Neighborhoods

Minneapolis Downtown East development: The Yard, and the Vikings stadium

By David Levinson, Streets.MN

In a veritable bacchanalia of developments, we have seen three major inter-related activities in Minneapolis’s Downtown East:

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MN VIDEOS | Art-a-Whirl 1996: What the first year looked like

By Jay Gabler, MN Videos

Art-a-Whirl, now the largest art crawl in the country, had its start in 1996. John Akre was then a volunteer at MTN, and created a 40-minute documentary about the new Northeast Minneapolis event. He's now edited the documentary down to a more concise five minutes to provide this peek into the past.

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Clean up Lake Hiawatha tonight, attend Mosaic Fest tomorrow

By Tesha Christensen, Neighborhood Notes

There are two community events planned in the Standish-Ericsson neighborhood this week.

SHORELINE CLEAN-UP

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Let's stop calling people "NIMBYs"

By Nick Magrino, Streets.MN

In my first post here, I come to you, oh humble readers of streets.mn, hoping to change your mind about one of the trendy words we urbanists throw around too often.

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North Side murals brighten Minneapolis neighborhood

By Tammy Ward, TC Daily Planet

Harrison Neighborhood Mural located on the side of 1900 Glenwood Ave. N. That is the corner of Glenwood and Morgan. (All photos by Tammy Ward)

My name is Tammy Ward and I live in North Minneapolis, in the Harrison Neighborhood. 

I have lived here almost four years and have seen many changes.  Harrison is truly a vibrant and upcoming neighborhood. Change is steadily happening in a positive direction. I decided to show in pictures the eclectic feel of Harrison though murals painted on some of the buildings in the neighborhood.  

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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Doodle Bird Design + Gifts opens in Ericsson neighborhood

By Tesha Christensen, Neighborhood Notes

Doodle Bird is located at the intersection on 28th Ave. and 42nd St.

A new gift shop has moved to the 42nd St./28th Ave. intersection.

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Powderhorn Park 'Community Sing' lifts spirits

By Terry Carter and Ron Thums, KFAI Radio

With the slow but sure progress we’ve made towards warmer weather, a lot of outdoor activities are finally getting started.

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Marking progress—two years after the Northside tornado

By Douglas Fehlen, Camden News

Two deaths, dozens of injuries, hundreds of families displaced, thousands of trees lost and millions of dollars in damage. These numbers only begin to describe the effects of the tornado strike on May 22, 2011. Residents of Jordan, Folwell and Webber-Camden were among those most affected along the tornado’s 3.5-mile path, and it is in these neighborhoods where the storm’s destructiveness remains most evident two years later.

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