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Minneapolis, Minnesota

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:''This article is about the city in Minnesota, USA. There are two other cities named Minneapolis in the United States: Minneapolis, Kansas and Minneapolis, North Carolina. For an overview of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, see Minneapolis-St. Paul.'' {{Infobox City |official_name = Minneapolis, Minnesota |nickname = City of Lakes |motto = En Avant |image_skyline = MinneapolisSkyline10-15-03.jpg |image_flag = Cityflag2.gif |image_seal = Mplsseal.gif |image_map = MplsHennepin.png |mapsize= 250px |map_caption = Location in Hennepin County, Minnesota Hennepin County and the state of Minnesota. |subdivision_type = Countries of the world Country
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Hennepin County, Minnesota Hennepin |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = R.T. Rybak (Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party DFL) |established = Founded |established_date = 1867 |area_magnitude = 1 E8 |area_total = 58.4 miÂ² - 151.3 |area_land = 54.9 square mile miÂ² - 142.2 |area_water = 3.5 square mile miÂ² - 9.1 |population_as_of = 2000 |population_total = 382,618 |population_metro = 2,968,805 |population_density = 2,691.4 |timezone = Central Standard Time CST |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = Central Daylight Time CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |latd = 44 |latm = 58 |lats = 48.36 |latNS = N |longd = 93 |longm = 15 |longs = 50.76 |longEW = W |longs=6.72 |elevation = 264 |website = http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/ |footnotes = }} '''Minneapolis''' is the largest city in Minnesota and the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota Hennepin County. It adjoins Saint Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul, the state's capital and second-largest city. Together they form the core of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Twin Cities metropolitan area, the 15th-largest agglomeration in the country (and roughly 65th-largest in the world), with over 3,000,000 residents. In the 2000 census, the city itself had a total population of 382,618, making it the Largest cities of the United States 47th-largest city in the United States. However, in the Census' 2004 estimates, that number had decreased to 373,943. If the two core cities themselves were combined together in the census, the resulting "city" would rank 17th, just between Louisville, Kentucky and Austin, Texas. People living in Minneapolis are called '''Minneapolitans'''. The city is in the southeast portion of the state and sits along the Mississippi River. There are also 24 small lakes in the city. The abundance of lakes led Charles Hoag, an early settler and Minneapolis's first schoolmaster, to suggest a name derived from ''minne'', the Dakota language Dakota word for water, and ''polis'', the Greek language Greek word for city. Other names considered at the time were Brooklyn and Albion. The early use of "Brooklyn" for the then-village lives on into the 21st century in the names of two suburbs north of Minneapolis, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Brooklyn Center. The city is also known as the "City of Lakes", a phrase that appears on many municipal vehicles and properties. Some conservative commentators have pejoratively called it '''Moscow on the Mississippi''' in reference to the city's highly liberal politics{{citation needed}}. The traditional postal abbreviation for the city's name is '''Mpls.''', and much old correspondence can still be found dated from "Mpls., Minn." Once a primary center of the milling industry, Minneapolis is still often known by the appellation '''Mill City'''. The city center is located just south of 45 degrees north latitude. On the south side of Golden Valley Road just east of Wirth Parkway, there is a stone containing a weathered plaque, marking a point on 45th parallel. [http://www.wurlington-bros.com/45th/Mpls.html] Metro Area citizens take some pride in being "halfway to the North Pole". Minneapolis is recognized by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network as a world city world-class city.

