Mastodawn

If you want a real throwback, take a drive over the Oliver Bridge, further up the St. Louis River, still in use as a combination rail and road bridge.

New deck, though. No more rattling across wooden planks there, either.
https://www.dot.state.mn.us/historicbridges/6544.html

#Duluth #Superior #HistoricBridges

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Bruce MacDonald 4d ago

I used to enjoy riding over the Arrowhead Bridge, a drawbridge upriver, and listening to the wooden planks rattling under the tires. They don't grow trees that big any more, I don't think.
https://www.perfectduluthday.com/2015/07/26/postcards-from-the-arrowhead-bridge/

#Duluth #Superior #drawbridge

Postcards from the Arrowhead Bridge - Perfect Duluth Day

The Arrowhead Bridge connected West Duluth to Superior’s Billing’s Park neighborhood across the St. Louis River for 57 years. Built by the Arrowhead Bridge Co., it opened on March 15, 1927. The company charged a toll to cross the bridge until 1963, when Minnesota and Wisconsin state officials paid $200,000 to make it a toll-free […]

Perfect Duluth Day

Bruce MacDonald 5d ago

Famous Duluth architect favors Epicurean-like cutting board material for home siding.

"Salmela has a knack for creating livable spaces inspired by modernist ideas and his own Finnish culture, suffused with a sense of quiet joy and the occasional touch of whimsy. That gift has brought him international recognition and hundreds of commissions."

David Salmela at 80: Duluth architect has unparalleled legacy
By Jay Gabler
Duluth News Tribune
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/lifestyle/arts-and-entertainment/david-salmela-at-80-duluth-architect-has-unparalleled-legacy

#Duluth #architecture #architects

David Salmela at 80: Duluth architect has unparalleled legacy

Inspired by the Northland and his Finnish culture along with modern and postmodern ideas, Salmela has designed hundreds of structures.

Duluth News Tribune

Thomas Dorr 6d ago

Witnessing the #philosophy club at #umn #duluth discuss the time travel and the self and clones after watching "World of Tomorrow" by Don Hertzfeldt

It bakes my noodle. It is intriguing.

steve ulrich Mar 13

distinctly #minnesota statement. "i'm super pumped to try out my new shovel!"

#mnwx #mnstadon #duluth

Bruce MacDonald Mar 12

Recalling Finn Town, the Sand Bar, and those railroad tracks.

How Duluth’s Canal Park went from scrap heap to tourism juggernaut
By Jana Hollingsworth
The Minnesota Star Tribune
https://www.startribune.com/how-duluths-canal-park-went-from-scrap-heap-to-tourism-juggernaut/601588616?utm_source=gift

#Duluth #LakeSuperior #CanalPark

Holler Pixie Mar 5

Icy morning here in #Duluth #Minnesota #nature

Bi Sasquatch Mar 1

Sharing for signal: #ACLU

#CivilRights #ImmigrantRights #Minneapolis #StPaul #Rochester #Bloomington #Duluth #Minnesota #ICE
https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/immigrants-rights

Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU

Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.

American Civil Liberties Union

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Bi Sasquatch Mar 1

“The First Amendment protects your right to take photos and videos of law enforcement officers performing their duties in public. This applies to ICE agents, police, FBI, National Guard troops, and any other government officials.”

#ACLU #DocumentingICE #SALUTEProtocol #EyesOnICE #Minneapolis #StPaul #Rochester #Bloomington #Duluth #Minnesota #ICE

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/recording-and-documenting-police-and-federal-agents