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The big trouble with that image is he's a lot fatter and drug addled than that. More of a late war Göring.

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Ha yes not a fan of the term but at least it differentiates from the meme-posters. Nothing wrong with memes ofcourse, but content has to start somewhere.

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Wow Bsky has been glitchy lately. It's not so noticeable if you're replying to or reposting other people's stuff, but if you aspire to be an actual content creator here this site is unnecessarily difficult to use.

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Since reopening, the Orpheum shines brightly on Hennepin Avenue along with the restored State and Pantages Theaters nearby. The venue hosted national premieres of Victor/Victoria, Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida, The Bodyguard, The Lion King, and Girl From The North Country. 5/5

lavish interiors as seen from the stage, red velvet seating, blue ceilings, purple dome with chandelier. Hennepin Avenue Theater Trust.

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The Orpheum was returned to full glory in 1993. During a major stage expansion and upgrade of mechanical systems, architectural surprises were discovered, turning the project from an aesthetic facelift into a full historic restoration. 4/5

lobby with stripped walls and sad colors of yesteryear, hoses run along the bare concrete floors.

plaster details discovered under walls and curtains, being restored and tested for colors and gold leaf.

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In 1979, the Orpheum Theater was bought and renovated by Bob Dylan and his brother. Recognizing its cultural value and wanting to revitalize Hennepin Avenue into an entertainment district, Minneapolis Community Development Agency purchased the building from Dylan in 1988. 3/5

a worker on a ladder changes lightbulbs on the marquis as the theater had yet to see better days 1988.

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As Vaudeville declined, big bands arrived and the Minneapolis Orpheum also became a first-run cinema house, famously screening Gone with the Wind for 3 sold out weeks in 1940. In 1959 it was bought by Ted Mann who added touring Broadway musical productions. 2/5

Huge crowds outside for Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra in 1940. Hennepin County Lib

Scene on Hennepin Avenue in the 1950s, with the Orpheum Marquis advertising a John Wayne film.

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#OnThisDay Oct 16 1921: The Hennepin Theatre opens in downtown Minneapolis with the Marx Brothers as headliners. The largest vaudeville house in the nation at the time, it became the Orpheum in 1922 and a major touring stop for Jack Benny, George Burns, and Fanny Brice. 🧵1/5

Sepia toned photo of the new theater in the golden era, with enormous pipe organ and lavish decor. University of Minnesota Northwest Architectural Archives.

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OOO great discovery I had no idea.

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It was part of the Sheraton Ritz Hotel

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Lovely shot of the old St Paul & Pacific Railroad, built from St Paul to St Anthony in 1862, then here across Nicollet Island to Minneapolis in 1867. After JJ Hill bought the line and turned it into his Great Northern empire, this part was mostly used for freight after the Stone Arch Bridge opened

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That's gotta be the reason why.

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The urban renewal that happened north of Nicollet Ave was definitely a mistake, but the Mall itself was a necessary reaction to the suburban flight going on at the time. Thankfully they took a risk with Lawrence Halprin's spectacular modernist design, otherwise it would've been a tragedy - like now

Minneapolis Central Library, National City Bank, public art, and the Ritz hotel swimming pool in a finely crafted modernist arrangement on the Nicollet Mall. 1967.

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Lindeke, Basgen, and I must've drank enough at the @blackhartstp.com @sustainstpaul.bsky.social and @moreneighbors.org Sibling Rivalry II event to save it.

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What the Downtown Council and it's nepo baby allies fail to understand, the Nicollet Mall was made shitty 5 years before the COVID CRE downturn. At that point the fundamentally bad design that dehumanizes people became obvious. Trying to double down on that bad plan now is a mistake.

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This historic event marks the first time the general public has been allowed to sit down on the Nicollet Mall since 2015. Naturally these new "benches" are designed so that homeless people can't sleep there, they also look temporary. This is what this exact section looked like in 2005:

sidewalks paved in granite, green trees, flowers, benches, and glass octoganal bus shelters at 9th street on the nicollet mall.

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#OnThisDay Oct 14 1941: Minnesota State Highway patrolman Raymond Wood directs traffic outside the huge new Twin Cities Ordnance Plant in Arden Hills as construction at the site intensifies. 4000 cars a day pass in and out. The plant begins ammunition production in early 1942.

a lone officer stands in the middle of the highway holding a long line of cars while another turns right in the other direction. A jumble of wood buildings and telephone poles can be seen in the distance.

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Aha if I can recall my Minnesota war history, you must be referring to the Great Battle of DeLaSalle Field, in which many were lost.

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what historic plaque is on that rock by the flag i wonder

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#OnThisDay Oct 14 1946: The garrison flag is lowered as Fort Snelling is finally decommissioned as a military post. The property is then divided among various US government agencies and many historic structures abandoned or demolished. By 1956 only 4 of the original buildings from 1820 still stand.

officers stand at a attention as an enormous US flag is lowered in front of the Upper Post buildings. Minnesota Historical Society .

Barracks demolished for airport construction. tree stumps and debris litter the foreground. Image by Richard E. Watson, M.D.,

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#OnThisDay Oct 14 1937: Westinghouse engineer Dr. Phillip Thomas presents world's first commercially viable electrostatic air filter before the American Institute of Electrical Engineers at the University of Minnesota. The first application occurs 2 months later in Chicago's Field Building.

sepia toned photo of a man wearing a suit looking at a glowing apparatus while blowing smoke into it from a cigarette

1930's postcard of Chicago's iconic Art Deco landmark Field Building

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The richest people you know who live in Wayzata, not Minneapolis.

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Granada Theater, designed by famed architects Liebenberg & Kaplan, opened Sept 26 1928. It's the city's first "atmospheric" movie palace meant to evoke a certain era, in this case 17th Century Spain. In 1954 it became the Suburban World, in 2019 it was restored as this events space.

Spanish Churrigueresque Revival style exterior in 1928 just before opening. The marquis reads "WILL OPEN WITH VITPHONE & MOVIETONE SEE PAPERS FOR DETAILS"

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Maybe I've been blinded by the shock of bridge 9. Waiting to see the complete look with lighting fingers crossed.

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Here's a history thread I did awhile back on this building, well rather 3 buildings. I think it'll be good!

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Construction of the public safety barriers on the Washington Ave Bridge progressing well, they look better than I thought they would, and better than the ones on NP Bridge #9. Lighting installation is next.

weighted gantry on the north side of the bridge with workers suspended over the river, wooden railings.

new tall steel fencing with some unexpected artistic flourishes that make it somewhat less imposing, plywood fills gaps where lighting will go .

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Thanks Natalie Wolchover at @nytimes.com, just knowing there are much nicer planets to live on than Earth really helps us justify burning this place to the ground.

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Men in Black for Tax Purposes

The Men in Black wearing shades with the memory eraser thingie

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#OnThisDay Oct 11 2026: Minneapolis experiences a high temperature of 90 degrees (32 C), the highest in its recorded history for this date.

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Here's the exact spot of the historic stairs at Interlaken Bridge, which carries Berry Pwky over the Harriet Line. 44°55'52.6"N 93°18'32.7"W

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The staircase and crossing is off the beaten path and not official. The streetcar line itself is of course meticulously maintained. Stations are at both ends, just not here.

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I triggered all the Streetcar lovers lol

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"abandoned" and also yes lol.

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Fire hydrants are maintained by the Minneapolis Department of Water Treatment & Distribution Services. Usually they're good at being on top of things, but of course I can't vouch for this case. It all falls under Public Works, fwiw

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