History
Image:Minneapolis-MN-stone-arch-bridge.jpg Stone Arch Bridge.html" title="Meaning of thumb thumb|right|250px|The [[Stone Arch Bridge straddles the Mississippi River in downtown.html" title="Meaning of right|250px|The [[Stone Arch Bridge">thumb|right|250px|The [[Stone Arch Bridge straddles the Mississippi River in downtown">right|250px|The [[Stone Arch Bridge">thumb|right|250px|The [[Stone Arch Bridge straddles the Mississippi River in downtown Called in the Ojibwe language ''Gakaabikaang'' (at the falls), the city grew up around the Saint Anthony Falls, the only waterfall on the Mississippi River and the end of the commercially navigable section of the river until Canal lock locks were installed in the 1960s. Father Louis Hennepin was the first European to explore the area, giving the falls their name, as well as lending his name to the county in which Minneapolis is located. The nearby Fort Snelling, Minnesota Fort Snelling spurred the growth of villages and towns in the area. A lumber mill was built on the falls in 1822 to supply the fort. In the 1840s, settlers were not allowed to stay on land controlled by the military without special permission, so the first settlement near the falls, St. Anthony, grew on the northeast side of the river, just outside of the fort's jurisdiction. The first person authorized to live on the river's southwest bank was Colonel John H. Stevens, who operated a ferry service starting around 1850. A few years later, the amount of land controlled by the fort was reduced with an order from President of the United States U.S. President Millard Fillmore, and free settlement followed. The village of Minneapolis soon sprung up on the southwest bank of the river. The village of St. Anthony was incorporated by the Minnesota Territorial Legislature in 1855, and Minneapolis soon followed in 1856. The University of Minnesota original campus of the University of Minnesota system first appeared near the falls at this time. Today it is a Big Ten Conference Big Ten university with more than 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the Twin Cities alone, making it one of the largest campuses in the country. Image:Downtown Minneapolis.jpg Stone Arch Bridge.html" title="Meaning of thumb thumb|left|250px|Downtown Minneapolis as viewed from the [[Stone Arch Bridge.html" title="Meaning of left|250px|Downtown Minneapolis as viewed from the [[Stone Arch Bridge">thumb|left|250px|Downtown Minneapolis as viewed from the [[Stone Arch Bridge">left|250px|Downtown Minneapolis as viewed from the [[Stone Arch Bridge">thumb|left|250px|Downtown Minneapolis as viewed from the [[Stone Arch Bridge Minneapolis grew quickly during and after the American Civil War Civil War and became a city in 1867. Outstripping the growth of its neighbor, the city merged with St. Anthony five years later in 1872. The early growth of the city was directed by the river, which ran to the southeast, and most early streets ran parallel to it to maximize the amount of land that could be used. Later growth of Minneapolis eventually turned to using north-south/east-west streets, so many unique intersections were formed to translate between the two layouts (probably the most famous of these is a site known as Seven Corners, on the eastern periphery of downtown). Some streets, especially many of the older and more traditionally important ones of the city, like Hennepin Ave. and Nicollet Avenue Nicollet Ave., have both orientations at different points along their roadways. Following an initial burst of activity in the lumber industry, the city's economy developed around the processing of grain from the Great Plains, which is reflected by the presence of companies such as General Mills and Pillsbury in the city. In its heyday, it was known as the "milling capital of the world." It was the leading producer of grain in the world until 1932. Today, it is still referred to as the ''mill city''. More recently the city has become notable for its medical and financial industries, as well as the largest shopping mall in terms of indoor space in the United States, the Mall of America (actually located in Bloomington, Minnesota Bloomington, a suburb south of Minneapolis). Minneapolis was the headquarters of Honeywell International Inc. The 1920s and 1930s were a rather dark period in the city's history, as organized crime and political corruption corruption took hold of the region. The most notorious gangster from this time was Kid Cann (real name Isadore Blumenfeld) who ran much of his operation from the city's West Hotel and engaged in bootlegging, racketeering, and prostitution. In the 1950s and 1960s, the downtown area of Minneapolis went through a major phase of urban renewal, which involved the razing of about 200 buildings across 25 city blocks—roughly 40% of the area. This included the destruction of a slum area known as "Skid Row," but also the destruction of many buildings with notable architecture. One of the most lamented buildings was the Metropolitan Building, known simply as "the Met". Efforts to save the building (which ultimately failed) are credited with jumpstarting a much greater interest in historic preservation in the state of Minnesota. Image:MplsNight.jpeg IDS Center.html" title="Meaning of thumb thumb|300px|right|Downtown Minneapolis at Night. From left to right, the [[IDS Center, 225 South Sixth and the Wells Fargo Center.html" title="Meaning of 300px|right|Downtown Minneapolis at Night. From left to right, the [[IDS Center">thumb|300px|right|Downtown Minneapolis at Night. From left to right, the [[IDS Center, 225 South Sixth and the Wells Fargo Center">300px|right|Downtown Minneapolis at Night. From left to right, the [[IDS Center">thumb|300px|right|Downtown Minneapolis at Night. From left to right, the [[IDS Center, 225 South Sixth and the Wells Fargo Center While it was never official policy, Racial segregation segregation occurred between whites and blacks in the city, and in some ways, racial issues still trouble the city today. A desegregation program of forced busing to balance the number of black and white schoolchildren in city schools began in 1972. Ethnic diversity continues to grow in the area, although African American residents continue to complain that they are excessively targeted by the Minneapolis Police Department and Minneapolis has a higher rate of black poverty than many other American cities. Another relatively troubled period for parts of Minneapolis was the 1990s, when the murder rate and incidence of gang violence climbed, almost entirely in poorer neighborhoods of the city. The Phillips, Minneapolis Phillips neighborhood (now referred to as Phillips Community) was particularly hard-hit. After reaching a record 97 homicides in 1995, the city gained an unpleasant nickname because of the violence: "'''Murderapolis'''." Supposedly coined by local gun shop owner Mark Koscielski, the term gained widespread use after ''The New York Times'' used it when reporting that Minneapolis had surpassed the per capita homicide rate of New York, New York New York City. The murder rate retreated in the following years, but area residents often grow concerned that the nickname may make a comeback whenever there is an uptick in violence in the city. Health and environmentalism environmental issues have gained importance over the years. Many cleanup projects have taken place, and industrial activities have been scaled back or modified within the city. In 2005, the City amended its Comprehensive Plan and adopted various Indicators that strengthens its commitment to sustainability. On the scale of individuals, a ban on tobacco smoking smoking in all bar (establishment) bars, bowling alleys and restaurants went into effect in March 2005. Minneapolis has a long history of prominence as a center for the arts, with the Walker Art Center (opened in 1927) leading the nation in appreciation of pop art pop and postmodern art. Adjacent to the Walker Art Center, the Guthrie Theater (opened in 1963) showcases local and international performance arts productions, and features workshops headlined by Emmy and Academy Awards Oscar-winning celebrities. A larger replacement to the original Guthrie is being built near the Mississippi River; the original building from 1963 is the subject of a heated preservationist debate. In the 1980s, a diverse range of musicians, including Prince (artist) Prince, HÃ¼sker DÃ¼, the Replacements, the Suburbs, and Soul Asylum set the pace for the nation in pop musical innovation. This gave rise to the term "the Minneapolis sound", though the groups really shared very little in stylistic terms. Image:Downtown_Minneapolis_at_night.JPG thumb|Downtown Minneapolis as seen on a winter night from the Stone Arch Bridge. Picture taken on January 18, 2006.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 151.3 square kilometre kmÂ² (58.4 square mile miÂ²). 142.2 kmÂ² (54.9 miÂ²) of it is land and 9.1 kmÂ² (3.5 miÂ²) of it is water. The total area is 6.01% water.

