Art & Architecture

Onion domes in Minnesota

My head turned as I drove past the striking St. Katherine Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Arden Hills when I was out showing houses yesterday. One of only two Ukranian Orthodox parishes in Minnesota according...
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Why is there an umbrella by the altar at the Basilica of St. Mary?

When a small vocal group I am part of sang at the Basilia of St. Mary in Minneapolis  last week someone asked me why there was an umbrella next to the altar....
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Milwaukee Avenue Historic District – Minneapolis Seward Neighborhood’s unique walker’s paradise

Only two blocks long, the Milwaukee Avenue Historic District is Seward Neighborhood's shining star. This group of small homes built between 1884 and 1890 was the first planned workers' community in Minneapolis, attracting immigrants...
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Winterlights at the Purcell Cutts House, masterpiece of Prairie School architecture

On a narrow lot on a short, quiet street near Lake of the Isles sits one of the most significant examples of Prairie School architecture in the country… the Purcell-Cutts...
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One-of-a-kind museum on the shores of Lake Calhoun

Lake Calhoun is the largest of the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes, and a popular destination for walkers, joggers, bikers and joy riders… a great place to see the city skyline, people watch and...
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Loring Greenway… hidden treasure of Loring Park neighborhood

Loring Greenway is an urban walkway that connects Nicollet Mall with Loring Park, the city park that gives its name to the Minneapolis neighborhood ranked 2nd most livable by Twin Cities...
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Minneapolis’ Most Livable Neighborhood

I was eager to see the ranked list of 30 best Twin Cities neighborhoods in TWIN CITIES METRO magazine's latest issue… and was surprised to find the list wasn't the...
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Remembering 9/11 at the Basilica

"This will be our response to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before." ~ Leonard Bernstein September 11, 2001 was a day indelibly inscribed...
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