Walking All the Streets of Western Minnehaha
Max Hailperin • April 12, 2022 Weeks after I walked the eastern half of the Minnehaha neighborhood, another nice Sunday came along — this time with the added bonus of a newly opening bakery.
Category: Neighborhoods
Max Hailperin • April 12, 2022 
Walking All the Streets of Eastern Minnehaha
Max Hailperin • April 5, 2022 One can’t avoid the “Cult of Hiawatha” in the southeastern portion of Minneapolis, and so I once again found myself in a neighborhood named for one fictional Indian (Minnehaha) bounded by a highway named for another (Hiawatha), all of which was supposed to somehow make people feel better about living on the land of real […]
The Native Street Names On the West Side
Wolfie Browender • March 31, 2022 Five West Side streets are named after Native American tribes and West Side homes are among the most diverse in the city. Details in this Saint Paul By Bike ride.
National Links: How Independent Bookstores Encourage Browsing
Jeff Wood • March 4, 2022 Denver’s failing rail system fails to serve neighborhoods, Paris will limit vehicular traffic to prepare for the Olympics, and the psychology of place.
The ‘Irregular Hillocks, Ridges and Hollows’ of St. Anthony Park
August 25, 2021 20.8 Miles St. Anthony Park I’d never thought of St. Anthony Park as being unusually hilly – that is, until this ride. About halfway through it dawned on me that I was getting a nice workout thanks to the elevation changes. The 1920 edition of the Minnesota Historical Society’s Minnesota Geographic Names […]
Walking All the Streets of Western Midtown Phillips
Max Hailperin • January 31, 2022 A glance at the map shows that Midtown Phillips is quite different west of 12th Avenue South than east of that line, where I previously walked. Instead of a dense street grid accommodating primarily small-scale residences, the western half features larger spaces holding two hospitals, a park, a school, and a major mixed-use complex of offices, […]
Don’t Be Fooled: Requests to “Delay” the Hennepin Ave Reconstruction Is Really Just a Way to Stop It
Andrew Degerstrom • January 27, 2022 Requests to delay the Hennepin Ave S reconstruction are a ploy to have the project lose its federal funding, thereby stopping it.
A Look Back at a Kid’s View of Williams Hill
Wolfie Browender • January 19, 2022 Wolfie rides a bike tour of the historic Williams Hill area in St. Paul, MN.
Walking All the Streets of Eastern Midtown Phillips
Max Hailperin • January 7, 2022 Walking the Eastern Midtown Phillips neighborhood reveals a diversity of cultures and an appreciation for the love of family, the appreciation of good food and the need for dignity and self-expression that all Minnesotans share.
A Look at the Coolest Garage In Saint Paul
Wolfie Browender • December 30, 2021 Garages serve many utilitarian purposes. One Highland Park couple has a garage that does so much more including serving as a neighborhood hangout, restaurant, bar and workshop.