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⚾️ The neighborhood glove shop goes national
Tracing D&J Glove Repair's rise from a Longfellow basement to national notoriety.
✨ The 41st/42nd Avenue boulevard lights are on
The annual lighting of the radiant holiday corridor.
🗓 Whenever Wherever: December events calendar
A near-comprehensive roundup of events in Longfellow this month, including a raft of holiday markets.
🍁 November Whatevers: Notes and miscellanea
The latest at Elsa's House of Sleep, a condemnation scare and playground progress at Cooper School, the evolving fight against streetlight copper theft, Francis's grand opening, trouble at Zaza Cannabis, a cozy winterscape at Audrey Rose Vintage, and much more.
🚲 One On One: The last bike shop in the neighborhood
A visit to One on One Bicycle Studio, which helped usher in the golden age of Minneapolis bike culture and is now the last shop standing in the neighborhood.
🏘️ 37th Ave's neverending block party
A visit to the block's weekly happy hour, which, like many similar social traditions throughout the neighborhood, got its start under the duress of 2020.
👥 Tense neighborhood meeting reflects mounting concerns over safety around 46th and Hiawatha
More than 100 residents packed into a standing-room-only meeting at Hiawatha Flats Apartments on Wednesday night to discuss safety issues around the 46th and Hiawatha intersection with the mayor, police chief, and two city council members.
🏗️ What's going on in the old substation at 32nd and Hiawatha?
Spoiler: A little, but not a lot.
🐶 A sneak preview of the Howe's new all-season "pawtio"
The new structure will feature clear walls, a roof that opens and closes, a nine-foot gas fireplace, TVs, expanded seating, and more.
🌮 Visiting downtown’s permanent taco trailer
Jaime Lopez operates the trailer at Lake and Minnehaha seven days a week.