Loop Back: Before The Boutiques
It’s become a fashionable destination with its local boutiques and a charming little bar tucked into a corner. But for nearly seven decades, the historic building at 219 North 2nd...
Historic North Loop
Loop Back: “Bloody Friday” in the North Loop
In the summer of 1934, in the midst of the Great Depression, Minneapolis was making national headlines. A violent, drawn out truckers’ strike would reach a gruesome climax on North...
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: Old Hotel With An Odd Wall
In the 1880s, the Foster House at 1st Street North and 1st Avenue North was one of many hotels and boarding houses in this area. It served mostly salesmen and...