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💘 February Whatevers: Monthly miscellanea
American Rug Laundry's building for sale, summer camp planning, Longfellow Whatever turns 1, and more.
🗓 Whenever Wherever: March events calendar
A roundup of hundreds of events in Longfellow this month.
🌯 Longfellow Breakfast Burrito Checklist (feat. Heavy Table's James Norton)
Teaming up with a Longfellow-dwelling food writer to try every breakfast burrito in the neighborhood.
🎪 Half Pint Co. kicking off third season of kid-friendly events at Arbeiter
The duo throws free events at Arbeiter geared towards hands-on learning with a literary flair.
💣 Time Bomb Vintage turns 10
A visit to Time Bomb Vintage, ahead of its 10 year anniversary party on Saturday.
🚊 A look at plans for the Lake Street LRT station overhaul
The station will undergo a full renovation next year.
🏭 Vacant Nokomis Mill may soon come down
ADM is seeking approval to demolish the mill it shuttered in 2019, with an early-stage plan to sell the site for apartment redevelopment.
🍙 The yawning cave beneath us
Legendary urban geologist Greg Brick explores the largest known cave in Minneapolis – in the heart of Longfellow.
🗓 Whenever Wherever: February events calendar
A near-comprehensive roundup of events in Longfellow this month.
❄️ January Whatevers: Monthly miscellanea
The possible return of Open Streets, the future of 3000 Minnehaha, aspiring wordsmiths at Sanford Middle, and more.
🧺 Ghost groceries of Longfellow
Former corner grocery shops are all over the neighborhood, visible reminders of that ultimate emblem of old-timey neighborhood life.
🏗️ “Ultra-efficient” four-story apartments coming to 36th and Minnehaha
Crews are underway deconstructing a 116-year-old triplex at 3561 Minnehaha Ave, making way for what developer Cody Fischer describes as a “carbon-smart, ultra-efficient” 32-unit apartment building with ground-level retail
🎤 Minnehaha Recording Company turns 10
Tony Williamette has embraced the visibility of his corner studio at 45th and Minnehaha.
🚀 Who is shooting in Brackett Park?
Neighbors and officials met Monday to troubleshoot a new trend of people firing guns in the park late at night.
🚍 Bus fare just got cheaper. Let's ride the neighborhood routes.
Everywhere a bus or train can take you in the neighborhood.
🧊 The 42nd Ave ice tower
Nate Rylander's latest front-yard attention grabber.
🌙 MoonStone "magical gifts" shop moving in next to Sonora Grill
The mystical gift shop — think crystals, tarot, incense — plans to open in the former Repair Lair space later this month.
🗓 Whenever Wherever: January events calendar
A near-comprehensive roundup of events in Longfellow this month.
🎁 December Whatevers: Monthly miscellanea
Updates on the Hiawatha-Lake interchange, Cooper playground, gift card deals, NYE events, historical holiday cheer, and more.
📖 Inside the cozy confines of Sister Black Press & Studio
For 25 years, Monica Edwards Larson has made a career out of printing things the hard way and teaching others the joy that comes from it.
🌍 "Longfellow Welcomers" sponsor three refugee families through federal program
It's a daunting commitment to take part in the Welcome Corps program, but that didn't stop 27 neighbors on short notice.
💸 4 neighborhood earmarks in the 2025 city budget
The heavily amended budget provides specific funding for a few neighborhood projects in 2025.
🏗️ Financing coming together for major redevelopment of 38th Street grain elevator
A look at the planned redevelopment of the vacant "Checkerboard" grain elevator, which would be among the largest in neighborhood history.
⚾️ 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.
