The ‘Human Toll: A Public History of 35W’ exhibit is open Thursdays through Saturdays, in the Main Floor Gallery of the Hennepin History Museum. It will close for good on December 31, 2022.
Rondo
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MnDOT to rebuild I-94 through Twin Cities—or not
MnDot is considering the possibilities for I-94, the seven-mile stretch between Hiawatha Avenue in Minneapolis and Marion Street in St. Paul.Â
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Northsiders divided over light rail impacts
Metro Transit may try once again to build light rail through Minneapolis’ North Side, but some businesses—and transit riders—aren’t necessarily onboard.Â
Posted inGo Green, Local & State, News
Overcoming environmental racism in MN
‘We deserve to have, you know, clean air, clean water, healthy land.’
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Rondo Community Land Bridge seeks community input
The Rondo Community Land Bridge is knocking on the door of Minnesota’s prospective future.
Posted inOpinion
Residents: Proposed Lexington project could lead to gentrification
Carter, who recently called himself a “proud son of Rondo,” has refused to listen to the pleas of Rondo elders living directly across the street from the proposed luxury apartments.
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Commemorative Plaza revives the spirit of Rondo
The Plaza was created to honor the Rondo community and educate the youth about its history. St. Paul historian and Rondo Days co-founder Marvin Roger Anderson partnered with activist Nathaniel Khaliq to transform a vacant plot at 820 Concordia Avenue into a community memorial.
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Much of Toni Stone’s story remains untold
Toni Stone’s place was permanently cemented in modern baseball history.
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Community members voice support for Arradondo as chief
You may not be familiar with the 2002 release of the movie Dark Blue, starring Kurt Russell, Ving Rhames and Kurupt, among others. Rhames plays Assistant Chief Arthur Holland. Although not based on a true story, the film is filled with actual historical events, which ironically have a similar cadence of topic with current events. […]
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The ghost of Rondo still haunts I-94
During the three-year life of this column, I have focused on the subjects of gentrification and community development at least a half dozen times, maybe more. In those pieces I have often made mention of the construction of Interstate 94 through the heart of the Twin Cities. Of course, the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 […]