Lake and Minnehaha
⛸ Temporary “all-weather” skating rink and sauna coming to the old U.S. Bank site
There will be signs of life for the remainder of the month at 2800 East Lake, the vacant former U.S. Bank property.
🎪 Half Pint Co. kicking off third season of kid-friendly events at Arbeiter
The duo throws free events at Arbeiter geared towards hands-on learning with a literary flair.
🚊 A look at plans for the Lake Street LRT station overhaul
The station will undergo a full renovation next year.
🌮 Visiting downtown’s permanent taco trailer
Jaime Lopez operates the trailer at Lake and Minnehaha seven days a week.
🥣 Soup for You! brings gourmet approach to free community meals
Paying a visit to the daily free community meal in downtown Longfellow, ahead of its annual fundraiser on Saturday.
🚧 Hiawatha-Lake interchange will stay closed until December
An update on the major reconstruction, which promises to make the complicated junction more palatable no matter how you traverse it.
🦐 First look: Lagniappe
A look at the upscale New Orleans-style restaurant opening in the Coliseum building tonight.
⚜️ First look: Du Nord Cocktail Room
A preview of the New Orleans-style cocktail room inside the Coliseum building, which opens tonight.
🏬 Development plans at former El Nuevo Rodeo move forward
A look at the planned "Viva" project, one of a wave of developments moving forward near 27th and Lake.
🏋️♀️ Solcana Fitness is coming to downtown Longfellow
The gym, focused on small group fitness classes, will move from Seward this fall.
🏚 Cleanup has (slowly) begun at the former Third Precinct
The fences, barbed wire, and concrete barricades should come down later this summer.
🕰️ Take a drive down Lake Street, 25 years ago
Strung together, these hastily taken photos provide a pretty good time-machine glimpse of what a drive down Lake Street looked like a quarter-century ago.
🚧 Hiawatha-Lake interchange closing for six months
All four ramps connecting the two roads will be closed and Lake Street will be down to one lane in either direction. But once completed, the intersection should be considerably easier to walk, roll, and drive through.
🚲 The Hub returns this weekend
The bike co-op is reopening in a smaller part of the same building March 30.
