History
⛪️ The Longfellow church that redefined modern religious architecture
The unusual case of the Saarinens at Christ Church Lutheran.
🌯 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.
🍙 The yawning cave beneath us
Legendary urban geologist Greg Brick explores the largest known cave in Minneapolis – in the heart of Longfellow.
🧺 Ghost groceries of Longfellow
Former corner grocery shops are all over the neighborhood, visible reminders of that ultimate emblem of old-timey neighborhood life.
🎁 December Whatevers: Monthly miscellanea
Updates on the Hiawatha-Lake interchange, Cooper playground, gift card deals, NYE events, historical holiday cheer, and more.
⛪️ New owner planning community event center in former 41st Ave church
A look at plans for the 115-year-old building, which Thee House Uv Beth-el church put up for sale this summer.
🏭 Smith Foundry closes this week. What's up with Acme?
A look at the history and future of the mysterious pink building at the corner of 32nd and Hiawatha.
🛍️ 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.
🚸 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.
🕰️ Take a drive down Lake Street, 25 years ago
Strung together, these hastily taken photos provide a pretty good time-machine glimpse of what a drive down Lake Street looked like a quarter-century ago.
