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'''Cedar-Riverside''', also referred to as the '''West Bank''', or simply '''Riverside''', is a neighborhood within [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]. Its boundaries are the [[Mississippi River]] to the north and east, [[Interstate 94]] to the south, and [[Hiawatha Avenue]] and [[Interstate 35W (Minnesota)|Interstate 35W]] to the west. It has a longstanding tradition of cultural diversity and settlement, with a robust arts tradition. |
'''Cedar-Riverside''', also referred to as the '''West Bank''', or simply '''Riverside''', is a [[Neighborhoods of Minneapolis|neighborhood]] within [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]. Its boundaries are the [[Mississippi River]] to the north and east, [[Interstate 94]] to the south, and [[Hiawatha Avenue]] and [[Interstate 35W (Minnesota)|Interstate 35W]] to the west. It has a longstanding tradition of cultural diversity and settlement, with a robust arts tradition. |
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[[File:Buildingcederside.jpg|thumb|[[Riverside Plaza]], [[Associated Banc-Corp]], and other local businesses as seen from Riverside Avenue]] |
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⚫ | The neighborhood has been a port of entry for immigrants since [[Swedish people|Swedes]], [[Germans]], and [[Bohemia]]ns began arriving in large numbers during the late 19th century. Cedar Avenue became a hub of the Minneapolis Scandinavian community in the late 1800s. Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish were spoken in many of the businesses, and in the early days, stars of Swedish American vaudeville entertained at Dania Hall, Mozart Hall and [[The Southern Theater]]. |
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⚫ | There was Samuelsen’s confectionery and soda shop, Hagen's appliance store, Moberg’s Norwegian deli, and a host of other Scandinavian-owned businesses. On Cedar Avenue was [[Dania Hall (Minneapolis)|Dania Hall]], where the Danish community would meet. An eclectic mix of Gothic and classical styles, the building included a dining hall and kitchen in the basement, commercial space on the first floor, offices for the Society of Dania plus billiard and reading rooms on the second floor. A theater/assembly hall on the third and fourth floors featured Scandinavian vaudeville acts and weekend dances. On the corner of Cedar and Washington, just before the Washington Ave Bridge, was the Breezy Point Tavern owned by Oscar Carlsen, a Norwegian immigrant from the turn of the 20th century. Oscar had come to Minnesota to work in the lumber camps and saved a stake to buy this tavern. |
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⚫ | Where men in the community once worked in small businesses, or as skilled tradesmen, and workers for the railroad, flour mills, and breweries, Cedar-Riverside declined as a core community in the 1920s due to the impact of [[Prohibition]] on the entertainment district. Into the 1940s, Cedar-Riverside remained heavily Scandinavian. Postwar immigrants from all over Eastern Europe then settled in the area. The junction of [[Washington Avenue (Minneapolis)|Washington Avenue]], [[Cedar Avenue]], and 19th Avenue was known as Seven Corners. The Cedar-Riverside area had been known as "Snoose Boulevard" (Snusgatan) because so many Scandinavians lived there.<ref>''Seward Profile'' April 2005.</ref> |
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⚫ | The West Bank, with the locally infamous Seven Corners district, mouldered into a [[skid row]] scene in the 1950s. In the mid-to-late 1960s, the area became the center of the University-oriented [[Counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]] and [[Opposition to the US involvement in the Vietnam War|antiwar movement]]. It was home to local [[hippies]], protesters, and other anti-establishment groups between the 1960s and early 1970s. During those days, the neighborhood was known as the "[[Haight-Ashbury]] of the Midwest."<ref name="Stoecker 1994 8"/> |
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==Community== |
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⚫ | The West Bank was home to McCosh's secondhand book store, a center for [[Beat Generation|Beat]] and Hippie left-leaning bookworms, and later Things, probably the first [[head shop]] in the Twin Cities, which sold counterculture curios, anti-war buttons and posters, incense and drug paraphernalia. [[Marijuana]], [[hashish]] and [[LSD]] were readily available in the area after about 1967. A community of hippies — and numerous students and hangers-on who emulated the hippie lifestyle (at least on weekends) — lived in old rental houses in the area and congregated at coffeehouses, such as the Extemporé, The Scholar and the Broken Drum, and at bars, such as the Triangle Bar, the Viking, Caesar's, The Mixers and the Music Bar. (The latter burned down the night [[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy|Robert Kennedy was assassinated]], and eventually was replaced by a "people's park"). The Triangle often featured performers and recording artists [[Dave "Snaker" Ray|Dave Ray]], [[Tony "Little Sun" Glover|Tony Glover]] and [["Spider" John Koerner|John Koerner]], who had associated to some degree with [[Bob Dylan]] during his brief Minneapolis sojourn. |
