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☕️ Vietnamese coffee shop Stone Phin will take over the former Arya space
The full lowdown on Stone Phin, the fourth coffee shop to open in the space in two years.
🎃 Longfellow Halloween highlight reel
A near-exhaustive look at Longfellow's Halloween decor.
🍺 Sneak peek: Mixed Culture Brewing
A first look at the 45th and Minnehaha brewery, which will open up its patio the next three weekends as it awaits final approvals for its taproom.
📚 Mid-October rundown: School closures won't happen next year
Updates on neighborhood school impacts, street sweeping and controlled burns, a visit to the Minne Farm Stand, community hops harvest, business expansion news, all manner of Halloween events, and much more.
🍦 It's Paul Ferguson's 50th season at the Minnehaha Falls DQ
In 1973, 13-year-old Paul Ferguson's family moved from the Phillips neighborhood to Nawadaha Boulevard, the frontage road that separates the neighborhood from Minnehaha Park. It was an idyllic place to be a kid. He spent afternoons exploring the vast regional park. He and neighbor buddies would
📆 Whenever Wherever: October events calendar
A good-faith attempt to round up every event in Longfellow this month.
🏫 Anishinabe Academy might not move to the Cooper School site, after all
The plan to demolish the building and replace it with a newly-built facility for Anishinabe Academy could be scrapped in favor of a different site.
🏃 September miscellanea
Marathon watching tips, seasonal business closures, construction updates, daredevil hijinks, and much more.
🏫 "Like never-ending summer camp": Becketwood senior co-op turns 40
Inside Becketwood senior co-op, where the most distinctive feature isn't the idyllic riverside campus, but how really, very, extremely, almost-comically engaged most residents are in the enterprise.
📚 Hiawatha-Howe Elementary could close in district restructuring proposals
A deep dive on the neighborhood impact of proposed sweeping changes to school district boundaries.
🍽️ First look: Square Roots restaurant
Square Roots has opened at 27th and Lake, though you'll be forgiven if you haven't heard about it.
☕️ Mid-September misc.: Arya Cafe has closed (again)
Arya Cafe closed last week, the third abrupt ending for the 46th and Minnehaha coffee shop space.
🏗️ Developer unveils plans for Nokomis Mill site at 35th and Hiawatha
Financing is coming together for a redevelopment of the former Nokomis Mill at 35th and Hiawatha. But the corner will stay in its current dilapidated state for at least another year.
📆 Whenever Wherever: September events calendar
A good-faith attempt to round up every event in Longfellow this month.
🚧 August miscellanea: Monthslong construction will soon begin at 46th and Hiawatha
A four-month project to reconstruct the 46th and Hiawatha intersection will begin next week, creating a traffic bottleneck at the intersection that handles more than 30,000 cars per day. Between September 8 and some time in December, Hiawatha will be reduced to one lane in each direction between
🦺 "Ambassadors" pilot brings extra TLC to beleaguered Lake and Minnehaha area
Groups of yellow-vested ambassadors have been working the area around Lake and Minnehaha since July, hoping a friendly presence can put a dent in the rise of antisocial behavior in the area.
🌲 Team behind Elevated liquor store opening an adjoining dispensary
The owners of Elevated Beer Wine and Spirits at 41st and Hiawatha are preparing to open a cannabis dispensary on the other end of their building next week.
☀️ Mid-August miscellanea
Several important buildings for sale, grain mill activity, state fair transit tips, a new ice cream option, and much more.
🎸 The Hook and Ladder turns 10
The venue has survived a tumultuous 10 years at Lake and Minnehaha, and is now preparing to further expand its programming.
📆 Whenever Wherever: August events calendar
A good-faith attempt to round up every event in Longfellow this month.
🌞 July miscellanea
A new shop in a long-vacant space, more dog treat stations, leadership change at Redesign, whimsical graffiti, and much more.
🏫 The life and times of Simmons Elementary
The history of the stately schoolhouse and the apartment building it became, which respectively turn 120 and 40 years old this year.
🦴 Dog treat stations of Longfellow
From mounted boxes to plastic bins to incognito tupperware, there are evermore places to find a complimentary dog treat in the neighborhood.
🍞 Mid-July miscellanea: Laune Bread is pausing, then scaling back
Plus updates on marquee events, utility work, notable trees, expanded hours, and tech upgrades throughout the neighborhood.
