Moby Dick's on Hennepin with Bob Dylan lurking in the crowd. Great Horned Owl of Nicollet Island.
The market on Hennepin Avenue in downtown that was some of the best people watching. The hobos that used to live in caves and make-shift wooden houses on the river banks where the $250,000 (and more) townhouses currently reside. Dave Lerner the "land"lord of Nicollet Island. timothy connolly wrote: > The Bottleneck where Lyndale and Hennepin crisscrossed > and everything about the area from the Toddle House to > the Rose Gardens to the old Walker Art Center(its 2nd > incarnation I believe) to Tom Lowry's statue, Downtown > Chevy, The Kenwood(residential) and Park Place Hotels > and on and on. > > West High School and Douglas Elementary > The William Hood Dunwoody mansion atop Lowry Hill > > cobblestoned streets > granite pavers on streets instead of everyones gardens > > To Jenny Heiser the first Japanese restaurant in Mpls > was ASUKA on 7th Street between the Academy and World > Theatres. At least that's the first place I recall. > > How about the 620 Club with a sign showing a steaming > turkey in the window and the words "Where Turkey is > King." > > I fondly recall the Main Street Grill across from B.F. > Nelson where Marshall split off from Main. There was > an old ragpicker named Louis Wittles who had a stake > bed truck and who had a gimpy leg. > > Nobody has mentioned the Minneapolis Arena at the site > of the current Uptown Rainbow store where we went to > skate on Sunday afternoons in the late fall before the > lakes froze over. > > Anyone remember hockey games between the Saints and > the Millers. The sight of stitches on the shaved side > of a Saint named Bailey's head that looked like a > zipper is as vivid in my mind as the day I saw it. > > How about Minneapolis Moline on Lake Street? > The Washington Avenue viaduct which forever claimed > too high truck trailers and over-imbibing drivers. > > Seven digit alpha-numerica phone numbers > Hundreds of neighborhood drugstores to hang at and > even more small groceries that delivered, > home delivery from Dayton's of a toaster > Service Stations where they fixed cars and helped with > wiper blades instead of selling cigarettes and soda. > > The Chicago Northwestern roundhouse and cabooses from > which to steal flares > > Old arching streetlights like the one still situated > at Oliver Place and Penn Ave off Kenwood Parkway > > Mr Lucky's at Lake and Nicollet > Marigold Ballroom > > Blue Laws > > misspent youth > > I feel blessed. > > I would also guess there are more than a few in this > city who have completely different perceptions. > > Minneapolis was a great city but it wasn't necessarily > so for everyone. > > Cheers! > > Tim Connolly > Ward 7 > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals > http://personals.yahoo.com > _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
