Living with the Coyotes Among Us
An investigation on learning to inhabit our cities alongside our coyote neighbors. Hint: The Looney Tunes character of yesteryear left a misimpression.
Category: Neighborhoods
Zoning Matters: Chickens, Canines, Cafés and Commerce
Just as Minneapolis allows us to make balanced decisions about having chickens in our yards, we should be allowing opportunities for small businesses to be mixed into our neighborhoods.
Zoning Matters: A Tale of Two Corners
Neighbors for More Neighbors member and contributor Brit Anbacht compares the zoning of 48th and Chicago with that of 46th and Clinton in Minneapolis and how the 2040 Plan can create complete neighborhoods.
Sierra Club North Star’s 25th Annual Bike Ride Tour
A Slow Roll bike tour of North Minneapolis reveals the assets of this historic neighborhood — as well as its historic lack of access to the Mississippi River.
A Surprise Under the Basement
A unique Cold War relic sits 20 feet under a Highland Park home and most people have no idea it’s there. Come along on a tour of a rare home fallout shelter.
A Cyclist’s View of ‘the Jungles of East St. Paul’
A St. Paulite narrates a bike trip from the western half of St. Paul to the less familiar (to the narrator) East Side of the city.
Northside Ramble: How a Bike Ride Reveals a Neighborhood’s True Colors
On a recent Saturday afternoon the Rotary Club of North Minneapolis’s sea of green wheeled through on the Northside Ramble, a history, art, and libation tour by bike.
Little Free Libraries of St. Paul’s North End
Streets.mn asked for stories about Little Free Libraries. I chose to write about some of the libraries in a St. Paul neighborhood I’m less familiar with — the North End.
Rondo Park Now Features Outdoor Exercise Equipment
Though it has some resemblance to one, it’s not a playground for adults: it’s an outdoor fitness park.
Walk the Talk: Bike Tours, Breweries and Butterflies
Although biking is the focus of this week’s “Walk the Talk” activities — and why not, with the warm summer weather — you can also learn more about monarchs and state highway funding (though not at the same event).