Laughter, Falling Water and Time
Have you ever waked up in the morning with the feeling that your head had rested on a rock? The chances are that most of the blame lay with the stiff head bar of your bed-spring. The Duplexe Spring makes all other bed-springs out of date with its wonderful new comfort feature. No bed is … Read more
It is seeing the city, often for the first time—exploring its streets and staring at its store windows. It is boys gawking, and girls blushing, at the fleshy photographs of stripteasers outside the Hennepin Avenue joints. It is seeing a movie at one of the rows of theaters with the flashing lights. It is looking … Read more
The Wabasha Street Bridge built in 1998 replaced an earlier structure that was built in 1889. The new bridge is actually two bridges, one for northbound and one for southbound traffic. The use of a concrete segmental box girder bridge provided a construction advantage because no falsework needed to be built beneath the bridge. Pedestrian … Read more
So, Hiawatha says to Minnehaha, “What do you call a small joke?”… You just need a few ingredients to make a Minnehaha! 1 1⁄2 oz Gin 3⁄4 oz Dry vermouth 3⁄4 oz Sweet vermouth 1⁄4 oz Orange juice Shake it, strain, grin, up and away you go! There are probably a hundred variations on the … Read more
Built in 1971 on land donated by Charles Horn, these 22 floor buildings contain nearly 500 units. The poured-in-place towers are grouped around a sunken courtyard and organic garden on a one-block site just south of Lake Street. In 2004 the city allocated $7,000,000 to repair the cracking and general deterioration of the buildings’ natural … Read more
Light up your Grand Openings and Promotions with a light that lights the sky! Huge 60 inch diameter searchlight with 800 million candlepower brings attention to your promotion from over a 12 mile radius. Great for new product showings. A lighted message board, complements the searchlight with four full lines of illuminated message describing your … Read more
On Auguts 26th, 1970, a huge banner calling for women to unite was draped from the observation deck of the 32-story Foshay Tower in downtown Minneapolis. The women’s movement in America called for a nation wide women’s strike for equality to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th amendment to the … Read more
By Morchella Perhaps you are looking for something fun to do on a Friday evening before a Twins game or Saturday after a morning of shopping? Yes? Well, pop in to the Fulton Brewery tap room! Fulton is tucked into the back side of the North Loop. If you’re a northsider you’ll know where it … Read more
Augie’s Stage Lounge Opened This Week. When the bright lights went on at Augie’s the first part of the week, it marked the opening of Minneapolis newest up-to-date stage lounge. Right in the heart of the loop -Hennepin at 5th St., this new lounge is inaugurating a policy of providing its patrons with the finest … Read more