Loop Back: From Heavy Hardware To Fashionable Furniture
Built in 1890, this brick and stone warehouse at the corner of 1st St N and 2nd Ave N, was the home of Williams Hardware wholesaling company for more than...
Historic North Loop
1891 Map Shows Several Buildings Still Here
We came across the reproduction of an 1891 Minneapolis map online, and were most interested in the lower right corner where a portion of what we now know as the...
Loop Back: The North Loop’s Colorful History (Overview)
From the late 1800s to the 1930s, the North Loop was the center of a wholesaling and manufacturing boom that turned Minneapolis into one of the key distribution centers in the U.S.
Loop Back: The “Western Container” Building
Even though painted signs for Western Container are still prominent on the exterior of 500 North Third Street, the building actually got its start as a grocery warehouse and coffee...
Go On A Walking History Tour
We're still in the early stages of our North Loop history plaque project, but by popular demand, we've created this map of where you can find the first set of...