Don’t miss your chance to be just the fourth owner of this super-spacious, 5 BR/4 Bath Colonial in St. Louis Park’s high demand Fern Hill neighborhood. Just two blocks from Minneapolis’ Cedar Lake, this home is also convenient to Uptown, Downtown, and the Chain of Lakes (Isles, Bde Maka Ska, Harriet, etc.). The sprawling .25...Read More
Identical or Fraternal? Look closely in the photo above, and you’ll see not one but two trunks at the base of this tree, located about 1/2 mile west of Minneapolis’ Cedar Lake in St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill neighborhood. The tree — make that tree(s) — command a key intersection, which give passing motorists (and...Read More
The Neighborhood’s Two Distinguishing Features There aren’t too many Twin Cities neighborhoods that include both 1950’s ramblers for $300k, and less than one mile away custom, upper bracket Contemporaries with gorgeous views of Cedar Lake and the Downtown Minneapolis skyline commanding almost 10x that. The latter home would be 2545 Huntington (pictured above), which fetched...Read More
“Location” x 3 Quick! Test your knowledge of today’s Twin Cities housing market, and guess how much this Spartan-looking, 400 square foot cottage in South Minneapolis is listed for: A. $89k B. $149k C. $249k D. $400k Before I give the answer, here are a couple clues: —-The property is located just west of Cedar...Read More
One of the ways you can tell that a product is dated or out-of-fashion ” or people think it is ” is that it acquires an adjective. So, for a while, “Coke” became “New Coke.” In the wake of Watergate in the 1970’s, Minnesota’s Republican party became the “Independent — Republican” party (at least until...Read More
Wildlife Lost — and Found! Earlier today, I received this email from the listserv for my neighborhood (near Cedar Lake in Minneapolis): This little chick wandered into our front yard today – no signs of a mother or siblings. Does anyone have a duck family in their yard near Sunset and Drew? We’ve checked out...Read More
