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homepage: click it]]> en-us 2006-11-10T21:45:13-06:00 http://www.hiawathaavenue.com/mt/archives/000041.html Beginnings October 2003. Neighborhood signposts emerge during a fall stroll beneath the canopy of trees north of Lake Street. The Art Car decorated in psychedelic colors sits idle in front of a Longfellow bungalow not far from the Community Black... Street Scenes Streetwalker 2006-11-10T21:45:13-06:00 http://www.hiawathaavenue.com/mt/archives/000027.html Upbeat Latino music, shinny aluminum bar stools, and a twinkle in the eye of co-owner Victoria greets customers as they enter Manny's Tortas on 27th and Lake Street. Three grill cooks sporting bright purple, orange, and yellow t-shirts are color... Lake Street Streetwalker 2004-05-24T08:50:36-06:00 http://www.hiawathaavenue.com/mt/archives/000026.html The rock I am sitting on is cold against my butt as I contemplate Minnesota blue skies and the dull earth tones of the bare ground around me. The day is sunny but bitter cold. A trail near Minnesota Veterans... Minnehaha Parkway Streetwalker 2004-03-21T05:20:08-06:00 http://www.hiawathaavenue.com/mt/archives/000025.html Minnehaha Avenue spills out of the noisy riot that is Lake Street into a quiet boulevard where tall trees now bare of leaves promise a summer canopy of shade. Dusk stirs swarms of black crows whose silhouettes against the orange... Street Scenes Streetwalker 2004-03-13T06:07:26-06:00 http://www.hiawathaavenue.com/mt/archives/000024.html The din of the flour mill machinery experienced over a lifetime numbs a worker's senses even as it seeps into his dreams. The constant rumble of blowers, roller mills, bells, and buzzers muffles thoughts beyond the work at hand. Twelve... Grain Elevator District Streetwalker 2004-02-29T11:16:13-06:00 http://www.hiawathaavenue.com/mt/archives/000023.html It's as if secret lair lies beneath Hiawatha Avenue between 26th and 28th Streets from which emerge people of the underground. South Minneapolis rail yards once commanded the area. No longer. The railroad tracks remain but rare is the sight... Street Scenes Streetwalker 2004-02-14T11:57:28-06:00 http://www.hiawathaavenue.com/mt/archives/000028.html Deep blue Minnesota skies mark today's walk through the Hiawatha Avenue's grain elevator district. The crunching sound my boots make in the snow is a telltale sign of the artic temps that have gripped Minneapolis lately. But my spirits are... Grain Elevator District Streetwalker 2004-01-24T01:55:10-06:00 http://www.hiawathaavenue.com/mt/archives/000021.html Minneapolis is not shy about claiming Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's lyrical characters, Hiawatha and Minnehaha, the mythic figures portrayed in "The Song of Hiawatha." Minnehaha Park, Minnehaha Creek; Hiawatha, Minnehaha, and Longfellow Avenues all owe their namesakes to a poet describing... Landscape Streetwalker 2004-01-20T10:32:34-06:00 http://www.hiawathaavenue.com/mt/archives/000020.html Minnehaha's "laughing waters" flow beneath the Hiawatha Avenue bridge on a course destined for the Mississippi River and the long journey to the sea. Ha! Minnehaha's frozen serene goes unnoticed overhead where drivers of speeding cars rush to and fro.... Minnehaha Parkway Streetwalker 2004-01-15T09:31:57-06:00 http://www.hiawathaavenue.com/mt/archives/000019.html Yesterday's fortune. A sleek, new Hiawatha Light Rail train appears in my camera's viewfinder as I am photographing the 46th Station. It takes me a few moments to connect the image of the oncoming train on a test run with... Street Scenes Streetwalker 2004-01-08T06:48:52-06:00 http://www.hiawathaavenue.com/mt/archives/000018.html Hiawatha. The round sound of the word's four syllables rolls from the lips with a final flick of the tongue. Hiawatha. The word evokes the spirit of the land where Minnehaha Creek spills into the Mississippi River. Hiawatha songs rise... Landscape Streetwalker 2004-01-01T10:54:01-06:00 http://www.hiawathaavenue.com/mt/archives/000017.html The Minneapolis skyline recedes from the rear-view mirror of my Mercury as I ascend the Hiawatha Lake Street Bridge. I like this bridge. Its no-nonsense, concrete construction is function before form. Yet the compound curve of its gentle arch over... Street Scenes Streetwalker 2003-12-27T11:19:59-06:00 http://www.hiawathaavenue.com/mt/archives/000016.html Change pulses through Hiawatha Ave like the 900 volts of direct current powering Minneapolis' light rail cars. The potential power of voltage becomes the hope of light rail, which is as much about a city's imagination and a new vision... Street Scenes Streetwalker 2003-12-07T09:46:18-06:00 http://www.hiawathaavenue.com/mt/archives/000014.html A tumbleweed rolls across Hiawatha Avenue this grey, dreary Minnesota day. An oncoming car smashes its stickery form. Nearby grain elevators loom as relics of the past overlooking grain cars sitting idle on rusted rails -- empty of freight and... Grain Elevator District Streetwalker 2003-11-17T08:01:12-06:00 http://www.hiawathaavenue.com/mt/archives/000013.html I am sitting at a bus stop on the corner of Lake and Cedar. The sun low in the southern sky warms my face this cold November day. Behind me, a "Closed for the Season" sign and a black wrought... Lake Street Streetwalker 2003-11-11T10:57:53-06:00