Minneapolis

[Chef]

Some previous threads:

Twin Cities spring
Gilded era splendor | Cathedral Hill, St Paul
St Paul - Crocus Hill

A mural on east Lake St:


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The intersection of Hennepin Ave and west Lake St in Uptown:


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Alleys in Whittier:


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Apartments in Whittier:


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Downtown:


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Uptown:


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Lake of the Isles:


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Downtown:


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Tornado warning!


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This was a funnel cloud a few moments before I took this photo, it never touched down:


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Downtown:


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Minnehaha Falls:


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The Guthrie Theater and Mill District:


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Whittier:


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Downtown:


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Uptown and Lowry Hill:


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Downtown:


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Behind west Lake St:


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The Lyndale neighborhood:


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East Lake St:


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Some art:


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Powderhorn:


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Downtown:


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An abandoned ConAgra plant and Bassett Creek park:


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Northeast:


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Industrial river:


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Theodore Wirth Park was at the beginning of the north side tornado's path:


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A tornado in the city is never a good thing, this was "only" an EF1:


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[ColDayMan]

Man @ that tornado.

Great thread!

[Expat]

A lot of atmosphere in the sky and on the street. Excellent thread. This has been a bad year for tornados.

I love this picture:

[Sekkle]

I love the variety you captured in this collection. You're quite a versatile photographer. And the people shots are top-notch as always

[ShadowMaster]

I am absolutely loving this thread man, great work. The TC's are one of my U.S. favorites. How common or uncommon are tornadoes in the TC's ?

[MNMike]

Great pics, as usual

Tornadoes are not uncommon in southern MN at all...actually last year MN had the most tornadoes of any state in the union(was an abnormally high number last year obviously), but MN is right on the northern edge of tornado alley. Just as anywhere...you don't see them in the city as often, because it is such a small target as compared to the surrounding countryside. There was a weak F0 tornado within Mpls city limits a couple years ago, and an F3 that did pretty major damage to south Minneapolis in 1981. There is usually AT LEAST one somewhere in or near the metro per summer.

US tornado map, F3 and stronger:
http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/saf..._activity.shtm



Minnesota tornado map(red dots) for 2010 through August:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/col...010_were.shtml


By the end of the year we had over 140. Crazy year for tornadoes last summer.

[dktshb]

Wow, that was amazing! There is so much going on in that thread with all that variety, damn! I love threads that capture the pulse of a city and you definitely delivered.

[Okayyou]

stellar job, always nice to see the people of a city too. Tornadoes everywhere this year

[Urbanguy]

Great pics! I always enjoy seeing Minneapolis on here as it has one my favorite skylines but that guy in the second pic on the bike is a MONSTAH!!! He looks like a bulldog with rabies!

[the pope]

some purdy sky catches in that uptown & lowry hill collection.

[Chef]

Thanks for the comments.

Originally Posted by the pope

some purdy sky catches in that uptown & lowry hill collection.

That was a couple hours after the tornado. I went out mostly to look for stuff that would show off the sky, it was looking crazy that day.

[giallo]

Beautiful photos, Chef.

[Thundertubs]

Great set. I like the rain-soaked streets.

[Columbusite]

Nice variety! It's great how even in one of the poorer neighborhoods that people are willing to open up businesses that improve the neighborhood like Modern Times. Whatever's in the water over there, we need it here.

[Sirus]

Awesome set!

This shot is only a few houses down from my place:

[pj3000]

Cool stuff. Need more of Minneapolis on here.

[diskojoe]

Very good thread. really liked this one. You just keep kicking that skill level up a notch with each thread.

[giovanni sasso]

man, i have such a strong jones for minneapolis right now, and these are totally baiting it. great work.

the edie sedgwick mural is wild, never seen that before.

[pj3000]

Had to check this thread out again since I found out a few hours ago that I'll be in Minneapolis in a few weeks. Nice!

While I'm there, I wanna meet this sweet little dish (the chick, not the dude with the bike and the socks).