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Minnesota State Capitol (by dmd.hashw)

Minnesota State Capitol (by dmd.hashw)

Minnesota State Capitol (by dmd.hashw)
Toured around the State Capitol for my birthday last week. 

Minnesota State Capitol (by dmd.hashw)

Toured around the State Capitol for my birthday last week. 

tcdailyplanet:

“I would like to tell Americans and, in specific, Minnesotans, that not all immigrants and especially Iraqis are uneducated,” says Naser Amin.

Amin is an aircraft mechanic and a refugee, searching for a job. He tells his story in this video — a collaboration between Naser Amin, filmmaker Nathan Fisher, The Advocates for Human Rights, and the Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project. 

-Nathan Fisher

mplscollective:

IDS
© 2013 Brian Hart

mplscollective:

IDS

© 2013 Brian Hart

9 Dec 2012 (by dmd.hashw)

9 Dec 2012 (by dmd.hashw)

Pracna - 9 Dec 2012 (by dmd.hashw)

Pracna - 9 Dec 2012 (by dmd.hashw)

Lowry Ave Bridge (by dmd.hashw)
Thank God. 

Lowry Ave Bridge (by dmd.hashw)

Thank God. 

Wabasha Street Caves (by gomattolson)

Wabasha Street Caves (by gomattolson)


Washburn Center for Children has picked a Glenwood Ave. site in Minneapolis for a new 50,000-square-foot clinic to help treat kids with mental health illnesses.
The next step for the nonprofit is to raise enough money to build the $21 million building. So far, it has raised about $2 million and raised another $8 million to $10 million in pledges, according to The Downtown Journal community newspaper.
Washburn plans to expand on a 2.5-acre site at Glenwood and Dupont avenues near the International Market Square, according to the paper.

Washburn Center for Children has picked a Glenwood Ave. site in Minneapolis for a new 50,000-square-foot clinic to help treat kids with mental health illnesses.

The next step for the nonprofit is to raise enough money to build the $21 million building. So far, it has raised about $2 million and raised another $8 million to $10 million in pledges, according to The Downtown Journal community newspaper.

Washburn plans to expand on a 2.5-acre site at Glenwood and Dupont avenues near the International Market Square, according to the paper.

stuffaboutminneapolis:

One reported dead when truck hits span in Mall of America parking ramp
At least one person was killed Friday night when a small truck struck a concrete span in the parking lot at the Mall of America parking lot, causing the span to collapse, Bloomington police said.
The narrow rectangular span collapsed when it was struck by a U-Haul truck, police said. The span fell on the front of the truck. One person was being extracted from the vehicle at about 9 p.m.
Bloomington police and fire personnel responded to the report from the fourth floor of the parking lot near Nordstrom’s at about 8:30 p.m.
The incident appeared to be an accident and not intentional, police said.
 Photo by David Bjorn Olson story update by StarTribune

stuffaboutminneapolis:

One reported dead when truck hits span in Mall of America parking ramp

At least one person was killed Friday night when a small truck struck a concrete span in the parking lot at the Mall of America parking lot, causing the span to collapse, Bloomington police said.

The narrow rectangular span collapsed when it was struck by a U-Haul truck, police said. The span fell on the front of the truck. One person was being extracted from the vehicle at about 9 p.m.

Bloomington police and fire personnel responded to the report from the fourth floor of the parking lot near Nordstrom’s at about 8:30 p.m.

The incident appeared to be an accident and not intentional, police said.


Photo by David Bjorn Olson story update by StarTribune

CIDER (by Reckless Artist)

CIDER (by Reckless Artist)

St. Anthony Main (by dmd.hashw)

St. Anthony Main (by dmd.hashw)

St. Paul, circa 1908. 

St. Paul, circa 1908. 

slutseatfree:

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Mpls. apartment boom underway | StarTribune.com

Two new towers for the Minneapolis skyline!

• Nicollet Residences, a 330-unit, 33-story apartment building at 5th Street and the Nicollet Mall. Opus Development says construction is expected to begin in October, and finish in mid-2014.

• 1368 Spruce Place, a 354-unit, 36-story apartment complex in Loring Park. Chicago-based developer Magellan Development said construction will begin in late summer of this year and finish in the spring of 2014.