At this junction where Brewery Creek gets a breath of fresh air stands a kid holding a paintbrush: a Banksy (famous graffiti artist) ripoff.
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Grand Army, as seen from a Gilman Tram grade.
My guess is that the Capitol Hotel closed and Adler bought up some of their equipment.
In front of a rust-welded Illinois rotary stoker is where the boiler-men made their mark. The last year I can make out is 1985.
When the ship loaders were added, a doorway was cut through the metal silo to make a room for the grain handling equipment. Note the dust sensor in the corner of the torch-cut archway.
The spectacular, if precarious, view of downtown Minneapolis from the roof of ADM Annex 4. Note the great messages left by various graffiti artists who made it to the spot.
The cold air collided with the sun-warmed water on the floor, filling the ground floor of the Keg House with thick fog…
Local kids probably call this the ‘Shootin’ Shack’, judging by its war wounds.
The common rooms bulge out of the institutional geometry of the wards.