Loop Back: Storage Facility With A Dramatic Overhaul
With its Gothic arches and wrought iron bars, the brick structure at the corner of 1st Avenue North and 1st Street North is like none other in the North Loop. It's...
Historic North Loop
Flashback To 1947 When The Air Here Was Filthy
It can be easy to forget that the downtown Minneapolis riverfront used to be not only our central business district but also a hub for factories, warehouses and freight trains....
Loop Back: Wagons, Tractors And Windmills
As American settlers continued their westward expansion at the turn of the century, farm implement distributors like Dean & Company could hardly keep up with demand. Dean had been sharing space...
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...
Loop Back: Furniture And Funerals In One Stop
The three-story building at 115 North 1st Street dates back to 1883 when a carpenter who doubled as an undertaker ran a furniture store and funeral parlor at the same...