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⚫ | In 1973, the [[Riverside Plaza]] apartment complex was opened. Designed by architect and Cedar-Riverside resident [[Ralph Rapson]], the tall buildings with their signature colored panels are a Minneapolis landmark and were featured as the residence of [[Mary Richards]] in later seasons of ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''. Dayton-Hudson corporation (later [[Target Corporation]]) was a consultant, then withdrew, for a proposed commercial development in the area in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://startribune.newspapers.com/image/190292272/|title=The Minneapolis Star 04 Oct 1974, page Page 16|website=Newspapers.com|accessdate=2 April 2023}}</ref> Many of the businesses that were established during that time — Martha's Antiques, the Whale Leather Shop, the Five Corners Saloon, Richter's Drug Store and Smith's Leather Shop — eventually went out of business, gradually giving way to newer stores and shops. The Depth of Field also closed in the last half of 2019. Brian Coyle Community Center, named after onetime city councilmember [[Brian Coyle]], opened adjacent to Riverside Plaza in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilhide |first1=Anduin (Andy) |title=Brian Coyle Community Center |url=https://digitours.augsburg.edu/items/show/16#:~:text=The%20Coyle%20Center%20opened%20in,Americans%2C%20whites%20and%20Vietnamese%20refugees. |website=Augsburg Digi-Tours |publisher=Augsburg University |access-date=6 June 2024}}</ref> |
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⚫ | The Cedar-Riverside neighborhood is historically known for its immigrant population, beginning in the late 1940s post-World War II with immigrants from eastern Europe.<ref name="Cedar">{{cite web |url=http://www.cedarriverside.com/about.html |title=Cedar Riverside - About the West Bank | |
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⚫ | The neighborhood is part of the [[University, Minneapolis|University community]], and is dominated by the West Bank campus of the [[University of Minnesota]]'s Minneapolis campus, which includes the [[University of Minnesota Law School|Law School]], [[Carlson School of Management]], Hubert H. [[Humphrey Institute]] of Public Affairs, and West Bank Arts Quarter. The East and West Bank of the U of M are connected by the [[Washington Avenue Bridge (Minneapolis)|Washington Avenue Bridge]]. The acquisition of a number of residential blocks by the University for expansion of the West Bank campus was controversial in the 1960s. |
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⚫ | The neighborhood's past still has an influence in the present. Some of the businesses in the area harken back to an earlier time, like the worker-controlled punk hangout, [[Hard Times Café]] and the now-closed North Country Food Co-Op. In fact, some of the businesses, specifically in the Seven Corners district, use the history to promote their own business, such as the "Legend of the Seven Switchmen." |
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⚫ | Fairview Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital figured prominently in the neighborhood, located only a few blocks away. Fairview and St. Mary's, which merged in 1986, later merged with the University of Minnesota Hospitals, forming a major medical complex straddling the Mississippi River. The organization is now known as [[University of Minnesota Medical Center]]. |
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⚫ | It is served by the [[Cedar-Riverside (Metro Transit station)|Blue]] and [[West Bank (Metro Transit station)|Green]] [[METRO (Minnesota)|light rail]] lines |
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Cedar-Riverside is located in [[Minneapolis City Council]] Wards 2 and 6, represented by [[Robin Wonsley]] and [[Jamal Osman (politician)|Jamal Osman]], respectively. |
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⚫ | The neighborhood is part of the [[University, Minneapolis|University community]], and is dominated by the West Bank campus of the [[University of Minnesota]]'s Minneapolis campus, which includes the [[University of Minnesota Law School|Law School]], [[Carlson School of Management]], Hubert H. [[Humphrey Institute]] of Public Affairs, and West Bank Arts Quarter. The East and West Bank of the U of M are connected by the [[Washington Avenue Bridge (Minneapolis)|Washington Avenue Bridge]]. The acquisition of a number of residential blocks by the University for expansion of the West Bank campus was controversial in the 1960s. |
