This Saturday, 10/10/26 is US National Docomomo Tour Day, with a focus on Plaza, Park and Art. They will be doing a walking tour through some of my favorite places!!
Join Docomomo US/MN for a walking tour of some of Downtown Minneapolis’ modernist outdoor spaces.
Date: Saturday, October 10, 2026; 10am-11:30am
Registration is free and open to all.
The tour will begin at Peavey Plaza, M. Paul Friedberg’s 1975 “marvel of modernism” sunken plaza and amphitheater, renovated in 2019. We’ll then stroll along the Loring Greenway, also designed by M. Paul Friedberg, opened in 1979. Arriving at Loring Park, we will be greeted by Robert Woodward & Phill Taranto’s Berger (Dandelion) Fountain completed in 1975 – currently slated for renovation. Crossing Loring Park, Siah Armajani’s 1988 Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge will bring us to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and Walker Art Center (Edward Larrabe Barnes, 1971) and the notable former location of Ralph Rapson’s Guthrie Theater.
FYI… we did photos at the Berger Dandelion fountain for our daughter’s wedding… and our photo below was taken on the Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge, probably my favorite spot in the Twin Cities!
Siah Armajani’s iconic Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge connecting the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and Loring Park is one of my all time favorite Twin Cities sites. I love bridge design itself, along with John Ashbery’s poem which lines the bridge and gives reason to pause. I also love being on the bridge and experiencing the confluence of the city skyline, three historic churches, two parks, the modern Walker Art Center and the 17 lanes of busy traffic which the bridge spans.
I can think of no other single location which so well captures the essence of the art, architecture and living vitality of the city of Minneapolis.
Sharlene Hensrud, RE/MAX Results – shensrud@homesmsp.com
