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
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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
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The ‘burbs
While a windshield was being replaced, walked across a landscape of functional structures and roads without sidewalks.
Milwaukee Avenue Historic District
“Discovered” the Milwaukee Avenue Historic District: two car-free city blocks of small homes built in the 1890’s. I’m left wondering what other gems I’ve missed in our neighborhood.
Wild River
Cycled across a roiling Mississippi.
The Restorative Power of Ice Cream
Walked next door to Izzy’s to experience the restorative power of ice cream.
Lobby Invasions
Continued invading lobbies with a friend. Walked along Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, testing interesting-looking doors. If a door opened, we walked in. This 60-foot media wall at the Baker Center played to an audience of two.