Merriam Park is pre-1940 Saint Paul — alley-platted, rear garages, a sidewalk on every frontage — sitting in the 55104 belt where the alley captain arrangement is most common.
Full width, to bare pavement, every frontage. On a corner that is two of them. The city clears and assesses about $280 after notice and reinspection — and a corner lot here quotes closer to $1,100–$1,400 a season than the $600–$750 a suburban house pays, entirely because of the ordinance. Why.
Never plowed by the city, in any winter, ever. Blocks run alley captains at $500–$1,500 a season, about $30 a household. The city maintains no contractor list and makes no price recommendations. The splitter.
The third is the roof. Pre-1940 Saint Paul housing produces ice dams reliably — simple eave runs over attics insulated long after the fact. Steam removal runs $400 to $2,800 depending on the roof, with the low end describing exactly this kind of house. The reason to clear it is meltwater getting under the shingles, not any real risk of the structure failing.
On snow emergencies, remember which city you are in: Saint Paul runs night and day plow routes, and the day routes are not signed. Whatever you learned in Minneapolis does not transfer.
Frontage, corner or not, alley access, and whether there are steps to the door.
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