Donaldson's During Christmastime (1957)

 

From minneapolis.history@instagram. 

The Powderhorn Park Monarch Butterfly

 Saturday, February 28, 2026

From Instagram

August 2025 - Minneapolis From the Air

Burroughs School and Mount Olivet Lutheran Church

 

Annunciation Catholic School and Kowalskis

Annunciation Catholic Church

Russian Museum and 35W

Diamond Lake Road & Lyndale Avenue South

 

Lyndale Avenue South near West Diamond Lake Road, Minneapolis. (1979)

Photo from the Minnesota Historical Society

The Tangletown Neighborhood is where I grew up in Minneapolis and this corner is on the western border of it. 

The Boulevard Theater is no longer in existence.  Although the theater is gone you can see the marquee in the far left of the photo. The marquee is still there but I believe the space is now used by a tutoring organization. 

The Red Owl grocery store chain is no longer in existance. The space is now occupied by Kowalski's which is also a grocery store. I miss the owl logo. 

The Salk Drug Store space is now occupied by a Starbucks. 

Foshay Tower

Information from the Minnesota Historical Society Instagram page.

The March Part 2 - Walking Back to the Car

 

It was such a beautiful day and it was great to be on the Stone Arch Bridge. I haven't been on it for years. 

The March Part 1

 

Dale and I went to No Kings 2.0 on October 18. 

We parked over Nord'East and had breakfast at the Aster Cafe. 

We walked over to the Stone Arch Bridge...

....and crossed over. 

We had a great time. 

Washburn Park Water Tower

 

Washburn Park Water Tower located at 325 Prospect Avenue, Minneapolis, MN. (1951) In the neighborhood where I grew up, Tangletown. 

Photo from the Minnesota Historical Society. 

Lake of the Isles

Picture I took of downtown Minneapolis from Lake of the Isles back on April 4, 2012. 

KFC

 

The first KFC in Minnesota at 2500 Hennepin Avenue. (photo 1978)

Remembering the Old Neighborhood

 Saturday, September 21, 2024

Took a walk around my old neighborhood where I grew up. Got some coffee at Starbucks which is in the old Salk Drugstore building. The church we belonged to growing up and one of the elementary schools I attended are just across from the coffee shop.

Next took my coffee and drove to Stevens Avenue and Minnehaha Parkway which is just a couple of blocks from the house I lived in growning up. We were down at Minnehaha Creek a lot when I was a kid. It was a great place to walk and ride bikes. I clomped around for a bit heading west toward the Nicollet Avenue bridge. 

We drive by this area so much but I haven't been on foot here for quite a while. In the above photo you can barely see the creek through all the growth on the creek bank. Like I said, I haven't been on foot here for a while so I could here the sound of the water moving which brought back auditory memories to go along with the visual ones. 

I headed back to where I had parked near the bridge pictured above and decided to continue my walk heading east and take the route I took to my other elementary school which was just a few blocks away. I walked under the 35W bridge and arrived at 2nd Avenue and "The Hill." 

The Hill was much steeper just beyond what is shown in these photos.  We walked over what was actually the top of The Hill, a lovely level wooded area that was the about the size of 6-8 city lots. There's now a retaining wall where our walk across it began.

What you see in the lower center of the above photo is where The Hill started to slope down to another large leveled area. The residence you see is where the playground began. The school was just beyond that. 

My best friend in elementary school, Josh, lived in the middle house shown above. This was the block just south of the school. 

The Guthrie Theatre's Endless Bridge

On Saturday, June 29, Dale and I saw Little Shop of Horrors at the Guthrie Theater. 

After visiting Gold Medal Park we still had so time before the performance to step out onto the Endless Bridge which is more of a huge balcony extending out from the threater. 

The views of the city and the river are spectacular. 

From the Guthrie's website: "The Endless Bridge, one of the Guthrie’s most noteworthy features, is a cantilever that extends 178 feet from the face of the building and hovers 55 feet above the parkway." (photo: Guthrie website)

Gold Medal Park

Monday, July 8, 2024

On Saturday, June 29, Dale and I went to see Little Shop of Horrors at the Guthrie Theatre. 

We got downtown a little early so as to be sure we found parking. This allowed us to take a walk around Gold Medal Park which is on the Mississippi River. 

I believe this sculpture used to be at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden which is next to where the old Guthrie used to been near Hennepin and Lyndale. 

                     

Gold Medal Park is expansive and creates an idyllic urban green space.