Archive - Midwest Seeds

Poem: Those Bells Were Survivors

Location: The Lake Harriet Perennial Garden

Aug 7 •

Erik van Mechelen

so 95% of the buildings are gone?

but the removals were not only from 1950s/60s 'urban renewal', started long before

Aug 4 •

Erik van Mechelen

July 2025

A note on why I write

Jul 31 •

Erik van Mechelen

A Few Questions About City Hall

Ch 2 - One Gateway to Minneapolis

Jul 31 •

Erik van Mechelen

Who Built City Hall, and How?

Ch 1 of One Gateway to Minneapolis - book excerpt

Jul 30 •

Erik van Mechelen

One Gateway to Minneapolis

Prologue: The View from the Tower

Jul 28 •

Erik van Mechelen

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 •

Erik van Mechelen

The Washburn Park 'Water' Tower

i was 'run over' by this tower

Jul 8 •

Erik van Mechelen

The Lafayette Club on Lake Minnetonka (and Pillsbury A-Mill)

Not the only interesting buildings in Minnesota

Jul 3 •

Erik van Mechelen

June 2025

historic document

post-trial brief, susan shogren smith

Jun 29 •

Erik van Mechelen

Who was that masked man?

On June 14, I wrote an article about the latest shooting in Minnesota and I encouraged people to wait until all the information was in before making any…

Published on Tierney's Real News • Jun 25

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