Category: Minneapolis

Moving in a Time of Lockdown

Walking March 25, 2020. An eerily quiet Minneapolis/St. Paul MSP, walking towards the light rail station. Lane closed to traffic to promote social distancing, West River Road, Minneapolis. Behind the A-Mill artists lofts, across the Mississippi from our home. Railroad switch, a punch of color. I’ve only once seen a locomotive here; the train operator…… Continue reading Moving in a Time of Lockdown

Guthrie Theater

Looking through sleet across Gold Medal Park to the Guthrie. It’s no accident the Guthrie Theater is close to our home. The theater moved to its current home in the Minneapolis Mill District in 2006 next to the Mill City Museum which had opened three years earlier. At the time, the choice of new location…… Continue reading Guthrie Theater

Butler Square

Nosed around the Butler Square building on a Downtown walk. In 1978, as part of an interview for my first American job, I had dinner here. I was appalled the men’s room had a floor-to-ceiling window: I could see everyone while doing my business, uncertain it was a one-way mirror.

Scandinavian Sleek

On a walk with a friend, viewed the American Swedish Institute’s mansion from its Scandinavian-sleek restaurant.

Model of Downtown

The Minneapolis skyways were 80 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the streets below, so I walked the skyways. Spotted a model of Downtown in Cesar Pelli’s Wells Fargo Center. For me, the Wells Fargo Center seems outclassed by the restraint of Philip Johnson’s IDS Center.