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A grand home on the parkway has sat empty for more than a decade. The county seized it, then handed it back on a promise of renovation that still has not arrived.

In an informal Hill & Lake Press survey of 16 businesses, owners named parking, empty storefronts and public safety as their biggest concerns, and asked neighbors to show up and shop.

Those mysterious road cutouts around the lakes are speed humps and traffic circles, the payoff of an eight-step city process that can take years.

Long called the Twin Cities’ oldest fountain and a work of the Italian Renaissance, the Lyndale Park landmark is neither. Its real story begins in a Florentine foundry a century ago.

The historic Loring Park landmark, home to a 650-seat theater and a rooftop terrace, goes to a developer known for restorations, and the club stays on as a tenant.

Reborn as “Art on the Isles,” the 60th fair drew more than 200 artists and an estimated 200,000 visitors to the lakes.

A chance conversation after a concert turns into an discussion about parking, primaries and why two lifelong liberals hardly recognize each other.

Neighbors are invited to meet the artists behind the Uptown shop’s taxidermy birds, French homeware and one-of-a-kind handmade pieces.

The 15th annual sale spans six neighborhoods with over 100 individual sales. Join the re-use fun as a buyer or seller!