
Walking All the Streets of Northern Northrop
Max Hailperin is walking each of Minneapolis’ 87 neighborhoods, in alphabetical order — this week he chronicles Northern Northrop.

Max Hailperin is walking each of Minneapolis’ 87 neighborhoods, in alphabetical order — this week he chronicles Northern Northrop.

Max Hailperin is walking each of Minneapolis’ 87 neighborhoods, in alphabetical order. Minneapolis’s Northrop neighborhood lies to the north of Minnehaha Creek between Chicago and Cedar Avenues, extending as far north as 42nd Street.

The straggly eastern portion of Northeast Park demanded a collection of relatively straight paths past a shopping center, two cemeteries, and an aerospace company.

The western portion of Northeast Park was the focus for this first walk in the neighborhood. Unlike the irregularly shaped area east of Johnson, it has a grid-based layout, albeit with substantial gaps.

The river-adjacent portion of Minneapolis’s North Loop neighborhood largely corresponds to the Warehouse Historic District.

The mix in North Loop is no less eclectic than it once was, with lofts, sports, public facilities, a farmers market and supportive housing.

A walk through the East-Bank Wedge reveals surprising layers of Minneapolis history, from 19th-century banks to contemporary apartments and sculptures.

In his walking tour of every Minneapolis neighborhood, Max Hailperin details the bridges, architecture and other features of Nicollet Island.

This fifth walk in the Near North neighborhood includes eastern Oak Park and newer areas redeveloped around 1970 and re-redeveloped around 2000.

A Minneapolis writer is determined to walk each of his city’s 87 neighborhoods. This is his chronicle of Near North’s Oak Park area.