Reserve Block 40 — How Did That Little No-Name Park Get There?
The unexpected personal and community connections to be found by exploring a little-known park on the West Side of Cedar Lake.
Category: History
Community and connection: a history of 35th and 36th Streets
Lindsey Fenner describes the history of 35th and 36th Streets and the Black community disrupted by the building of Interstate 35W.
Call for Pitches, Paid Opportunities to Discuss Equity in Highway Design
Streets.mn is excited to announce that we are seeking writers, storytellers, photographers to research and write articles for a recently-awarded MNHS grant.
Walking All the Streets of the East-Bank Wedge
A walk through the East-Bank Wedge reveals surprising layers of Minneapolis history, from 19th-century banks to contemporary apartments and sculptures.
Minneapolis’ Twenty-Ninth Street Railroad Depression: Changes Over Time
Photos and architecture, historic and current, tell the story of growth and change in the heart of South Minneapolis.
Minneapolis’ Twenty-Ninth Street Railroad Depression Part One: Legal Battle and Construction
Archival photos and century-old headlines bring to life the fight to lower train tracks through the heart of Minneapolis.
Presenting: Ghost of a Chance
The first two episodes from a Star Tribune podcast documenting the journey of two early Black homeowners in south Minneapolis.
Lost South St. Anthony Park
South St. Anthony Park’s homes, businesses and even a church disappeared for Highway 280. What was lost, and what still survives?
Classic American Cars and a Bookstore on Wheels
Through his “Saint Paul by Bike” blog, Wolfie Browender reports on the unusual and unheralded in various Capital City neighborhoods.
Among Giants: A Brief Hydrological History of the Upper Midwest
Minnesota’s major rivers — and their valleys — invite us to look back over thousands of years of state geological history.