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The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6723: Crowds at the Farmer's Market near Downtown Minneapolis
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6722: Crowds Shopping at the Farmer's Market near Downtown Minneapolis
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6583: Office Buildings on 2nd Avenue, Downtown Minneapolis
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6464: HCMC Ambulance Speeds Past the IDS Tower
The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6407: Rush Hour, Marquette and 7th Street
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6406: Downtown Office Buildings (Fifth Street Towers and One Financial Plaza)
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6393: Hennepin County Medical Center
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6392: Spire of St. Olaf Catholic Church
The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6391: The Minneapolis Club
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6389: IDS Tower and Skyway Foreshortened
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6382: 35W Bridge Over the Mississippi River, Minneapolis (cropped section of image 6381)
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6381: 35W Bridge Over the Mississippi River, Minneapolis (now collapsed)
The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6380: Aerial Photo Including the I-35W Bridge Over the Mississippi River, Minneapolis
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6322: Rush Hour, 6th Street and 2nd Avenue, Minneapolis
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6276: Murray's Steak House, 6th Street, Minneapolis
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6273: Marriott Hotel, 7th Street South, Minneapolis
Minneapolis was first settled on the banks of the Mississippi River at St.Anthony Falls. The Falls drew settlers from Fort Snelling, who came upriver to harness the water-power for lumber mills. The settlement that grew on the west bank was "St.Anthony", later joined with the east bank to become Minneapolis.

There was always been a bridge connecting the east and west bank via Nicollet Island, near St.Anthony Falls. The Hennepin Avenue suspension bridge stands there today. The first few streets adjacent to the river on the east bank were called the Gateway district. Between 1880 and urban renewal in the 1950s, they were filled with bars, flop houses, and brothels.

The IDS and metrodome might be recognizable to non-residents, but I don't have close-up pictures of them here. You can see them in the skyline pictures, though. Other buildings pictured here include the Basillica of St.Mary, the Orpheum and State theaters, and the Milwaukee Road depot.

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