twin city sidewalks

2024-01-11

Twin City Doorways #69

[Boston, MA.]

[West 7th, St. Paul.]

[Downtown, Minneapolis.]

[Grand Avenue, St. Paul.]

[Mac-Groveland, St. Paul.]

[Pepin, WI.]

[Location forgotten.]

[Portland, OR.]

2024-01-08

Signs of the Times #187

Eat the Rich

...

[Doorway wall. Denver CO.]

Her mother told her she could grow up

to be anything she wanted to be,

so she grew up to become

the strongest of the strong,

the strangest of the strange,

the wildest of the wild

the wolf leading wolves.

[Sidewalk. Denver CO.]

River's Dream House

WHAT HELPS YOU

FEEL SAFE

WITH OTHERS?

[Telephone pole. Denver, CO.]

Please help yourself to

some of our leftover candy

from Trick or Treating last night.

Happy Halloween!

[Bowl. Somewhere in St. Paul.]

There he met with a group of African-American recent

retirees, and he said to them:

'You are God's instrument, that

you should not be played and

put down for not making the

sound that pleases everybody...'

George

[Table. University Avenue, St. Paul.]

Dear beloved customers,

Pat the owner (me), is

building a house and racing

to get roof on before bad

weather sets in, Hence, I'll

be temporarily closing on Wed's

for 4-5 weeks. Everything is

going great in Wienie World, it's

difficult to find workers though, sorry.

[Door. Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis.]

Dogs Welcome in Line

[Basket. Lex-Ham, Saint Paul.]

NO GUEST AFTER 10PM

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

IT'S DOESN'T MAKE SINCE

WHAT I SAT AND HEARD

LAST NIGHT COMING FROM

THIS BUILDING!!

NO MORE WARNING!!

[Door. University Avenue, Saint Paul.]

Stay

Positive

[Wood thing. Seward, Minneapolis.]

Due to

Staffing Shortages

We will be closing

at 3X2 pm today

[Door. Skyway system. Downtown, Minneapolis.]

NO TRESPASSING

ON STONE WALL

[Grand Avenue, Saint Paul.]

NOTICE

WE OPENS THE RESTAURANT

FROM 2pm TO 9pm

SORRY FOR THE

INCONVENIENCE

[Door. Midway, Saint Paul.]

2024-01-05

Sidewalk Dogs #17

[Downtown St. Paul.]

[Salt Lake City, Utah.]

[Uptown, Minneapolis.]

[Loring Park, Minneapolis.]

[Portland, Oregon.]

[Selby Avenue, St. Paul.]

[Uptown, Minneapolis.]

[St. Anthony Park, St. Paul.]

[Grand Avenue, St. Paul.]

[Location forgotten.]

2023-08-11

Signs of the Times #186

SMILE

your on

CAMERA

[Porch. Location forgotten, probably Frogtown.]

WOAH

[Roadside. Pepin County, WI.]

[finger pointing]

[Chain. Pepin, WI.]

Chicken

or Rose

40-

TURTLE or

FROG

35-

2023-06-21

Noteworthy Railyards of Minneapolis and Saint Paul Bike Tour, next Thursday

Railroad siding in Northeast Minneapolis.

Hey! It's been a while since the last bike tour, around about two years. (By funny coincidence, I now have a two-year-old.) AS you might imagine, this one has been cooking in my mind of ra while. We're going to bike around and look at some past and present rail yards, ,certainly a negative / blank space in many people's imaginations of the city. And yet rail yards are all around us, and there used to be twice as many, huge swathes of urban land given over to nothing but railroad tracks and 24/7 industrial activity. They're quite interesting and with the help of a local railroad expert, I'll do my best to explain what they are, how they work, and how they've defined the urban geography of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

You'll learn fun things, such as the existence of "East Minneapolis" (a real thing) and what "humping" really is... I hope to see you there!

[Facebook invite here.]

Who: Anyone who wants to ride bikes and learn about history
What: 2+ hour, 15-mile relaxing bike ride around St. Paul and Minneapolis
When: Thursday, June 29th, leaving at 7pm
Where: We will meet at Insight Brewing and end at Bang Brewing (about a mile away)
Why: Because some of them are still there, and trains are cool

Railyard in Saint Paul.

Railyard artwork by Aydin Büyüktas.