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Daily pictures of Southwest Minneapolis.Monday morning, Southwest Minneapolis woke up to a light blanket of snow, after highs of 68 degrees on Saturday. Share your pictures! The snow should stick around at least through Monday night, according to a forecast from the National Weather Service.
Thursday afternoon, Patch went out hunting for some fall colors, but unfortunately, the wind and clouds weren't cooperating, and these were the best I came up with. But a lot of you have probably been taking pictures around town (or around the state) since the leaves started turning. Add them to our gallery and show them off! Updated 7:05 p.m. 10/5/12: A big thanks to those of you who've submitted photos so far! They're gorgeous! Keep 'em coming!
Maybe someone left the porthole open? One of the earliest submarine designs was, believe it or not, partially sail-powered. Designed by American inventor Robert Fulton in the late 1790's and called the Nautilus, the craft could submerge up to 25 feet, and was designed to drag boxes of explosives alongside enemy ships in order to sink them. Fulton tried to interest Napoleon and other French revolutionary leaders in the design, but his proposals were rejected. Fulton soon moved back to America to found the first passenger steamship line on the Hudson River.
Snap a picture of yourself, or of something cool yesterday? Share it with everyone!
When the weather turns warm, Minneapolitans sure know what to do. Like these folks! Do you have any photos of people eagerly anticipating summer? Share them here! Just hit the "Upload Photos and Videos" button above.
This bicyclist picked just the right place to tie up.
The Hennepin County Sheriff's office may have sent out a thin ice warning on Friday, but that didn't seem to stop these sailors on Saturday morning at Lake Calhoun. Riding a small ice boat, one of them ventured far out into the middle of the lake, even as runners around the work were shedding everything but the skimpiest athletic apparel. When Patch spotted them, they were too far away from shore to interview safely, but one can only assume that they wanted one last taste of winter before the ice completely melts. If you do venture onto the ice today, the Hennepin County Sheriff is urging you…
Hidden away in a lonely, industrial corner of Fridley lies the Minneapolis Water Treatment Plant. Progressively expanded since the early 1900's, many of its cavernous buildings possess a grace and beauty often lacking in contemporary industrial facilities. Huge expanses of arched windows surround impossibly huge halls, creating a throbbing, humming cathedral of water—bright orange, yellow, and blue pumps and yawning turquoise pools substituting their colors for the stained glass of of old Europe. For all its turn-of-the-century beauty, the Fridley plant doesn't quite clean everything out of …
As seen on the 3700 block of Pleasant Ave South last week: It's a watermellon window! Southwest Minneapolis is full of neat little architectural details. What are your favorite ones in your neighborhood? Tell us in the comments, or upload a photo of it right here!
Winter is full of dreary days. When the clouds blot out the sun and the cold numbs you, are there any things around town that serve as a pick-me-up for you? Post a picture here and share it with everyone!
At one Southwest Minneapolis eatery, patrons are getting creative. According to a staff member, dollar bills folded, origami-style, into all manner of shapes keeps showing up in the tip jar at Tangletown's Sun Street Breads. It could pose a dillema for staff, though: money is nice, but who would want to take apart creations like these?
At Heartfelt in Linden Hills, owner Lisa MacMartin taught a 76-year-old Southwest Minneapolis resident how to knit his first scarf last week with a little one-on-one tutoring.
These rose petals were spotted in downtown Linden Hills, a few days after Valentine's Day. Do you have a photo you'd like to share with your neighbors? Email it to the editor at James.Sanna@Patch.com, or use the "Upload Photo and Videos" link on our homepage.
On the west side of Our Kitchen, tucked behind the colorful boxes for CityPages and the Star-Tribune, these four bike racks hide. According to staff at the East Harriet stalwart, a local artist—no-one can rememer his name—came by one day and offered to build some bike racks for the owner. Inspired by the diner's fare, he chose to depict a coffee mug's handle, a fork, a knife and a spoon dripping with coffee. So what's the coolest piece of public art in your neighborhood? Take a picture and upload it here before Monday morning. We'll compile them all into a slideshow next week.
Monday night's snow even made the grubby alleyway behind your local editor's apartment building in Whittier look nice last night...possibly even pretty! What's the view out your window this morning? Share it here.
As a nerd myself when I was in high school, I loved seeing this at Southwest High School on caucus night.
This van might stop at all railroad crossings, but the vehicle behind it doesn't always. Spotted this weekend in CARAG.
This passel of puppies was spotted in front of Patisserie 46 late last week, in the care of Curtis Johnson from Citizen Kanine Dog Behavioral Services.
