Minneapolis from the Air

Returned from Phoenix recently. Got some cool shots as the plane was coming in for a landing. Downtown is in the distance. Cedar Lake is center left, Isles is center, and Bde Maka Ska to the right. 

Bde Maka Ska

Lake Harriet

Washburn High School  & Justice Page Middle School (formerly Ramsey)

Lake Nokomis

Coming in for a landing. 

Washburn High School Part 4 - The Campus

From Wikipedia:

"Washburn is located on a 4 1/2 city block parcel bordered by West 49th and 50th streets on the north and south side and Nicollet Ave. S. and Pleasant Ave. S. on the east and west. In addition to Washburn, Ramsey International Fine Arts Center shares this parcel of land, with Washburn taking 2/3 of the space. In between the schools is A.E. MacQuarrie Field which hosts football games and track and field matches. In addition, on the Washburn campus is a green space known as the Mall."

"A tunnel connects the east side of Washburn and the west side of Ramsey, running under MacQuarrie Field. The tunnel transports heating and air conditioning between the schools. During the winter, snow melts directly above the tunnel due to the steam pipes within showing the tunnel's location. Decades ago, students used the tunnel during the winter when overcrowding forced Washburn to hold classes in Ramsey.

Washburn High School Part 1

I atten-

ded Wash-

burn High School from 1980-1984. The following is from Wikipedia:

"Washburn High School was built in 1925 to meet the demands of the growing south Minneapolis neighborhood. Construction for the new three-story building began in 1924 after the Minneapolis Board of Education purchased unused land in Washburn Park. Land next to the school was occupied by the Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum, now torn down and replaced with what is now Ramsey International Fine Arts Center. Washburn is located in the Tangletown neighborhood of southern Minneapolis at 201 west 49th Street."