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Arson fires at Stevens House
The Minneapolis Park and RecreaCon Board Park Police Department is asking for the public’s help in solving three recent arson fires at the Stevens House, located at 4901 South Minnehaha Park … more
Fire Motor Operator Mary Mohn, Firefighter Bonnie Bleskachek, Firefighter Vicki Hoff and Captain Jean Kidd, who from 1992-1994 formed the city’s first all-women crew, in front of their rig, Engine 5.
MFD commemorates 30th anniversary of first all-women fire crew
Current and former fire department staff, city officials, friends and family joined together at Minneapolis Fire Station 5 (2700 Bloomington Ave.) on Sept. 23, 2022, to honor the four members of the … more
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Gary Schatzlein stands in Schatzlein’s Saddle Shop at 413 W Lake St., holding a saddle that needs to be repaired. “It has been hard to compete with online shopping,” Gary Schatzlein said. “Brands have made it harder for us to buy from them.” The horse behind him is one customers used to sit on and see if their apparel fit right. Now, the horse displays a “Do Not Touch” sign
WHERE PAST AND PRESENT MEET
Before Lake Street was a popular hub of Minneapolis, it was a rural area where farming was prevalent. There were rarely any streetcars or buses that rode up and down the street, but rather, horses … more
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Repairs coming to historic park buildings
The Ard Godfrey House, John H. Stevens House, and Longfellow House are scheduled for repairs this fall as part of ongoing efforts to rehabilitate historic structures located in Minneapolis parks. … more
Minneapolis' second Black fire chief, Bryan Tyner, speaks at the renaming ceremony in Longfellow on March 17. "I'm just so happy to see this day finally here," said Tyner. (Photo by Tesha M. Christensen)
It’s Cheatham Avenue now
Dight Ave is no longer named after a man who launched a crusade to bring the eugenics movement to Minnesota and wrote fan letters to Hitler. Instead, it has been renamed to honor John Cheatham, a man … more
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Barber Kristin Ohnstad (right) became the proprietor of Bob’s Barber Shop when her father, Bob, retired 11 years ago. She is selling to move out west. (Photo by Sue Filbin)
Long history of cutting hair and listening
Bob’s Barber Shop on 34th Avenue and 50th Street is unlike many barbershops portrayed in popular media. In some ways, getting a haircut at Bob’s is more like spending time in the kitchen … more
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Bob Albrecht (left) stands with Janet and Lee Nelson outside McDonald's Liquor store along 34th Ave. Albrecht currently lives and works from home in the house Janet's dad built along Shoreview Ave. Lester Strom was a self-employed home-builder whose firm, Strom & Mayville, constructed many single-family homes, apartments and duplexes in the Nokomis East neighborhood.
Memories of bygone Nokomis East businesses
A drive around the Nokomis East neighborhoods one morning with Janet Strom Nelson and her husband, Lee Nelson, could best be described as an affectionate reminiscence through a city retail area long … more
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Extending the 38th Street sewer main, near the Mississippi River, 1909. (from the Annual Report of the Minneapolis City Engineer, 1910)
THEN AND NOW
In 1909, 38th Street was barely a road or even only drawn on paper maps, especially close to the Mississippi River where this photo was taken. Most likely the photo was taken close to where 46th … more
Plan It October 2021
'HUMAN TOLL: A public history of 35W' opens Oct. 2 A new exhibit at Hennepin History Museum (HHM) explores community resistance and resilience and illustrates how freeway construction destroyed and … more
Nokomis East History
What was here in...? Curious? Jackie Sawyer, who owns Nokomis Tattoo with husband Mike Welsh, put together this document for 2021 Crazy Days. The signs were posted throughout the community to help … more
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February 3, 1983 The left turn signal at Lake St. will soon take cars, buses and pedestrians past a new Applebaums grocery store and retail development. January 30, 1983 Steve Schluter, Minneapolis Star Tribune
A look back at the history of the Coliseum Building
The letters painted on the side of the Coliseum Building have pretty much faded away. When they were still legible the letters spelled, “Freeman’s,” the name of the department store … more
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The Hiawatha Clinic is being closed as a cost-saving measure by M Health Fairview. It has been closed since the COVID pandemic hit. (Photo by Terry Faust)
Fairview to close Hiawatha Clinic
For more than 80 years, Minneapolis southsiders have come to the corner of 38th St. and 42nd Ave. to receive their medical care. But that corner’s era as a medical destination … more
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Violent labor protest rocks South Minneapolis in the 1930s
  On the Midtown Greenway at 27th Ave., a foliage-clad structure known as the Ivy Building was caught up in the violent protests that swept through the East Lake corridor following George … more
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Remembering 27th and Lake
Neighbors who live around 27th and Lake St. are now finding themselves at the edge of a war zone of burned out and boarded buildings. Their commercial district encompasses the Third … more
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