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⚫ | In the late 19th century, Cedar-Riverside had a sizable [[Scandinavia]]n immigrant community, most of whose members labored in the [[Mississippi River]]'s lumber and milling industries. It later evolved into a hub for intellectuals, hippies, radical activists,<ref name="Stoecker 1994 8">{{cite book|last=Stoecker|first=Randy|title=Defending Community: The Struggle for Alternative Redevelopment in Cedar-Riverside|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldLm7DKPvOYC& |
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According to U.S. Census data from the 2005 to 2010 periods, the neighborhood's race and ethnicity profile is as follows: 45.0% Black or African American, 37.1% White, 10.9% Asian or Pacific Islander, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% two or more races, 0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, and 0.2% other race.<ref name="Mcmnpcr">{{cite web|title=Minneapolis neighborhood profile - Cedar Riverside|url=http://www.mncompass.org/_pdfs/neighborhood-profiles/Minneapolis-CedarRiverside-102011.pdf|publisher=Minneapolis Compas|accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref> |
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⚫ | It is served by the [[Cedar-Riverside (Metro Transit station)|Blue]] and [[West Bank (Metro Transit station)|Green]] [[METRO (Minnesota)|light rail]] lines. Two popular mixed-use bike/pedestrian paths, [[Hiawatha LRT Trail]] and [[Samatar Crossing]], also connect the neighborhood to the downtown area and to neighborhoods further south. |
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About 51.7% of residents are female and 48.3% are male. Most citizens are young (16.7% are younger than 18), with 18- to 24-year-olds and 25- to 34-year-olds, respectively, representing 41.0% and 15.4% of people in Cedar Riverside.<ref name="Mcmnpcr"/> |
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⚫ | In the late 19th century, Cedar-Riverside had a sizable [[Scandinavia]]n immigrant community, most of whose members labored in the [[Mississippi River]]'s lumber and milling industries. It later evolved into a hub for intellectuals, hippies, radical activists,<ref name="Stoecker 1994 8">{{cite book|last=Stoecker|first=Randy|title=Defending Community: The Struggle for Alternative Redevelopment in Cedar-Riverside|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldLm7DKPvOYC&q=%22Haight-Ashbury%20of%20the%20Midwest%22&pg=PA8|year=1994|publisher=Temple Univ. Press|location=Philadelphia|isbn=1-56639-128-8|page=8}}</ref> actors, musicians and artists during the 1960s and 70s. In keeping with its tradition of ethnic and cultural diversity, the neighborhood is today home to the largest immigrant community in the Twin Cities.<ref name="Comcrlagc"/> [[Somalis]] are now the predominant minority group in the area, resulting in the neighborhood being nicknamed "Little Mogadishu."<ref name="shah">{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Allie |title=Go inside 'Little Mogadishu,' the Somali capital of America |url=http://www.startribune.com/inside-little-mogadishu-no-one-is-an-outcast/414876214/ |access-date=2019-03-04 |work=[[Star Tribune]] |date=2017-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215220048/http://www.startribune.com/inside-little-mogadishu-no-one-is-an-outcast/414876214/ |archive-date=2019-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Beggin |first=Riley |date=2024-09-07 |title=In Tim Walz's home state, Somali immigrants push back on GOP refugee rhetoric |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/07/minnesota-republicans-somali-immigrants-comments/74789277007/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |work=USA Today |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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The median household income could not be tabulated for the 2005-2009 period due to large error margins. However, it was $18,543 in 1999.<ref name="Mcmnpcr"/> |
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| [[White Americans|White]] (non-Hispanic) || 37.1% || 28.1% |
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| [[African Americans|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic) || 45.0% || 53.7% |
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| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] || 3.4% || 4.6% |
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| [[Asian American|Asian]] (non-Hispanic) || 10.9% || 9.6% |
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| Other race (non-Hispanic) || 0.2% || 0.4% |
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| [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]] (non-Hispanic)|| 2.8% || 3.0% |
