Northrop Neighborhood News and Events

Melanie Danke is our neighborhood correspondent in Northrop. Tell her about the garage sale, or the community garden - ask her how to register and get your profile on TC Daily Planet!

Melanie lives in the Northrop neigh-borhood, but crosses the river to her Two Smart Cookies shop in St. Paul. She is excited to be involved in community journalism as a neighborhood correspondent, and looks forward to hearing from you. You can hear from her on her blog, Plumb Tuckered Out.

Melanie says her favorite spots include, "Any of the many beautiful Twin Cites libraries... despite my habitually massive fines."

Contact Melanie at melaniedanke [at] tcdailyplanet [dot] net

Field Regina Northrop is conveniently located less than 5 miles from downtown Minneapolis just east of 35W, roughly midway between Lake Harriet and Lake Nokomis. Our neighborhood is bordered to the south by Minnehaha Creek, along which runs a path for walking, running, in-line skating or biking. The business district at 48th and Chicago is home to restaurants ranging from Mexican to Sushi and businesses ranging from hardware to tennis supplies. McRae Park and Recreation Center is the focal point for a number of youth activities; and in the spring the park serves as the location where the neighborhood holds a festival to celebrate the diversity of its residents 

(Description from livemsp.org)

For detailed demographic information, see the neighborhood profile from Minnesota Compass. 

 

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | New school to move into Northrup building while Northrup School remains at Ericsson building

By Tesha Christensen, Community Voices

The Northrup building will be home to a school again in 2014 when Hiawatha Academies shifts its elementary grades to the building.

A new school is moving into the neighborhood. Its name may cause some confusion with an existing school.

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Hello and good-bye to Dick's Metropolitan Carpet

By Ed Felien, Southside Pride

Dick’s Metropolitan Carpet is moving off the corner. Dick and Dorothy Pitheon have been running their business on the corner of 48th and Chicago since 1978. They started at 4737 Chicago and then in 2002 they moved around the corner to 809 East 48th Street. They’re moving on Nov. 15 to a new location at 5611 Chicago Ave.

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Activists accuse City of Minneapolis of using riot charges to discourage Occupy protests

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

City of Minneapolis prosecutors

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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Cedar traffic detoured to Bloomington

By Tesha Christensen, Neighborhood Notes

Cedar is closed between 42nd and 46th streets.

Cedar Avenue between 42nd Avenue and 46th Avenue is being detoured west to Bloomington.

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Phillips and Powderhown neighborhood calendar

By Staff, Southside Pride

Announcements

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