Demographics
Minnesota has historically been a home to Scandinavian and Germany German immigrants. Scandinavians (mostly Norwegian-American Norwegians and Sweden Swedes) tended to settle in the colder, forested north, and Germans often resided in the relatively warmer rolling hills of the south. Minneapolis sits between these two regions and thus has large populations of people of German and Scandinavian descent. During the great wave of Eastern Europe Eastern European immigration in the 1870s through the early 20th Century, many immigrants from Poland, the Baltic States, and Russia, as well as other people from the region settled in the Northeast neighborhood. "Nordeast" was until recently very strongly identified with these populations. Minneapolis also has a large Native American population, one of the largest in the United States. After the Vietnam War, Minneapolis became a destination city for Hmong people Hmong and Vietnamese refugees. More recently, a large influx of Somalia Somali refugees has modified Minneapolis's ethnic makeup. Smaller populations of Laotians, Cambodians, Ethiopians, and others can also be found in the city. Image:Minneapolis languages.jpg Recycling.html" title="Meaning of thumb thumb|200px|left|[[Recycling instructions in a Minneapolis park are given in four languages: English, Hmong, Spanish, and Somali.html" title="Meaning of 200px|left|thumb|200px|left|[[Recycling instructions in a Minneapolis park are given in four languages: English, Hmong, Spanish, and Somali">200px|left|[[Recycling">thumb|200px|left|[[Recycling instructions in a Minneapolis park are given in four languages: English, Hmong, Spanish, and Somali The population residing within the city's limits has decreased significantly since its peak of 521,718 in 1950, although the number of people residing in the city has seen a rebound in recent years. The 1990 census recorded a low of 368,383, and the next census saw a small increase from that level. The rebounding growth has largely been due to an increase in the number of non-white residents, as the number of white residents has continued to decline and is now at its lowest level since the very early 20th century when the city had a much smaller total population. Jews, for example, were once a significant presence in the northern part of the city, but they have largely moved out to suburbs such as St. Louis Park, Minnesota St. Louis Park. In general, the Twin Cities suburbs have seen massive growth, and the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area has roughly doubled since 1950 and now has about three million residents. The downtown region also saw a major decline in population, but managed to retain residents better than many similar cities. The downtown population has been booming in the last decade as new condominiums are completed and warehouses are converted to loft-style housing. The U.S. census recorded 20,201 residents in the city center in 2000, but an estimate by Maxfield Research just five years later in January 2005 put the number at 29,350, fully recovering from losses in the 1960s and 1970s. Considering the number of new condos in development, the downtown district could reach 40,000 by 2010. Still, the people living downtown are greatly outnumbered by commuters, who bring the daytime population up to about 165,000 each weekday. As of the census Geographic references#2 ² of 2000, there were 382,618 people, 162,352 households, and 73,870 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,691.4/kmÂ² (6,970.3/miÂ²). There were 168,606 housing units at an average density of 1,186.0/kmÂ² (3,071.6/miÂ²). The racial makeup of the city was 65.13% White (U.S. Census) White, 17.99% African American (U.S. Census) African American, 2.19% Native American (U.S. Census) Native American, 6.13% Asian (U.S. Census) Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander (U.S. Census) Pacific Islander, 4.13% from Race (U.S. Census) other races, and 4.36% from two or more races. 7.63% of the population were Hispanic (U.S. Census) Hispanic or Latino (U.S. Census) Latino of any race. There were 162,352 households out of which 22.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.0% were Marriage married couples living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 54.5% were non-families. 40.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 3.15. In the city the population was spread out with 22.0% under the age of 18, 14.4% from 18 to 24, 36.6% from 25 to 44, 17.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 101.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.1 males. The median income for a household in the city was $37,974, and the median income for a family was $48,602. Males had a median income of $35,216 versus $30,663 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,685. 16.9% of the population and 11.9% of families were below the poverty line. 24.5% of those under the age of 18 and 10.9% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Minneapolis neighborhoods
Image:Mpls.png thumb|200px|right|Minneapolis neighborhoods {{main|Neighborhoods of Minneapolis}} The city is officially divided into several communities, each containing multiple neighborhoods. For example, the area typically referred to by locals as "North Minneapolis" is actually the Near North community, which is composed of the Hawthorne, Jordan, Near-North, and Willard-Hay neighborhoods.[http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/about/maps/neighborhoods.pdf] Most of the neighborhoods in Minneapolis coordinate certain activities under the Neighborhood Revitalization Program [http://www.nrp.org/]. In some cases, two to four neighborhoods act together under a single neighborhood organization. Some areas of the city are more commonly known by locally established nicknames, many of which are predominantly business districts. One such place is Dinkytown, USA Dinkytown, near the University. To the southwest of Downtown is Uptown, Minneapolis Uptown, which is loosely defined as the area around the Uptown Theater near the intersection of Hennepin Avenue and Lake Street, and features a large number of restaurants, bars, and independently owned businesses. The North Loop is a primarily residential section of the warehouse district extending to the west bank of the Mississippi river that is primarily made up of $1,250 a month apartments and $500,000 lofts.

