Nicollet Mall 1970s

Nicollet Mall 1000 block north across 9th Street. (1970s)

From minneapolis.history on Instagram. 

Mary and Me

Photo taken by my friend Noel during autumn of 2010.

The Mary Tyler Moore Statue

Yes, The Mary Tyler Moore Show is my all-time favorite television sit-com. I remember Mom pointing out scenes of Minneapolis from the opening credits of the show as it played on our portable Panasonic television while she was cutting my hair in the kitchen on a summer night way back in 1970 or 1971. I was young enough to think that Mary actually lived here.

Photo by @mapledipped on Instagram as it appeared in Midwest Living magazine.

50 South 6th Street

Dale had a board meeting today at 50 South 6th Street.  The photo he took from the meeting room is looking south on Nicollet Mall toward 7th Street. 

The Nicollet Mall on a Rainy Day Part 2

Here's another I photoshopped version of my 1980 photo The Nicollet Mall on a Rainy Day that I tried to make look like a painting. My inspiration was Rainy Evening on Hennepin Avenue, 1902, by Robert Koehler which hangs in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. You should be able to click on it to enlarge it.

The Nicollet Mall on a Rainy Day Part 1

I took the above photo in 1980 and titled it The Nicollet Mall on a Rainy Day. As a kid I had a bubble umbrella just like the woman in the foreground to the left.

One of my favorite paintings from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts has always been Rainy Evening on Hennepin Avenue. I think I've loved this painting by Robert Koehler since childhood because it really captures a mood and also because it's a window into the past of Minneapolis. Hennepin Avenue looks nothing like this and hasn't for quite a long time. I like how the people are walking toward you in the painting. In my photo the people are walking away.

I recently photoshopped the photo I took more than 30 years ago to make it look a bit more like a painting. You should be able to click on it to enlarge it.

Return in the Rain

Just got back from a trip to Colorado today. We ran into a huge storm just south of the city and it was still raining when we pulled in the driveway. I like this photo I took in 1980 of the Nicollet Mall on a rainy day. Wow. Thirty-one years ago.

Minneapolis 1986 Part 3

Another shot from the roof of the Nicollet Center which was located between 6th and 7th Streets on Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis. The old J.C. Penney building is across the street in the lower left corner of the picture. On the bottom right side you can see where one part of Gaviidae Common was later built. The top of the Foshay Tower is peeking out from behind the building in the top right quadrant of the photo and the Campbell Mithun Tower is in the upper left quadrant of the photo.