Image from the Historic Minneapolis Facebook page. Here's a recent view via Google Maps:
This is Google's 3D view. The angle is different from the 1930s image, but it's still interesting to compare the changes that have occurred as the result of development. I agree with this comment posted at the stie:
"One the best things that the city did early on in its existence, was keeping the shoreline of our lakes public, and not allowing real estate developers to build homes on the lake shorelines."
Posted for my high school classmates, some of whom grew up in this neighborhood.
My brother used to live at Lake Nokomis about 40 years ago. If memory serves, I think the street was named Woodlawn. I only visited there once and all I remember of it was that the neighborhood was beautiful and it was just a short walk to the shoreline where I went fishing with my nephew.
ReplyDeleteWoodlawn Boulevard is the long one on the proximal (SE) side of the lake, right next to the parkway. It is el primo real estate.
DeleteI figured. There was a nice view of the lake from the front of their house.
DeleteI lived for a year with my grandparents in the Kenwood neighborhood when I was in fourth grade. Walking to Lake of the Isles with friends was one of my favorite things to do. Minnesota in general is lovely for keeping natural public spaces in good shape.
ReplyDeleteYet another reason why electing principled people is so important for establishing policies.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like it went from farms to suburbia? How is the Iake doing now? More / less pollution? more / less wildlife? water quality?
ReplyDeletehttps://minneapolisparks.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=88319f73c7904adcbabccacdff38bbf1
DeleteNow if we had done that all over the USA with oceanfront property....
ReplyDelete"One the best things that the city did early on in its existence, was keeping the shoreline of our lakes public, and not allowing real estate developers to build homes on the lake shorelines."
ReplyDeleteWhat? Keep things for the common good instead of auctioning it of to the highest bidder, and keeping some bribes from the process for oneself? That's just socialism!
And yes, anonymous. That would have been a lot better.