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wood and paper sculptures by Seitu Jones and Mary Hark at the Rondo Library - Bill Kelley
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Warehouse/North Loop

Bunkers in the north loop
Bunkers in the north loop
The artists who resurrected the Warehouse District, SoHo/Tribeca/Nolita-style, are mostly gone, their galleries replaced by bars and restaurants catering to a young club-till-you-drop crowd. But the neighborhood's elegantly rehabbed brick and stone buildings are also home to boutique design firms, ad agencies and high-end furniture and antique shops. The brand-new Twins stadium, aka Target Field, has brought both architectural beauty and fan-fueled energy into the mix, and the northwestern end of the neighborhood is spawning new offices, restaurants, and cafes at a brisk clip.

Warehouse/North Loop Features

The Musical, Multitasking Microbrewers

Qiuxia and Kevin Welch are professional musicians, playing the French horn in many major local ensembles. Qiuxia teaches the Chinese language and Chinese cooking. Kevin is a certified tungsten inert gas welder. So why not become microbrewers too, bringing authentic Belgian-style beer to thirsty locals?

I'll drink to that: the making of the twin cities microbrew revolution

Changing regulations and evolving tastes are sparking a craft-beer and microbrewing revolution across the country, and nowhere is the quirky, über-entrepreneurial, nouveau-beer buzz louder than in the Twin Cities. Are you ready for Angry Planet Pale Ale and Masala Mama IPA?

Microbrewing Revealed: A slide show

Managing Photographer Bill Kelley--a knowledgeable home-brewer himself--explored some of our local microbrew establishments to see just how these alchemists turn grain into drinkable gold. Here's his visual record of the process.

Behind the Bicycle Boom

Most of us in the Twin Cities are aware that we've become a great town for bicycling in recent years, but urbanist and author Jay Walljasper--an avid biker for decades--has been digging into the trend to find out the what and the why behind it. In this adaptation of an article he wrote for Bikes Belong, he fills in the story and gives us some impressive facts about the sheer scale and promise of our new two-wheel era.

Videoline: Celebrating the Midtown Greenway

To accompany Jay Walljasper's take on bike policy and bike culture in the Twin Cities, here's a video by Streetfilms that shows just how valuable one of the crown jewels in our bikeway system is--the Midtown Greenway, running more or less parallel to Lake Street from Chowen Avenue to the Mississippi River.
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