Economy
Image:first_bank_place.jpeg thumb|150px|right|225 South Sixth office tower. Minneapolis's economy has been historically based on the adjoining agricultural area, though that has changed as can be seen from the list of companies below: *Target Corp. *U.S. Bancorp *Xcel Energy *Thrivent Financial for Lutherans *PepsiAmericas Inc. *Bemis Co. Inc. *The Valspar Corp *Ameriprise Financial *Piper Jaffray *Fair Isaac Corporation {{seealso|Companies based in Minneapolis-St. Paul}}

Law and government
Image:FatherofWaters.jpeg thumb|right|200px|''Mississippi, Father of Waters''. 1904, Minneapolis City Hall Minneapolis is a city that is well known for its liberal politics and to this day remains a stronghold for the Democratic Party (United States) Democratic party. Minneapolis has an arguably convoluted set of different government entities that oversee actions in the city. The most prominent is the Minneapolis City Council, which holds the most power. The mayor has some power to appoint certain individuals, such as the chief of police, but is otherwise relatively weak and must coordinate with the city council for most other activities. Other groups in the city include the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, Minneapolis Public Library's Board of Trustees, the Neighborhood Revitalization Program, the Public Housing Authority, and the Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation Board of Estimate and Taxation. These councils tend to be semi-independent, and some can levy their own taxes and fees. The school board exists as a separate legal entity from the city as Special School District Number 1, commonly called the Minneapolis Public Schools. There are some efforts currently underway to examine how the city government can be streamlined, though it is hard to say how quickly any changes might come about. A number of the city boards were created by the Minnesota Legislature between the time of the city's founding and 1920 when the city finally gained home rule by passing a new charter (simply an agglomeration of the various laws that had been specifically written for the city at the time). {{seealso|Minneapolis City Hall}} {{seealso|Flag of Minneapolis}}

Mayor
Image:Minneapolis City Hall.JPG thumb|right|200px|City HallThe current mayor of Minneapolis is R.T. Rybak. There have been a number of notable individuals who have held the office. Most are known for their positive influences on the city. Hubert H. Humphrey, who became mayor in 1945, started what may be the first equal employment commission while he was in office. He later went on to serve as Vice President of the United States US vice president and ran for President of the United States president in 1968. Arthur Naftalin was the first Jewish mayor, while Sharon Sayles Belton became the first woman and the first African-American to hold the office. The city government has not been immune to corruption, however, and the man who exemplified that was A.A. Ames "Doc" Ames. He essentially turned the police force into a group of organized crime organized criminals before an investigation forced him out of office more than a century ago. {{seealso|List of mayors of Minneapolis}}

City council
{{main|Minneapolis City Council}} The Minneapolis City Council is composed of 13 single member districts, called ''ward (politics)#United States wards''. The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) dominates the council, with twelve members, and Barbara Johnson is council president. The Green Party of Minnesota Green Party has one member as of 2006.

