Longfellow Whatever is a reader-funded news project focused on the fine-grained details of life in the Longfellow communities of Minneapolis (Longfellow, Cooper, Howe, and Hiawatha).
Subscribers get frequent, brief updates delivered to their inbox in a tone somewhere between a local newspaper and dispatches from a plugged-in friend: How’s construction coming along on that new restaurant? What’s the latest plan for the lights on the river road? What does that business in the tiny corner space actually do? Who's behind that iconic holiday lights display or landscaping oddity? Why's that seemingly desirable lot still vacant? How’s business lately at your favorite cafe, movie theater, grocer, or auto shop?
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🛍️ Exploring that strip mall on Hiawatha
A deep dive on the history and businesses of "Parkway Plaza," the easily-forgotten strip mall perched above Hiawatha.
🌽 The 50th-ish-annual Longfellow Corn Feed is on Friday
The event, little known outside the neighborhood, attracts as many as 1,000 people to Longfellow Park.
🛶 Scott Miller's quick trip down the Mississippi
Talking with Longfellow resident and business owner Scott Miller, ahead of next weekend's Riverview Theater premiere of a documentary about his team's world-record-breaking trip down the Mississippi.
🏋️♀️ Solcana Fitness is coming to downtown Longfellow
The gym, focused on small group fitness classes, will move from Seward this fall.
🚸 Andy Sturdevant traces Longfellow’s “geography of childhood”
Sturdevant, a one-of-a-kind chronicler of Minneapolis life and a semi-recent Longfellow transplant, is leading a neighborhood walking tour this weekend.
🍽 Lynette on pace to open in about a month
A speed run of everything we've learned about Lynette lately, ahead of its opening next month.
🍜 Asian Duck makes a go of it at 46th and Minnehaha
Following two short-lived predecessors, the husband-and-wife duo is serving up a tight menu of Thai and Laotian favorites.
🌳 Brackett Park is (finally) getting its swings back
The set should be back in swing in about two weeks.
🗓 Whatever Whenever: July events calendar
200+ events going on in Longfellow this month.
🧀 When's Shepherd's Table going to open?
Soon. Ish.
🏢 Agate breaks ground on emergency shelter, affordable housing project on 27th Ave
The four-story building, a block east of Cub, will provide shelter and housing for about 100 people at a time.
🎒 Little Sparks Montessori preschool opening this fall
A group of parents are reviving the spirit of Riversong Montessori, which closed suddenly this winter when its founder passed away.
☕️ A year of growth for Wildflyer Coffee
Catching up with Wildflyer ahead of its annual fundraiser on Wednesday.
🦐 What we know about Lagniappe, the NOLA-style restaurant anchoring the renovated Coliseum
The team behind Du Nord will open a restaurant and cocktail room on the ground floor of the historic building.
✈️ We should hear fewer planes over Longfellow this summer (but more next year)
And a mercifully brief explanation of why.
