Loop Back: Hennepin Steam Laundry
When the Hennepin Steam Laundry was built in 1884 at 120 First Avenue North, there were no automobiles and few light bulbs, and most everyone was scrubbing their own laundry...
Historic North Loop
Loop Back: Mars Candy
Mars Incorporated, a company that’s now a global business empire, got its start in Minneapolis. And the treat that launched its astronomical success, the Milky Way bar, was born in...
Loop Back: Brin Glass
In its 65 years of glass production at 600 Washington Avenue North, Brin Glass helped supply some of the city’s most iconic buildings with interior windows, including the IDS Tower,...
Loop Back: Colonial Warehouse
While it was built by a visionary and expanded by innovators, the history of Colonial Warehouse also includes mentions of gangsters, bandits and bootleggers. The building’s first three stories went up...
Loop Back: Hewing Hotel
Built in 1897 for companies distributing carriages, wagons, plows and other farm machinery, the warehouse at 300 North Washington also took a spin as an early car dealership that drew plenty...