This housing-converted building was home to Northern Federal Savings and Loan, my employer in 1983 where I grossed $675/month and set people up with IRAs when they were first available. Gorgeous building. The S&L failed 🤔 and was acquired by Twin City Federal, where I became a student loan officer.
New book I hadn't heard about released yesterday, "The Cruelty of Nice Folks: Why Minneapolis Is the Story of America" and it looks like a good one. www.blackgarnetbooks.com/item/MEgaIBq...
I'm crossing my fingers they restored the arches.
In interviews I conducted for my first book, I experienced the same moment over and over again. People who get in their cars every day without thinking about it suddenly paused. And then they said, sometimes surprised, sometimes disillusioned: “Actually, I have to.”
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MN Reformer made this amazing sankey diagram of MN ICE detainees. minnesotareformer.com/2026/06/16/o...
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What happened to Duluth's brilliant and valiant effort to remove I-35 from its Lake Superior waterfront? Was there a backlash from car-dependent travelers and a DFL beholden to transportation contractors?
Take out the in-town portion of the highway. Re-route the traffic through downtown Duluth. Establish many, many opportunities for travelers to stop and spend money and give the lake back to Duluthians.
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The moral challenge of today is determining when it is helpful to abandon consumer choices that enrich monsters, current or historic. I'm not getting a strong start.
So much to love here.
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Katja Diehl
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“In writing a book about Minneapolis, Justin Ellis has really written a book about America's favorite lie—that good intentions lead to justice. Ellis is a rigorous historian and a visceral storyteller...
