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Minneapolis skyline as viewed from the Warehouse District at night, 2017. The Warehouse District was a 19th- and early 20th-century rail and truck shipping center for the region. In the 1970s and 1980s it became an artists' quarter, and then a nightlife and entertainment district, which the southern portion (between I-394 and Hennepin Ave) remains.
This list includes notable permanent geographic sections in Minneapolis, such as unofficial neighborhood, commercial districts, residential areas, and other defined places. The list excludes streets, venues, transit stops, trails, government facilities, lakes, parks, and events.
The skyline of Minneapolis in July 2008. Central is a defined community in Minneapolis that consists of six smaller official neighborhoods around the downtown and central business core. It also includes the many old flour mills, the Mill District, and other historical and industrial areas
Northeast is a defined community in the U.S. city of Minneapolis that is composed of 13 smaller neighborhoods whose street addresses end in "NE". Unofficially it also includes the neighborhoods of the University community which have "NE" addresses, and the entirety of the Old Saint Anthony business district, which sits on the dividing line of "NE" and "SE" addresses.
This category includes official and unofficial neighborhoods and commercial districts in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For the larger community areas that contain these neighborhoods, see Category:Communities in Minneapolis.
In many instances, where changing social and economic conditions have made it unfeasible to maintain an existing warehouse district, cities or communities will invest in converting the district to other purposes for which this infrastructure can still be used, such as an art district. [3]
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For most of its history, the North Loop was an industrial area. It was home to a large railroad yard and numerous warehouses and factories. Much of the warehouse district (very roughly bounded by Second Street North, First Avenue North, Sixth Street North, and the BNSF Railway tracks, except for the Interstate 394 and Interstate 94 ramps) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.