News & Views of Phillips Since 1976
Friday December 19th 2025
Changes in August
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- Skyway between Children”'s Hospital Mother Baby Center and Abbott-Northwestern Hospital is the fourth skyway in the Phillips Community. photo credit: Harvey Winje
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- East 22nd Street starting at Minnehaha has previously turned into Snelling Avenue heading southward for only one block before having to turn again eastward on 24th having being closed for Hiawatha years ago now only with a pedestrian bridge. This summer East 22nd St. was extended westward “carving through an embankment along Cedar Avenue to be able to turn onto Cedar northward or coming from the south on Cedar to turn right onto East 22nd. This large change and complete reshaping of all of the corners of the Franklin and Cedar Intersection for much more accessible-sloped and marked sidewalks are the first of many changes to accommodate increased commercial and residential development adjacent to this intersection by Seward Redesign. Spokes (explained in an adjacent article) is located at 1915 East 22nd St. photo credit: Harvey Winje
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- AutoZone Minnehaha & Lake, Advance Auto 18th &E.Lake
Indigenous Sounds, Sights, Stories, and Stars
On the shores of the “Misi-ziibi” & “O-Wa-Mni” “Ha-Ha Tanka”
You will be welcomed near the Great, Sacred Mississippi River and its only Waterfalls to enjoy four August evenings of inspiring music, culture, history, film, nature, and the stars by artists, educators, and elders sharing their talents and legacies with those gathered as has happened at this location for centuries.
Indigenous Music & Movies in the Park SeriesÂ
Free Family Event
4 Tuesdays in August
Events begin at 4:30,- Music at 7:00 ”“ Movies at Dusk
Each Tuesday features Lisa Yankton as MC; Jim Rock, Dakota Astronomer and Educator ,2 minutes of ”˜Truth Telling”', and food grower Dream of Wild Health with farmer”'s market and menu available.
Each Tuesday features a variety of local and nationally known American Indian Music and Film Makers.
“This Series is an educational and intercultural exchange through public art from a grassroots platform to help shatter stereotypes of American Indians through music and culture. Also, commemorating the Dakota-US war of 1862 when 38 Dakota warriors were hanged, marking this as the USA”'s largest mass execution.… Read the rest “Indigenous Sounds, Sights, Stories, and Stars”
Dedicated to growing a more diverse and informed community of non-motorized transit users with classes, bike loans, shop use, receiving unused bikes as donation, and more!
By Bruce Johansen and Sheldon Mains
It”'s later than hoped for, but Spokes-Bike Walk Connect should be up and running this month with a grand opening party scheduled for Wednesday, August 22 from 4 PM to 9 PM. Spokes is located at 1915 E. 22nd Street,””just across the Hiawatha LRT line and bike trail from Phillips.
SPOKES”' goal is to remove barriers to biking and walking for residents of Phillips, Seward and Cedar Riverside.
Sheldon Mains, director of SPOKES, traces Spokes”' origins to three key sources: a Bike Walk Twin Cities call for community-based ideas for non-motorized transit, the City of Minneapolis”'s Great Streets program””an aim of which is to make the neighborhood more bike- and pedestrian-friendly, and a survey designed by Katya Pilling, former associate director at Seward Redesign.
Pilling”'s survey revealed a primary reason many people don”'t bike: they don”'t know how, in many cases due to cultural and gender barriers. A pilot program last spring, led by Seward Towers community organizer Nasra Noor, and interim organizer Farhia Asaro, was highly successful, getting more residents””both adults and children””on bikes, than expected. Other barriers are cost, concerns about riding in traffic and having a place to store the bike.
To continue the work of promoting bicycling and walking, Spokes will offer a range of programming, including:
- Earn-a-Bike, the opportunity to volunteer to earn a bicycle, helmet, and lock.
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