Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Minneapolis tours

Roger Ebert recently published a post on walking in London that was both a tour of his memories and a selection of videos about walking in London. This got me thinking that there must be similar videos about Minneapolis.
This "Ben's Tours" video gives some history of Minneapolis through a tour of the Mill City Museum; it's well-filmed and really gives a great sense of the place

I really enjoy this architectural tour of recent building projects in Minneapolis.

Cool Hunting also produced this video about one of my very favorite spaces in Minneapolis, the Sculpture Garden across from the Walker Art Center. It opened the year I moved to the city. One of the pieces featured is the bronze horse (there's another one in the San Francisco airport.
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Walker Art Center Director Olga Viso talks about more of the art in the sculpture garden on its 20th anniversary.
One of Minneapolis' urban joys is the Chain of Lakes: Lake of the Isles, Lake Calhoun, and Lake Harriet. Here's a presentation about them.

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