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According to U.S. Census data from the 2017 to 2021 periods, about 51.7% of residents were female and 48.3% were male.<ref name="Sex">{{cite web | title=Cedar Riverside neighborhood, population by sex | website=Minnesota Compass | url=https://www.mncompass.org/profiles/neighborhoods/minneapolis/cedar-riverside/sex | access-date=2023-01-21}}</ref> Around 39% of residents were foreign-born, the vast majority being of [[Horn of Africa|East African]] extraction. Around 54% of the Cedar-Riverside population spoke a language other than English. According to the American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2016-2020), the top non-English languages spoken in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood are Somali (spoken by 47.3% of the population), Oromo (5.5%), Arabic (4.3%), Amharic (2.1%) and Spanish (1.4%). 25% cannot speak English fluently.<ref name="Language">{{cite web | title=Cedar Riverside neighborhood, population by language | website=Minnesota Compass | url=https://www.mncompass.org/profiles/neighborhoods/minneapolis/cedar-riverside/language | access-date=2023-01-21}}</ref> 32.4% of residents have less than a high school degree.<ref name="Education">{{cite web | title=Cedar Riverside neighborhood, educational attainment among adults | website=Minnesota Compass | url=https://www.mncompass.org/profiles/neighborhoods/minneapolis/cedar-riverside/educational-attainment | access-date=2023-01-21}}</ref> 41.4% of households do not own a car.<ref name="Transit">{{cite web | title=Cedar Riverside neighborhood, transportation data | website=Minnesota Compass | url=https://www.mncompass.org/profiles/neighborhoods/minneapolis/cedar-riverside/transportation | access-date=2023-01-21}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Crime statistics released by the [[Minneapolis Police Department]] for all of its neighborhoods indicate that between January and May 2012, Cedar Riverside had 134 instances of |
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Overall, according to police, crime peaked in the period between 2002 and 2006, and has steadily declined in the following 5 years. By 2011, instances of serious crime had dropped a reported 40%.<ref name="Mdcrdicr">{{cite news|last=Stocks|first=Anissa|title=Crime rates drop in Cedar-Riverside|url=http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2011/10/26/crime-rates-drop-cedar-riverside|accessdate=9 July 2012|newspaper=Minnesota Daily|date=26 October 2011}}</ref> In recent years, some Americans from the neighborhood have been recruited to fight with [[ISIL]].<ref name="yuccas">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minneapolis-has-become-recruiting-ground-for-islamic-extremists/|title=Minneapolis has become recruiting ground for Islamic extremists |work=CBS News |date=2014-08-27 |accessdate=2019-01-14|last1=Yuccas|first1=Jamie}}</ref> Violent crimes jumped from 54 in 2010 to 84 in 2018, an increase in roughly 56 percent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tennesseestar.com/2019/01/02/minneapolis-little-mogadishu-sees-56-percent-increase-in-violent-crimes-caused-by-somali-gangs/|title=Minneapolis' 'Little Mogadishu' Sees 56 Percent Increase in Violent Crimes Caused by Somali Gangs|date=2019-01-02|website=Tennessee Star|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-03}}</ref> |
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A more active police presence in the area has resulted in an improvement in security, with officers working closely with local community organizations and residents in an attempt to keep the peace.<ref name="Mdcrdicr"/> |
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⚫ | Cedar-Riverside is one of the most diverse areas in Minneapolis and the [[Twin Cities]] metropolitan area.<ref name="Comcrlagc">{{cite web|title=Cedar-Riverside - Location and General Characteristics|url=http://www.minneapolismn.gov/neighborhoods/cedar-riverside/index.htm|publisher=City of Minneapolis|access-date=9 July 2012}}</ref> It is home to a number of the 100 or so different languages that are spoken in the Twin Cities.<ref name="Sotc">{{cite web|title=State of the City: Investing to Grow|url=http://themayorblog.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/|publisher=Mayor R.T. Rybak|access-date=30 June 2014}}</ref> A vibrant neighborhood, it boasts many restaurants, cafés, bars, and venues for performance art and music.<ref name="Comcrlagc"/> |
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⚫ | The Cedar-Riverside neighborhood is historically known for its immigrant population, beginning in the late 1940s post-World War II with immigrants from eastern Europe.<ref name="Cedar">{{cite web |url=http://www.cedarriverside.com/about.html |title=Cedar Riverside - About the West Bank |access-date=2009-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910053300/http://www.cedarriverside.com/about.html |archive-date=2009-09-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> With the arrival of many new [[Cambodia]]n, [[Somalis|Somali]], and especially [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] immigrants, hospitals now also offer services in other languages to accommodate patients whose mother tongue is not English.