Book Description
The spirit of a vibrant city at a critical time, recalled in images and words that delight those who experienced it--and those who wish they had.
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Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,13 MB
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780873519922
The spirit of a vibrant city at a critical time, recalled in images and words that delight those who experienced it--and those who wish they had.
Author : Iric Nathanson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 17,81 MB
Release : 2017-01-23
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1439659273
Downtown Minneapolis evolved from a collection of modest frame buildings on the banks of the Mississippi River to the high-rise center of a modern American metropolis. With a burgeoning milling industry powering the local economy, the early frame structures soon gave way to substantial brick and masonry buildings, lining the streets of a bustling 19th-century commercial district. Downtown continued to prosper during the early years of the 20th century, aided by advances in transportation and communications. The heart of the city held its own during the Great Depression and World War II, but the postwar era brought new challenges as a suburban boom threatened the city's economic foundation. Enterprising local leaders responded with innovative developments to meet these challenges, and a reinvigorated downtown took on a new role as the site of a dynamic new residential community, now home to nearly 40,000 city residents.
Author : Downtown Development Task Force (Minneapolis, Minn.).
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Page : 30 pages
File Size : 35,69 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Central business districts
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Author : Larry Millett
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 17,41 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780873517201
Let architecture critic Larry Millett be your guide to downtown Minneapolis, whose architectural history displays the uniqueness of this far-from-identical "twin" city. AIA Guide to Downtown Minneapolis includes walking tours for Nicollet Mall, the Warehouse District, the central riverfront, and the Elliot Park and Loring Park neighborhoods. Each tour is copiously illustrated with current and historic photographs and paired with detailed maps. This deeply informative guidebook is perfect for tourists discovering the Twin Cities and residents exploring what is right next door. Larry Millett has written extensively about Twin Cities architecture, notably in AIA Guide to the Twin Cities, Twin Cities Then and Now, and Lost Twin Cities.
Author : Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association (Minneapolis, Minn.)
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Page : 8 pages
File Size : 48,58 MB
Release : 1999
Category : City planning
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Author : David Anderson
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,60 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Central business districts
ISBN : 9780931714832
Presents a galaxy of portraits of downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul as they evolved over 150 years from frontier river towns into the dominant cultural and economic centers of the Upper Midwest.
Author : Iric Nathanson
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 10,77 MB
Release : 2010-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0873518055
Flavored with contemporary newspaper quotations and illustrated with period images, this political history inspires greater understanding of a preeminent American city.
Author : Elizabeth Caperton-Halvorson
Publisher : First Books
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 38,59 MB
Release : 2006-08
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9780912301679
Author : Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association (Minneapolis, Minn.)
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Page : 18 pages
File Size : 30,52 MB
Release : 2002
Category : City planning
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Author : Iric Nathanson
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 32,90 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780873517256
Today, Minneapolis is considered one of the most desirable places to live in the United States. However, like most cities, Minneapolis has its own checkered history. Iric Nathanson shines a light in dark corners of the city's past, exploring corruption that existed between the police department and city hall, brutal suppression of Depression-era unions, and reports on anti-Semitism at midcentury. Still other subjects that on the surface seem disparaging offer the city's residents an opportunity to shine. Community leaders make a difference during the "long, hot summer" of 1967, when racial violence exploded across the country. Concerned neighbors guide transportation policy from more and bigger highways to forward-looking light rail transit. A forgotten riverfront is transformed into a magnet for people wishing to live and play at the site of the city's earliest successes. Nathanson skillfully tells these stories and more, always with an eye toward how noteworthy characters, plotlines, and scenes helped create the Minneapolis we know today.