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Re: Historic Photos

Postby lindseynicole » July 30th, 2015, 6:42 am

All the buildings are looking very old but still its beauty maintained.

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Re: Historic Photos

Postby lordmoke » August 17th, 2015, 10:16 am

The City of Minneapolis Archives recently started a Flickr account. The photos are incredible. I particularly recommend the riverfront album.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mplsarchives/albums

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Re: Historic Photos

Postby seanrichardryan » August 17th, 2015, 4:22 pm

Awesome. This photo is great. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mplsarchi ... 791618490/ Look at the carriage house for Florence Court & the shanties up and down the bluffs. The building at center-right is Sanford Hall at the U of M.
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Re: Historic Photos

Postby seamonster » August 23rd, 2015, 4:08 pm

The video of driving north on 35w circa 1966 is incredible. Wow!

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Re: Historic Photos

Postby EOst » October 11th, 2015, 5:22 pm

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Re: Historic Photos

Postby Anondson » October 11th, 2015, 5:50 pm

Nice catch!

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Re: Historic Photos

Postby seanrichardryan » October 11th, 2015, 10:27 pm

E.G. Walton (a huge real estate developer, minor local celebrity) was a bit presumptuous. Took until about 1925.

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Re: Historic Photos

Postby grant1simons2 » October 13th, 2015, 9:35 pm

My grandpa gave this to me on Sunday. Haven't had a chance to scan it yet!

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Re: Historic Photos

Postby grant1simons2 » November 18th, 2015, 10:08 pm

If anyone has a picture of the Lakewood Building at 50 9th St S before the renovation, it'd be greatly appreciated.

Says it's built in 1928 and renovated in mid 80s. And now it's, in my opinion, one of the ugliest buildings in our downtown.

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Re: Historic Photos

Postby seanrichardryan » November 18th, 2015, 10:11 pm

I do! That was the Minnesota theater!
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Re: Historic Photos

Postby grant1simons2 » November 18th, 2015, 10:14 pm

Woah... I just looked it up and it is beautiful! It's a huge shame that it's gone :(

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Re: Historic Photos

Postby seanrichardryan » November 18th, 2015, 10:33 pm

It's really an auxiliary shopfront building that fronted the main theater auditorium. It was the home of WCCO Television and was expanded and modernized in the 50s. When the theater was demolished, the old Radio City entrance was incorporated into the Lakeland building while the auditorium was replaced with a parking ramp and office.

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I think Lileks noticed that the facade of the theater entrance, or perhaps at least one of the grand windows remains behind the stucco on the corner of Lasalle & Ninth.
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Re: Historic Photos

Postby grant1simons2 » December 12th, 2015, 1:23 pm

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Re: Historic Photos

Postby KML_1981 » December 14th, 2015, 11:31 am

Jesus.. look at all those f*ing parking lots.. This is why I hate the nostalgia of groups like "Old Minneapolis." Just because you were young and dt in the 70s doesn't mean it was better back then. You are just nostalgic for your youth. DT is considerably better today and getting more so every month. Safer too.

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Re: Historic Photos

Postby Silophant » December 14th, 2015, 11:38 pm

Wow, that is some extensive surface parking.

They ruined Marquette Plaza with the renovation, though.
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Re: Historic Photos

Postby Sacrelicio » December 15th, 2015, 10:55 am

Wow, that is some extensive surface parking.

They ruined Marquette Plaza with the renovation, though.
It looks like it was bombed out, imagine the cars as debris. Interesting to see the Nicollet Hotel. I didn't realize until recently that it was only demolished in 1990. I always thought it was knocked down in the 1960s with everything else in the Gateway.

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Re: Historic Photos

Postby Sacrelicio » December 15th, 2015, 11:00 am

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Argh, those are pre-Metrodome and pre-394! God what those two projects did to the grid. Ugh.

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Re: Historic Photos

Postby mattaudio » December 18th, 2015, 9:16 am

Anyone know what corner this is? Seems to have a theater behind it.
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Also, are there any legitimate Coney Island joints in Minneapolis? We need more Coney Island joints.

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Re: Historic Photos

Postby Nathan » December 18th, 2015, 9:21 am

It's solera... Hennepin and 9th,you can see the Orpheum in the back.

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Re: Historic Photos

Postby MNdible » December 18th, 2015, 10:06 am

We need more Coney Island joints.
Finally, something that Matt and I can unequivocally agree on.

Bullwinkle's used to make a very good Coney. But now, I've got nothing.


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