Culture

Arts
Image:State Theatre Minneapolis.jpg thumb|200px|right|The State Theatre on Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis claims to have the highest per capita attendance at theater and arts events outside of New York City, perhaps boosted by its famously harsh winters. The region is reportedly the third-largest theater market in the country, attracting major performances. The Guthrie Theater is the most famous theater in the city. In order to help revitalize the downtown and warehouse district areas of Minneapolis which had declined in the mid to late 20th century, the city purchased and renovated a few theaters on Hennepin Avenue to create the Hennepin Theatre District, including the State, Orpheum, and Pantages venues. In 2004 with an attendance of 50,197, Minneapolis's [http://www.fringefestival.org Minnesota Fringe Festival] was the largest non-juried performing arts festival in the United States and the third largest Fringe festival in North America. In 2005, the Minnesota Fringe ran 11 days, August 4-14 with 44,630 paid tickets. In 2004, 1,100 artists produced over 800 individual performances and events. The most extensive museum in the city is the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Modern art is displayed in the Walker Art Center. The Walker includes an outdoor sculpture garden with "Spoonbridge and Cherry," which has become a symbol of the city. Image:Cherry and Spoon sunset.JPG thumb|right|200px|Spoonbridge and Cherry in late summer Image:Cherry and Spoon winter.JPG thumb|right|200px|Spoonbridge and Cherry in mid-winter Image:Dream 2.jpg thumb|right|200px|''The Irene Hixen Whitney Bridge, ''Siah Armajani The Warehouse District adjoining downtown was a hub of studio and gallery activity in the 1980s, but most artists have been driven out by high rents. Today the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District is the most vibrant visual arts community in the city, though the largest art event (one of the largest in the nation) is the annual Uptown Art Fair. Numerous festivals are held across the city during the year. Many are small, although others can attract visitors from across the region. Fireworks displays occur several times a year, although the largest is not on Independence Day (United States) July 4th as in most American cities—that is reserved for one night during the official city celebration, the Aquatennial, held in mid-July. The Aquatennial display is reportedly the fourth-largest annual fireworks show in the nation. Arts education is also strong in the Minneapolis area, with schools like the Perpich Center for Arts Education, an arts-oriented charter high school,located in Golden Valley, Minnesota Golden Valley, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, an arts college adjacent to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, playing a central role in the city's visual, music and literary scenes, and the Art Institutes International Minnesota, located in downtown Minneapolis on the corner of Hennepin Ave. and 9th Street, is an arts college which focuses more on computer arts, such as Graphic Design, Animation and Media Graphics, Photography, and Interactive Media Design. Minneapolis was home to the "Minneapolis sound Minneapolis Sound" in pop music in the 1980s. Prince (artist) Prince is Minneapolis's most famous musical progeny. His 1980 album Dirty Mind, features a song called "Uptown", dedicated to his favorite neighborhood in the city, and several other songs include references to the city. Arguably, producers Jam and Lewis Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis have also been as or more influential as Prince in creating the Minneapolis Sound. The punk rock/pop groups such as HÃ¼sker DÃ¼ and The Replacements were a force in the late 1980s, and Paul Westerberg (of the Replacements) still lives and works in Minneapolis. Popular acts from the 1990s include The Jayhawks, Semisonic, and pop group Information Society.

