Today’s the day - The new Loring Greenway playground with wheelchair accessible pavement is installed and inspected and fences will come down today. This tangible investment in livability, safety, and child development will benefit downtown families for generations to come. 🫶

the new loring greenway playground has been installed! the fence was supposed to come down yesterday but is still up, hopefully it comes down soon. thank you @katiecashman.bsky.social for making this happen, AND faster & cheaper than the city thought would be done!

new bench in loring park courtesy of @locallhuman.bsky.social’s public seating authority and @ehbforbet.bsky.social

open house for center for people and craft, the new folk school opening in loring park, today from 1-4pm. 519 oak grove st, in the education building of st. mark's church. "hot tea, baked goods and snacks, crafts, and live music by local artists." pics from their email www.peopleandcraft.org

Loring Park, Minneapolis 10/18/2025

i want to pedestrianize harmon place in loring park

this is part of the city's vibrant storefronts program!! the center for people and craft will be opening a folk school in loring park! upcoming events include an open house on 10/26 and a skill share and potluck on 11/15. you can sign up for more info and donate at www.peopleandcraft.org

Oh heck yeah, Minneapolis is getting a folk school in Loring Park! www.peopleandcraft.org

Loring Park between playground and basketball courts

We've got a couple bridge brigades this weekend too. Govt Shutdown Showdown got YOU down? Meet us for 2 bridge brigades: one in NE Mpls (Sat, 12pm), one in Loring Park (Sun, 1PM): www.mobilize.us/indivisiblet... www.mobilize.us/indivisiblet...

construction has begun for the new playground on the loring greenway replacing the one destroyed in january. katie cashman and the ward 7 office found a replacement available across the country faster than what the city thought they could do, and at a fraction of the cost as well

iust in - construction on the new loring greenway playground will begin TOMORROW!

A herd of ducks snacking.

bruhaven in loring park have their oktoberfest celebration today from 2-10pm! live music, a pretzel eating contest, stein holding competition, hammer whack game, DJ, food trucks, etc. 14th and lasalle, they have alcoholic, THC, and non alcoholic drinks bruhaven.com/oktoberfest

Loring Park Shelter Building Source: Hennepin County Library.

robert skafte at the stevens square farmer’s market. having it back would be huge for stevens, which has lost so many businesses, would honor robert, and would serve loring park too since we lost a food source after his murder as the oak grove grocery was never reopened forms.gle/PWRAfMgwcdb5...

stevens square community org is trying to bring back the stevens square farmer’s market, which was created by robert skafte, loring park resident and dedicated community member who was killed in 2023. please fill this out if you live nearby! would love to see it back forms.gle/PWRAfMgwcdb5...

Someone left a carved pumpkin for the squirrels in Loring Park. 🤭

the new playground coming to the loring greenway is a rare public investment in loring park at a time when the wealthy in this neighborhood are only funding amenities that benefit them versus the public. thank you to katie cashman for staying on this www.minneapolismn.gov/news/2025/se...

finally an update on the loring greenway playground story that i broke here - a new playground is coming this fall all the way from texas! thank you katie cashman @katiecashman.bsky.social

Minneapolis Parks Horticulturist Louis Boeglin (1937) Source: Hennepin County Library Boeglin breaks down and cries after vandals destroyed plant beds filled with Cannas, banana palms, elephant ears and pampas grasses at Loring park.

mysterious sign in loring park about dorian the cat’s first annual birthday. no date or location given, but there are lots of activities planned and you should bring 3 gifts. “for more information, please read again.”

fall colors coming to loring park

Just a beautiful sunset over Loring Park tonight.

This delightful little house was built in 1889 as the office of the first superintendent of Minneapolis Parks, Captain William Morse Berry. It's served several functions since then, namely as a tool shed and ice cream stand, and has been moved several times. It was fully restored with cupola in 1998

new curbs on lasalle ave at 15th in loring park, much narrower now for cars

eggy’s diner in loring park closing on 9/1

this thursday the 612bike is screening office space in loring park! starts at 8:15pm, you can come here after the jason garcia fundraiser in kenwood park! facebook.com/events/s/bik...

These entrepreneurs have brought so much life to Harmon Place. Come check them out today from 5-8 for an art walk to see their work and network with fellow twin cities creatives. We’ll start the walk at 1121 Hennepin Ave. 🖼️ Learn more at mplsartsandculture.org/events-2025/...

Flavor World is one of 5 inaugural awardees of the Arts and Culture Vibrant Storefronts program in Loring Park, alongside Blackbird Revolt, TC Pride, Black Business Enterprises and Skntones. This year the program will expand to Uptown and the Warehouse district.

The geese of loring are trapped in the hennepin-lyndale 15th st crossing.

new curbs and bike path going in on grant st at lasalle ave in loring park

love having albi kitchen in the neighborhood now. look at this beautiful presentation of sambusas

Twin Cities Weekly Protest Loring Park Area 12th & LaSalle 4:30-5:30 Excellent visibility event.

summer weekend hours at dunn bros in loring park, now open friday, saturday and sunday until 7pm!

watching pee wee’s big adventure on the 612bike in loring park. it makes smores too!

the 612bike is screening “pee wee’s big adventure” again in loring park on friday night at 8:45pm m.facebook.com/events/12790...

albi kitchen are now open at 14th and nicollet in loring park! somali owned cafe, the sambusas are really great & come with a spicy sauce. i had a pistachio iced drink that was good. lots more food & drinks available

found cat in loring park on july 29. please contact kelsey if you know him

loring park bike connection back up

Long ride today; out and about in Minneapolis, with a very long break at Loring Park. Loring is one of those dividing lines, for me at least, downtown from the rest of the city. It's a big park, and very open but also feels kinda hidden. The best parks feel like that, tho--a little secret.

coffee with katie cashman was cleaning up litter around loring park with the ward 7 team. henry labounta promoted the adopt a storm drain initiative: mn.adopt-a-drain.org

albi kitchen's grand opening is friday, 8/1 at 5pm, following their ribbon cutting ceremony! please come support this new somali cafe in loring park at 14th and nicollet: lu.ma/bszvmpss

This month’s Coffee with Katie will be a neighborhood clean up. Meet outside Nicollet Diner on Tues July 29 at 5:30pm. We will clean up around Nicollet and LaSalle, then debrief at Bruhaven. We will bring the clean up supplies, all you need to bring is a comfortable outfit and your enthusiasm!

this month’s coffee with katie cashman is a loring park cleanup! tuesday july 29, meet at the nicollet diner at 5:30

The Loring Park Art Fair is nice. There's free parking at Dunwoody and I got here in about 30 minutes, including driving and walking. I walked it all in under an hour, wow, that's good for me 😁 I only took 3 pics

great morning at the loring park art festival, always so much fun art to check out and had an egg roll on a stick and cream cheese wontons for lunch 😋

Early today when I was walking back to Dunwoody, I cut through the Sculpture Garden. Had a good walk around the Loring Park Art Fair 👍🏻😎

lots of food trucks and music too at the loring park art fair