Reply With QuoteSurprise, surprise! An indoor water park in Minneapolis! Sorry, it's an inside joke with a few of my co-workers.
That is a pretty cool area, even for Minneapolis. I'm not the world's biggest fan of the city, but great pictures none the less.
Here are a few photos from a recent trip to Minneapolis. I took a stroll through the historic Mills District, which at one time was the flour milling capital of the world. After fossil fuels replaced water power for milling, most of the mills were abandoned and surface lots for the nearby Metrodome took over. The area is now in a big revitalization, with a riverfront park, old milling buildings turned into lofts and condos filling the surface lots. The new Guthrie Theater has relocated to a new building in the area as well.
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Looking back at the CBD from the old Milwaukee Depot, which was converted to a hotel and indoor water park.
New condos and development at the edge of the Mills district.
The old buildings have been converted to lofts; the silo has been turned into the Mill City Museum. I like the combination of the old and new. Along the river the ruins have been excavated next to a walking trail with interpretive signs.
This is where the water at the falls was diverted to power the mills. Below is an interpretive walkway through Mill Ruins Park. In the distance is the collapsed I35 bridge. Walking trails go along the river but were closed past this point because of the bridge collapse.
Across the river are other mills currently vacant waiting redevelopment. The old Stone Arch railroad bridge has been turned into a pedestrian crossing.
Other factories turned into lofts.
The MacPhail Center for Music campus under construction.
The new Guthrie Theater designed by Jean Nouvel and opened in 2006.
Last edited by dfwcre8tive; 19 August 2007 at 12:33 PM.
Surprise, surprise! An indoor water park in Minneapolis! Sorry, it's an inside joke with a few of my co-workers.
That is a pretty cool area, even for Minneapolis. I'm not the world's biggest fan of the city, but great pictures none the less.
By the power of greyskull!
We're planning on taking a trip up to Minneapolis before the winter sets on us hard. Now I know another interesting place to go!
wow that theatre is amazing. puts the wyly and the winspear to shame.
I imagine the Winspear to look similar except red surrounded by a glass pavilion.Originally Posted by dendalmatt07
Here's another: Izzy's Ice Cream
This shop is also powered, to a significant extent, by solar PV panels on the roof. Details about that can be found by looking under High Noon Solar on their web site.
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