Media
{{main|Media in the Twin Cities}} The major daily newspaper in Minneapolis is the ''Star Tribune'', which competes with Saint Paul, Minnesota St. Paul's ''St. Paul Pioneer Press Pioneer Press''. Both of those are subscription-based papers. Significant free Minneapolis-based metro-area weeklies include ''City Pages'' and ''Pulse of the Twin Cities'', with 2002 newcomer ''The Rake'' offering some competition in the form of a free monthly. Numerous community newspapers include the ''Skyway News'' and ''Southwest Journal'', which cover downtown and southwest Minneapolis, respectively, and numerous neighborhood papers such as the ''North News'', ''Seward Profile'', ''Southside Pride'', ''Whittier Globe'', and the Northeaster. The ''Minnesota Daily'', a student-run newspaper at the University of Minnesota, is also produced in Minneapolis and has the third-largest circulation in the region. Other periodicals focus on a particular interest, including the ''Lavender Magazine'' for the state's homosexuality gay community, ''The Minnesota Women's Press'', one of the few feminist newspapers in the country, the Asian American Press and Catholic Spirit. WCCO Channel 4, a CBS affiliate, is the only major Twin Cities television outlet that originates its broadcasts from within the city limits of Minneapolis today. Their studios are at the south end of Nicollet Mall in the downtown area. All of the other significant stations broadcasting to the metro area are based in neighboring Saint Paul, Minnesota St. Paul or the suburbs. However, KSTP-TV KSTP Channel 5, an American Broadcasting Company ABC affiliate, is located right at the border between the two cities along University Avenue. Other TV stations that can be received in Minneapolis include: * KTCA Channel 2 (PBS) * WCCO-TV WCCO Channel 4 (CBS) * KSTP-TV KSTP Channel 5 (American Broadcasting Company ABC) * KMSP-TV KMSP Channel 9 (Fox Broadcasting Company Fox) * KARE Channel 11 (NBC) * KTCI Channel 17 (PBS) * KMWB Channel 23 (The WB Television Network WB) * WFTC Channel 29 (UPN) * KPXM Channel 41 (i (TV network) i) * KSTC-TV KSTC Channel 45 (Independent) Significant radio stations that can be received in the city include: * KFXN 690 AM ("The Score", sports and talk, "broadcasting from a swamp in New Hope, Minnesota New Hope") * KUOM 770 AM/106.5 FM ("Radio K", college rock) * WCCO 830 AM ("The Good Neighbor", talk) * KTNF 950 AM ("Air America Minnesota", talk) * KFAN (AM) KFAN 1130 AM ("The Fan", sports and talk) * KSTP (AM) KSTP 1500 AM (talk) * KBEM 88.5 FM ("Jazz 88", jazz) * KCMP 89.3/KMSE 88.7 FM ("The Current", indie rock) * KMOJ 89.9 FM ("The People's Station", r&b/community) * KFAI 90.3 FM (in Minneapolis) 106.7 FM (in St. Paul) ("A different radio station every hour" independent, community produced radio) * KNOW 91.1 FM ("Minnesota Public Radio", news) * KQRS 92.5 FM ("KQ92", classic rock) * KXXR 93.7 FM ("93X", hard rock) * KSTP-FM KSTP 94.5 FM ("KS95", hot adult contemporary) * KTTB 96.3 FM ("B96", rap/hip-hop) * KTCZ 97.1 FM ("Cities 97", adult album alternative) * KTIS 98.5 FM (contemporary Christian) * KSJN 99.5 FM ("Minnesota Public Radio" classical) * KTLK-FM KTLK 100.3 FM (talk radio) * KDWB 101.3 FM (contemporary hits) * KEEY 102.1 FM ("K-102", country) * WLTE 102.9 FM ("102.9 Lite FM", adult contemporary) * KZJK 104.1 FM ("Jack FM" - variety hits) * WGVX 105.1/WGVY 105.3/WGVZ 105.7 FM ("Drive 105", adult alternative) * WFMP 107.1 FM ("FM 107", talk radio) * KQQL 107.9 FM ("Kool 108", oldies) The communications towers on top of the IDS Tower in downtown Minneapolis mark the highest points in the city and are used by a few low- to medium-power broadcasters such as Univision and the Home Shopping Network. A number of major broadcasters attempted to use that site in the years after the IDS was built, but because of technical difficulties such as multipath interference, most of them now use other sites in the suburbs. Probably the most significant collection of transmitters is in Shoreview, Minnesota. The IDS is still maintained as a backup transmission site. At least one small radio station, KFAI, uses the antenna atop the Foshay Tower, which had been the city's highest point until the IDS Center went up in the 1970s.

Sports
Image:minnehahafalls2.jpg thumb|180px|right|Minnehaha Falls Minneapolis has a large park system consisting of ten square miles (26 kmÂ²) of land and water that is interlinked in many places. The Grand Rounds Scenic Byway circles through the city and brings together many of the bigger park areas including land along the Mississippi River, many of the city's lakes, and other scenic areas of the city. The views are fantastic throughout the year. The route has a parkway for cars (not a freeway—literally just a roadway through park land, though the number of stops is reduced), a bikeway for riders, and a walkway for pedestrians all running in roughly parallel paths along the 50-mile route. It is the first natural scenic byway totally located in a major urban area. Additional routes in the Minneapolis park system criss-cross the city, and the number of bikeways and walkways continues to grow. They also interconnect with neighboring cities. One of the most famous parks in Minneapolis is Minnehaha Park, where Minnehaha Falls is located. A number of cultural heritage events take place there every year. There are several freshwater lakes across the southern part of the city. The most significant grouping is the western "Chain of Lakes" consisting of Lake Harriet, Lake Calhoun, Lake of the Isles, and Cedar Lake (Minnesota) Cedar Lake. Lake Nokomis and Lake Hiawatha lie farther to the east. The Minnesota Twins (Major League Baseball) and the Minnesota Vikings Vikings (National Football League NFL American football football) both call the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome home. The stadium is at the east end of downtown Minneapolis and hosted Super Bowl XXVI. Several blocks farther west in the city's Warehouse District, the Target Center is home to the Minnesota Timberwolves (National Basketball Association NBA) and Minnesota Lynx Lynx (WNBA) basketball teams. The Hennepin County board on May 3 2005 approved a new ballpark for the Twins in the Warehouse District, across the street from the Target Center. The NHL team Minnesota Wild plays in Saint Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul.

