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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Portland People
Encountered a depiction of the people of Portland, Oregon.
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.
En Route to Miami MIA
Rode a train above yellow cabs, en route to Miami MIA. Next up: Lisbon, Portugal, on a rather cheap fare. Meanwhile, our nephews and their parents are in flight to MSP.