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The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6185: Nicollet Mall at Night
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6137: One Financial Plaza
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6136: People Walking in Skyway, Downtown Minneapolis
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6135: Downtown Minneapolis Skyline in Winter at Dusk
The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#6134: Wells Fargo Stagecoach in Bank Lobby
The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#5914: Expressionist Mural on the Side of Valspar Building, Minneapolis
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#5912: Entrance to the New Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#5908: Office Buildings near 11th Street and LaSalle, Downtown Minneapolis
The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#5907: Series of Skyscrapers in Downtown Minneapolis
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#5906: Foshay Tower in downtown Minneapolis
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#5726: Woman Crossing an Intersection, Downtown Minneapolis
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#5675: Santa Clause in the Holidazzle Parade
The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#5671: Floats in the Holidazzle Parade
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#5670: Holidazzle Parade, Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#5669: The Holidazzle Parade on Nicollet Mall
 The Downtown Business Disctrict, south of Nicollet Mall
#5664: Wicked Witch on a Bike in the Holidazzle Parade
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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