Sunday’s Site

Long to live on Seward’s historic Milwaukee Avenue?

Buyers looking for walkable neighborhoods near the University of Minnesota frequently ask about Seward neighborhood, just over the Franklin Avenue bridge from the Minneapolis UMN campus. The most unique location...
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Bits ‘n’ Pieces from Mid-Century and Modern Tour Day 2017

Angela and I made our annual outing yesterday to visit the homes in Tour Day 2017 of Docomomo (the International Committee for the DOcumentation and COnservation of buildings, sites, and...
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Excelsior… small-town lakeside living only 30 minutes from downtown Minneapolis

Minnesota is known as the ‘land of lakes’ and Lake Minnetonka is the grandaddy of Twin Cities lakes, with 140 miles of meandering lakeshore. Nestled on the south shore of...
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Don’t miss Sky Pesher at Minneapolis Sculpture Garden & Wurtele Upper Garden

The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and Walker Art Center‘s Wurtele Upper Garden are prime examples of two of our cherished resources… the arts and the Minneapolis Park System, which is consistently ranked #1...
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Victory Memorial Drive… designed in the earliest days of the automobile

I took a picture of the historic photo above in a home I listed on Victory Memorial Drive a number of years ago. The photo was taken in 1921, the...
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It’s State Fair Time 2017!

State Fair Time seems like an alternate reality… when things slow down and it’s chill time. Our son’s family has made a tradition of camping on the fairgrounds the night before...
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My favorite Twin Cities handmade ice cream shop

When we had to pick a place to celebrate birthdays last week with my birthday buddy, it didn’t take me long to include a stop at Pumphouse Creamery at 48th...
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Minnesota State Capitol 2017… grand re-opening of the people’s house

When Cass Gilbert won the commission to design the new Minnesota State Capitol in 1895 he was a well respected architect in his hometown of St. Paul. When it opened...
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