Transportation
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In fact, the interconnected passageways that include restaurants and retailers are sometimes considered as one of the largest shopping centers in the Twin Cities (though most businesses in the skyways close down at night and on the weekend). Historically, Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota St. Paul provided some of the earliest rail passages across the Mississippi River, which widens downriver where the St. Croix River (Wisconsin-Minnesota) St. Croix River joins the Mississippi. Today, rail traffic through the city is diminished, and some of the old bridges such as the Stone Arch Bridge have been converted for bicycle and pedestrian use. These link into the extensive park and trail system of the city. Most residents of Minneapolis get around the region by automobile car, and a number of highways snake through the city. Minneapolis and St. Paul are the junction points between Interstate 94 and Interstate 35. I-35 splits into two parts when entering the metro area. The western half, Interstate 35W I-35W, goes through downtown Minneapolis. The Interstate 394 I-394 spur connects the downtown region to western suburbs. Two spurs from I-94, Interstate 494 I-494 and Interstate 694 I-694, make a loop around the metro area, but do not pass through the cities of Minneapolis or St. Paul. Only two U.S. highways pass through the city, but they are unmarked. Interstate 394 is largely an upgraded segment of U.S. Highway 12 which comes into the city from the western and then joins I-94 to follow that road around downtown and into St. Paul. U.S. Highway 52 follows Interstate 94 north of the metro area, so it is considered to follow that all of the way through the city today, though it had originally been routed along surface streets and along University Avenue (Minneapolis-St. Paul) University Avenue between Minneapolis and St. Paul. Minnesota state highways include: * Minnesota State Highway 47 (Minneapolis to Aitkin) enters the city from the North as University Avenue * Minnesota State Highway 55 (Tenney to Hastings) passes through outer Minneapolis as Olson Memorial Highway and Hiawatha Avenue (though, since June 2005, it now follows I-94 around downtown). * Minnesota State Highway 62 (Eden Prairie to Fort Snelling) runs along the southeastern edge of the city as the Crosstown Highway (west of Chicago Ave and east of Xerxes Ave, the highway is considered as part of Richfield, Minnesota Richfield), however, the Richfield-Minneapolis line lies right at the northern edge of the Highway 62 right-of-way during that 3-mile stretch). * Minnesota State Highway 65 (Minneapolis to Littlefork) follows Central Avenue through Northeast Minneapolis, and until June 2005, it also followed Washington, 4th, and 5th Avenues though downtown Minneapolis. A freeway stub running from I-35W to 10th Avenue is still considered part of Highway 65, creating a gap in the official routing. * Minnesota State Highway 77 (Apple Valley to Minneapolis) ends as it enters the city from the south as Cedar Avenue. * Minnesota State Highway 121 (Richfield to Minneapolis) is a spur that connects Interstate 35W with Lyndale Avenue in South Minneapolis. The city is served by air with the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, which is at the southeast corner of the city off of Minnesota State Highway 5. The airport is also bordered by Saint Paul, Bloomington, and Richfield, Minnesota Richfield. It is a hub for Northwest Airlines. Many households depend on public transit and the occasional Taxicab taxi to get around. For some, this is a strictly economic decision, but many people in the city choose to forgo having an automobile in favor of biking, walking, or taking the bus. The transit system is descended from an extensive streetcar network that was operated by Twin City Rapid Transit until the streetcars were totally removed and replaced by buses in the 1950s. It is fair to say that the city was built on the rail lines (like numerous other American cities), since the owners of the streetcar system invested heavily in real estate and intentionally built rails out to their land to spur development. Image:MSPLRT.jpg Hiawatha Line.html" title="Meaning of thumb thumb|left|300px|Metro Transit [[Hiawatha Line train approaching Cedar-Riverside Station. Downtown Minneapolis is in the background, Metrodome on the right..html" title="Meaning of left|300px|Metro Transit [[Hiawatha Line">thumb|left|300px|Metro Transit [[Hiawatha Line train approaching Cedar-Riverside Station. Downtown Minneapolis is in the background, Metrodome on the right.">left|300px|Metro Transit [[Hiawatha Line">thumb|left|300px|Metro Transit [[Hiawatha Line train approaching Cedar-Riverside Station. Downtown Minneapolis is in the background, Metrodome on the right. TCRT's descendant is Metro Transit (Minnesota) Metro Transit, which runs most of the area's buses and has begun operation of a light rail system, the Hiawatha Line, which has proved to be popular. The line opened its first and second phases to the public in 2004, connecting the airport and Bloomington, Minnesota Bloomington's Mall of America into downtown. A number of other rail projects including new commuter rail lines linking the city to the suburbs are in the planning stages, and the city council has officially begun "explor[ing] the feasibility of bringing back a streetcar system." [http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/council/ward9/docs/Streetcar-resl-2004R-317.pdf] Some bus rapid transit lines are also likely to be built in the coming years.

