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very few thinking about this
root cause, not symptoms; controllers happy if we pay no attention behind curtain
Sep 7 • 
Erik van Mechelen

August 2025

Ten Days in Minneapolis
Book Published
Aug 14 • 
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Poem: Those Bells Were Survivors
Location: The Lake Harriet Perennial Garden
Aug 7 • 
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so 95% of the buildings are gone?
but the removals were not only from 1950s/60s 'urban renewal', started long before
Aug 4 • 
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July 2025

Book(s) update
A note on why I write
Jul 31 • 
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A Few Questions About City Hall
Ch 2 - One Gateway to Minneapolis
Jul 31 • 
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Who Built City Hall, and How?
Ch 1 of One Gateway to Minneapolis - book excerpt
Jul 30 • 
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One Gateway to Minneapolis
Prologue: The View from the Tower
Jul 28 • 
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Perpetual Tourists in this Matterium
Grist for the mill.
Published on Aether Pirates of the Matterium! • Jul 23
Castles in Minneapolis
built, or found?
Jul 21 • 
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The Washburn Park 'Water' Tower
i was 'run over' by this tower
Jul 8 • 
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The Lafayette Club on Lake Minnetonka (and Pillsbury A-Mill)
Not the only interesting buildings in Minnesota
Jul 3 • 
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