Cycled to the middle of the Mississippi on a former railroad bridge. The rest of the bridge, a swing bridge, has been removed.
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Green Box on Rusty Bridge
Posted Let’s Play “What is it?”—Green Box on Rusty Bridge.
Green Box on Rusty Bridge
[wp_quiz id=”1740″] I love to prop my bike against a railing on this iron bridge and stare at the rail yard below. The bridge is new, replacing another iron bridge that was starting to fail. Failing bridges are a serious concern all over the United States. The concern becomes visceral in Minneapolis with memories of… Continue reading Green Box on Rusty Bridge
Watching People Watching
Watched people watching Minnehaha Falls.
St. Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Cycled with a friend to St. Paul’s Oakland Cemetery (founded 1853), final home for many immigrants. We’re lucky to have a large Hmong-American population, median age 19.7. As many of us age out of the workforce, young, hard-working individuals will build
Making Way for Housing
Grain elevators made way for housing as we cycled through Nordeast Minneapolis.
Former Sporting House
Cycled past blossom partially eclipsing a former sporting house.
Milwaukee Avenue: When Citizens #Resist
Earlier this week a friend and I explored the length of Milwaukee Avenue in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis. In a city where an avenue can stretch for a hundred blocks, Milwaukee Avenue is just two blocks. I was struck by the rows of small houses built on lots that are a quarter the size… Continue reading Milwaukee Avenue: When Citizens #Resist
Milwaukee Avenue: When Citizens Resist
Posted Milwaukee Avenue: When Citizens Resist.
The ‘burbs
While a windshield was being replaced, walked across a landscape of functional structures and roads without sidewalks.