Sunday’s Site

Three Rivers Park District… 240 miles hiking trails, 80 miles cross-country ski trails

Minneapolis boasts one of the top park systems in the country, including The Grand Rounds with about 50 miles of trails encircling the city. But the metro area park system...
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St. Anthony Parkway… highest point of Grand Rounds, dividing Audubon Park and Waite Park

When the independent Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board was created in 1883, they hired landscape architect Horace Cleveland to create a blueprint for a Minneapolis park system providing public access...
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Jonathan… 1960s-1970s “new town” of the future

Jonathan was a “new town” of the future in the 1970s, when John was a grad student in architecture and city planning at NDSU. We lived in Fargo, ND but...
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All Square… craft grilled cheese with a side of social activism

When John dropped me off to meet with a client in south Minneapolis last week he looked for a new restaurant to try after he picked me up. He picked...
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Robert Cerny designed Mid-Century-Modern… remarkably preserved, with amazing planned storage throughout

When I first saw this MCM designed by Robert Cerny come on the market at 1808 Colvin Avenue in Saint Paul, I was intrigued. We drove by last Sunday afternoon...
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Linden Hills… picturesque Minneapolis lakes neighborhood with an interesting history

Linden Hills, nestled in the rolling hills between the southern shore of Bde Maka Ska (formerly known as Lake Calhoun) and the western shore of Lake Harriet, is one of...
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Before the State Fairgrounds… King’s Fair in Seward neighborhood

At a closing on a home in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis the buyer noted that the legal description was the ‘Fairground Addition’… which prompted a lively discussion where we...
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Golden Valley’s best-kept secret walking path

Surprise! You’ve probably driven by this beautiful area many times, but many people don’t know the General Mills Nature Preserve exists. I probably wouldn’t know about were it not for...
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