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Although Minneapolis was the second of the Twin Cities to develop, it is the larger of the two. Located west of St. Paul and, for the most part, west of the Mississippi River, Minneapolis covers more than 58 square miles.
Calhoun-Isles Neighborhoods: Composed of the neighborhoods of Bryn Mawr, CARAG, Cedar-Isles-Dean, East Isles, ECCO, Kenwood, Lowry Hill, Lowry Hill East and West Calhoun.
Uptown: Located southwest of downtown, Calhoun-Isles is also home to Uptown, a trendy area with a variety of unique shops and restaurants. The Lake St. and Hennepin Ave. intersection forms the hub of Uptown. It has become a strong and diversified commercial area, an urban business setting softened by nearby houses, apartment buildings and parks.
Kenwood: Kenwood, between Lake of the Isles and Cedar Lake, contains the city's largest concentration of expensive homes.
Bryn-Mawr: The neighborhood is surrounded on three sides by parkland; Wirth Park on the west, Bassett's Creek Valley on the north and Bryn Mawr Meadows on the east. There also are three lakes in the neighborhood; Brownie, Birch Pond and Cedar. Bryn Mawr has several unusual houses, including five distinct brownstone houses near Bryn Mawr Meadows and a large Victorian house divided into apartments known as "the white castle."
Camden Neighborhoods: Composed of the neighborhoods of Camden, Cleveland, Folwell, Lind-Bohanon, McKinley, Shingle Creek and Victory. Camden is in the far northwest corner of the city. The community includes two industrial areas.
Camden: In the Camden neighborhood, most of the housing units were built between 1910 and 1930. They are two and three-bedroom starter homes with limited expansion potential. The Camden Neighborhood Association works to get rid of substandard housing, stress the importance of neighborhood schools, revitalize business in the area and address the needs of the elderly, many of whom have lived in Camden all their lives.
Shingle Creek: From end to end, the Shingle Creek neighborhood in extreme northwest Minneapolis is a study in 1950's style residential architecture, the neighborhood is rife with compact, three-bedroom ramblers, 1 1/2- story houses and one-car detached garages. Shingle Creek itself is a prominent feature in the area. The neighborhood has a few small commercial areas and a large industrial corridor that runs along 49th Ave. N.
Central Neighborhoods: Composed of the neighborhoods of Downtown East, Downtown West, Elliot Park, Loring Park, North Loop and Stevens Square.
Loring Park: Loring Park has changed over the years into a trendy neighborhood that has preserved its turn-of-the-century mansions and brick and brownstone walk-up apartments to become a Bohemian mix of new condominium and apartment complexes, cultural centers and restaurants. The Loring Park area is home to the Red Eye Collaboration, Music Box Theatre and Loring Cafe. Five of the city's oldest and largest churches are in the area, including the Basilica of St. Mary and Hennepin Ave. United Methodist Church.
Downtown: Eighty percent of the condominiums, townhouses and cooperatives in Minneapolis are located downtown. The heart of the downtown residential community is a 12-by-10-block area referred to as Downtown West, developed around the venerable Nicollet Mall. Downtown East has fewer than 40 residents but is home to the Metrodome and an assortment of turn-of-the-century buildings.
Longfellow Neighborhoods: Composed of the neighborhoods of Cooper, Hiawatha, Howe, Longfellow and Seward.
Hiawatha: Just across the Mississippi from St. Paul's Macalester-Groveland neighborhood, Hiawatha is a quiet bedroom community in the heart of the metro area. Hiawatha is home to Lock and Dam No. 1, a popular attraction on the Mississippi River.
Seward: It's been said that Seward is really a suburb of the Mississippi River's West Bank area, home to some from the nearby University of Minnesota and Fairview Riverside Medical Center. As a result, Seward is home to educators, students, medical professionals and even government officials. A unique feature of Seward is the Milwaukee Ave. mall area, a two-block pedestrian street with many historic houses.
Near North Neighborhoods: Composed of the neighborhoods of Harrison, Hawthorne, Jordan, Near North, Sumner-Glenwood and Willard Hay. Near-North is directly northwest of Central and includes two industrial areas.
Hawthorne: Just north of downtown, Hawthorne is an older, inner-city, mostly residential neighborhood whose primary issues are dealing with image problems resulting from rising crime. For every crime, however, there seems to be a corresponding amount of optimism for the neighborhood's future. Several community-action programs designed to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods are active.
Nokomis Neighborhoods: Composed of the neighborhoods of Diamond Lake, Ericsson, Field, Hale, Keewaydin, Minnehaha, Morris Park, Northrup, Page, Regina and Wenonah. Nokomis is a blend of lakes and tidy lawns that anchor the city's southeast corner. The suburb of Richfield is directly south of Nokomis.