Minneapolis

Best Ideas of the Week

4 April 2008 - 5:00pm

Another week has passed, and some more exciting and interesting ideas have taken root in the world of urban planning.

Sales Tax for Transit Catching on in Twin Cities

3 April 2008 - 10:00am
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Five counties in metropolitan Minneapolis have approved the creation of a new quarter-cent sales tax that will be dedicated to funding transit projects.

Interstate 35W Bridge Damaged in 2003, Photos Show

27 March 2008 - 7:00am
AOL News

Photos taken in 2003 of the doomed Minneapolis bridge revealed warped gusset plates believed to have been a key point of failure in the 2007 collapse that killed 13 people.

Art, Agriculture, and Civic Identity Converge in the Great Plains

18 December 2007 - 8:25pm

MINNEAPOLIS--If not for the Walker Art Center I would have scant reason to spend extra time in Minneapolis. Minneapolis is not lacking for charm or culture, but it certainly falls in that middle range of American cities, somewhere between New York and nondescript, which is to say that it is not a destination in and of itself, yet it offers reasons to extend a stay for those who find themselves so far north for other reasons.