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Northrup, King and Co. was founded in 1884 as Northrup, Braslan and Company. Its founders, Jesse E. Northrup and Charles E. Braslan, moved to Minneapolis from the Eastern United States . They chose Minneapolis because they believed seeds grown in the North were resilient and productive, and because they viewed Minneapolis as an ideal ...
Many of the neighborhood's industrial buildings (such as the Northrup-King headquarters) have since been re-purposed as artist studios and galleries. The neighborhood is now considered part of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. [6]
Today, Northeast Minneapolis is a vibrant visual arts community in the city, including the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District established in 2001, and the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association. Art-a-Whirl in May and The Art Attack at the Northrup-King building in November are open-studio events in Northeast Minneapolis.
The Loring Park building was renamed the "Loring Park Office Building" in 1966 and was subdivided to house a number of businesses. [2] A little know fact about the building, in 1977, the world renowned (and Minnesota native) artist Prince recorded The Loring Park Sessions in his managers office, which was located on the first floor of the ...
An oasis will soon spring up in the north Minneapolis food desert. A local businessman announced Tuesday he'll open a grocery store in the shuttered building where Aldi operated until it closed ...
The Soo Line Railroad is based in Minneapolis, but is owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway. The old company headquarters still exist as the Soo Line Building. The current headquarters is Canadian Pacific Plaza. Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company produced Ceresota flour in Minneapolis from 1891 to 1953. Its Elevator A, and A and F mills ...
Lind Hall. Housed most of the university's English department until they moved to Pillsbury Hall.Currently, the building is home to the College of Science and Engineering, after a major renovation completed in 2023, [6] providing 57,500 square feet of space for the Industrial and Systems Engineering department and additional space for the Computer Science & Engineering departments. [7]
Minneapolis [a] is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. [4] With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 census, it is the state's most populous city. [7] Located in the state's center near the eastern border, it occupies both banks of the Upper Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of ...