40's (and 50's?) Next Week - Great Time to Experience the Minneapolis Historical Mobile Tour Smartphone App
Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 5:13AM
The Minneapolis Historical Mobile Tour app is available for free for iPhones and Androids. The upcoming forecasted warm temps present the perfect opportunity to use this app to take a self-paced tour the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood.
With this app you can walk to/bike to and learn about the 24 historical sites in this tour (see website for the list) that tell stories of the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood—what was once the town of Saint Anthony Falls—from 1849 through the early twentieth century. Historical information was drawn from Penny Petersen’s 1999 book, "Hiding in Plain Sight: Minneapolis’ First Neighborhood" and the stops on the tour correspond with the 24 bronze sculptures lining the neighborhood's 6th Avenue Gateway.
Each stop on the tour consists of a present day image of the site, the corresponding bronze sculpture, an historic image (when available), brief text and two audio recordings by an individual somehow related to the site. Approximately 3 miles total.
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