3 essays

Notes.

A small shelf of essays on how the Twin Cities got this way. No cadence, no filler. Written when there is something worth explaining, updated when the facts change.

July 5, 2026

The Jucy Lucy, explained

Two bars on Cedar Avenue have spent seventy years arguing about who put the cheese inside the burger. What we actually know, and where to order one.

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July 5, 2026

Why does Minneapolis have skyways?

Nine and a half miles of enclosed bridges connect eighty blocks of downtown. They exist because of one developer, one architect, and one very real winter.

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July 5, 2026

How First Avenue got its stars

The black building with the silver stars started life as an Art Deco bus depot. Then Joe Cocker opened it, disco nearly killed it, and Prince made it immortal.

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