As you drive across the Mississippi River on Interstate 35W, you have – for a moment – a great view of the city of Minneapolis. Getting a photo of it is a bit of a challenge.
Continue reading “Minneapolis and the Mississippi”Out on the 3rd Avenue Bridge
In Minneapolis, the 3rd Avenue Bridge has spanned the Mississippi for a hundred years, connecting downtown with the Northeast neighborhood. It’s newly renovated and is now pretty spiffy.
Continue reading “Out on the 3rd Avenue Bridge”On The Franklin Avenue Bridge
Power on the Mississippi
This fabulous old Minneapolis building, with colossal steampunk windows beaming mysterious golden light out on the river at dusk, is a power plant built in 1903.
North End of the Stone Arch bridge
On the bank of the Mississippi, at the north end of the Stone Arch Bridge, right down at the water’s edge:
