's "Peanuts on Parade" doesn't seem to have dampened any enthusiasm for this summer's reprise. When it comes to the nation's -- heck, the world's -- love affair with the "Peanuts" gang and its creator, Charles Schulz, the public's appetite seems insatiable.
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Saint Paul is the birthplace of renowned author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, as well as the childhood home of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz (Peanuts) who, while born in a Minneapolis hospital, lived from infancy until the early 1960s in the city. Because of the association with Schulz, Saint Paul regularly has events centering around the Snoopy family, such as distributing painted and decorated giant Peanuts sculptures around the city.
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Ryan estimates that last year's Snoopys drew about 450,000 visitors to St. Paul and pumped $25 million into the downtown economy. After last year's successful tribute, Ryan wondered if another salute to Schulz would go over as well.
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