Bike trails
Over the last twenty years, the system of bicycle trails has expanded from a long-standing system of recreational trails, the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway Grand Rounds, to include a network of on-street bike lanes and an increasing number of commuter trails. Trails include: *The Midtown Greenway *The Kenilworth Trail *The Cedar Lake Trail *The West River Parkway along the Mississippi. Free online bicycle maps are provided by the city [http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/citywork/public-works/transportation/bicycles/maps/ here]. Minneapolis is one of the most heavily-biked cities in the country, with an average level of 10,000 people riding daily for commuting and recreation (there are significant seasonal variations, but many people bike year-round).

Famous Minneapolitans
:Category:Minneapolitans * HÃ¼sker DÃ¼, influential punk band * Eddie Albert, actor famous for role in ''Green Acres'' * Louie Anderson * Richard Dean Anderson * The Andrews Sisters * Lew Ayres * Ann Bancroft * C.C. Beck * Mitch Clem, cartoonist * Joel and Ethan Coen * Rachael Leigh Cook * Dr. Demento (aka Barry Hansen) * Gordon R. Dickson * Khalid El-Amin * Kimberly Elise * Al Franken * Thomas L. Friedman, journalist * Neil Gaiman * J. Paul Getty * Terry Gilliam, the United States Stateside Monty Python * Genevieve Gorder, Trading Spaces * Josh Hartnett * George Roy Hill * Jimmy Jam * Kent Hrbek * Doug Pagitt * Hubert H. Humphrey, former Vice President * Dan Israel, songwriter * Jerry Lynn, professional wrestler for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling * Mint Condition, famous band * Zach Miller, cartoonist (Joe and Monkey) * Walter Mondale, former Vice President * Prince (artist) Prince * Charles Schulz, Creator of the Peanuts comic * Lili St. Cyr * Raymond W. Rolfe, Artist * Semisonic * The SuperSmashers Punk/Ska legends * Soul Asylum * Dillinger Four Best Punk Band * The Soviettes, punk rock band * Tiny Tim (aka Herbert Khaury, buried in the city's Lakewood Cemetery) * Vince Vaughn * John Piper, Internationally known reformed author, theologian, and pastor of Bethlehem Baptist in downtown Minneapolis * Mark Mallman, musician * Josh Hartnett, actor

Famous people from the Twin Cities area (near Minneapolis), or in Minneapolis for a brief time
* Garrison Keillor, host of ''A Prairie Home Companion'' (Anoka, Saint Paul) * Jesse Ventura, wrestler and former Governor of Minnesota (Brooklyn Park) * Kirby Puckett (grew up in Chicago, lived in Minneapolis suburbs) * Bob Dylan (grew up in Hibbing, Minnesota, spent brief time in Minneapolis) * Loni Anderson Born in Saint Paul, TV and film actress

Minneapolis in the media
The ''Mary Tyler Moore (TV series) Mary Tyler Moore Show'', a popular television situation comedy in the 1970s, was set in Minneapolis. A statue of Mary Tyler Moore was erected downtown, on Nicollet Mall, in 2002 to commemorate the program. Although the city is not often a setting for film movies, a few notable ones have been filmed there: * ''Fargo (movie) Fargo'' * ''Grumpy Old Men'' and ''Grumpier Old Men'' (set in Wabasha) * ''The Mighty Ducks (movie) The Mighty Ducks'' * ''Jingle All the Way'' * ''That Was Then, This Is Now'', based on the novel by S.E. Hinton * ''Untamed Heart'' * Prince (artist) Prince's movie ''Purple Rain (movie) Purple Rain'' featured First Avenue, considered the city's most influential music venue. * ''Drop Dead Fred'' * ''Joe Somebody'' * ''Beautiful Girls'' * ''Mallrats'' * ''20 Bucks'' * ''Drop Dead Gorgeous'' * ''The Heartbreak Kid'' (some scenes) The [http://www.mnfilm.org/info/ Minnesota Film Board] has a listing of films made in Minnesota, many in Minneapolis.

Sister cities
Minneapolis has eight town twinning sister cities: {| | valign="top" | *{{flagicon|Chile}} - Santiago, Chile Santiago, Chile (1961) *{{flagicon|Finland}} - Kuopio, Finland (1972) *{{flagicon|Japan}} - Ibaraki, Osaka Ibaraki City, Japan (1980) *{{flagicon|Russia}} - Novosibirsk, Russia (1988, with St. Paul) | valign="top" | *{{flagicon|France}} - Tours, France (1991) *{{flagicon|People's Republic of China}} - Harbin, China (1992) *{{flagicon|Kenya}} - Eldoret, Kenya (2000) *{{flagicon|Sweden}} - Uppsala, Sweden (2000) |} The city also maintains informal connections with the cities of Hiroshima, Japan Hiroshima, Japan and Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda.

See also
* Augsburg College * Capella University * Dunwoody College of Technology * Hero Card * Minneapolis College of Art and Design * Minneapolis Community and Technical College * Mississippi National River and Recreation Area * North Central University * University of Minnesota * Walden University

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