Official opening sign of the bridge that opened in 1901

A Neighborhood Walk Through the New Pedestrian Nicollet-Boom Island Bridge

Bridges
Neighborhoods
Walking

Paul Jahn • December 6, 2018

After material delays and over 6 months and $2M in the making, the Nicollet-Boom Island bridge is open again! In one way, it’s just a footbridge. We had a neighborhood one growing up in Rochester. I don’t remember much of it other than being a 10-year old and using it as a quick shortcut to get […]

Hall's Island Lighthouse

Hall’s Island. Not an Island. Ok, an Island Again

Land Use
Nature

Paul Jahn • September 7, 2018

I first visited Hall’s Island first before it was and island, for the 2nd time. To me it was a big parcel of land that Wilco played at a couple years ago. Why was it an island over 50 years ago, why not in 2016, and why again today? A brief history. The first known survey of […]