<ref name="NYT">{{cite web |url=http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/03/28/health/1194838918148/translating-health-care.html?hp |title=Translating Health Care - Video Library - The New York Times |access-date=2009-04-22}}</ref> Employers such as [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] have worked with the community to provide jobs and reduce the unemployment rate from 20 percent (in year 2017). Amazon hired 1,500 workers from the Cedar-Riverside job center<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/06/07/amazon-somali-bus-shuttle-service/|title=Amazon Partners With Somali Community To Shuttle Cedar-Riverside Workers|last=Moini|first=Nina|date=7 June 2017|access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref> and initially provided busing for workers to commute to its [[Shakopee, Minnesota|Shakopee]] distribution center but cut this service in late 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dzieza |first1=Josh |title=Amazon warehouse workers strike to protest inhumane conditions |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/16/20696154/amazon-prime-day-2019-strike-warehouse-workers-inhumane-conditions-the-rate-productivity |access-date=7 December 2019 |work=The Verge |date=16 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bruder |first1=Jessica |title=Meet the Immigrants Who Took On Amazon |url=https://www.wired.com/story/meet-the-immigrants-who-took-on-amazon/ |access-date=7 December 2019 |magazine=Wired |date=12 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref> |
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⚫ | The neighborhood has been a port of entry for immigrants since [[Swedish people|Swedes]], [[Germans]], and [[ |
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⚫ | There was Samuelsen’s confectionery and soda shop, Hagen's appliance store, Moberg’s Norwegian deli, and a host of other Scandinavian-owned businesses. On Cedar Avenue was [[Dania Hall (Minneapolis)|Dania Hall]], where the Danish community would meet. An eclectic mix of Gothic and classical styles, the building included a dining hall and kitchen in the basement, commercial space on the first floor, offices for the Society of Dania plus billiard and reading rooms on the second floor. A theater/assembly hall on the third and fourth floors featured Scandinavian vaudeville acts and weekend dances. On the corner of Cedar and Washington, just before the Washington Ave Bridge, was the Breezy Point Tavern owned by Oscar Carlsen, a Norwegian immigrant from the turn of the 20th century. Oscar had come to Minnesota to work in the lumber camps and saved a stake to buy this tavern. |
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⚫ | Where men in the community once worked in small businesses, or as skilled tradesmen, and workers for the railroad, flour mills, and breweries, Cedar-Riverside declined as a core community in the 1920s due to the impact of [[Prohibition]] on the entertainment district. Into the 1940s, Cedar-Riverside remained heavily Scandinavian. Postwar immigrants from all over Eastern Europe then settled in the area. The junction of [[Washington Avenue (Minneapolis)|Washington Avenue]], [[Cedar Avenue]], and 19th Avenue was known as Seven Corners. The Cedar-Riverside area had been known as "Snoose Boulevard" (Snusgatan) because so many Scandinavians lived there.<ref>''Seward Profile'' April 2005.</ref> |
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⚫ | The West Bank, with the locally infamous Seven Corners district, mouldered into a [[skid row]] scene in the 1950s. In the mid-to-late 1960s, the area became the center of the University-oriented [[Counterculture of the 1960s|counterculture]] and [[Opposition to the US involvement in the Vietnam War|antiwar movement]]. It was home to local [[hippies]], protesters, and other anti-establishment groups between the 1960s and early 1970s. During those days, the neighborhood was known as the "[[Haight-Ashbury]] of the Midwest."<ref name="Stoecker 1994 8"/> |
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⚫ | The West Bank was home to McCosh's secondhand book store, a center for [[Beat Generation|Beat]] and Hippie left-leaning bookworms, and later Things, probably the first [[head shop]] in the Twin Cities, which sold counterculture curios, anti-war buttons and posters, incense and drug paraphernalia. [[Marijuana]], [[hashish]] and [[LSD]] were readily available in the area after about 1967. A community of hippies — and numerous students and hangers-on who emulated the hippie lifestyle (at least on weekends) — lived in old rental houses in the area and congregated at coffeehouses, such as the Extemporé, The Scholar and the Broken Drum, and at bars, such as the Triangle Bar, the Viking, Caesar's, The Mixers and the Music Bar. (The latter burned down the night [[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy|Robert Kennedy was assassinated]], and eventually was replaced by a "people's park"). The Triangle often featured performers and recording artists [[Dave "Snaker" Ray|Dave Ray]], [[Tony "Little Sun" Glover|Tony Glover]] and [["Spider" John Koerner|John Koerner]], who had associated to some degree with [[Bob Dylan]] during his brief Minneapolis sojourn. |
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⚫ | In 1973, the [[Riverside Plaza]] apartment complex was opened. Designed by architect and Cedar-Riverside resident [[Ralph Rapson]], the tall buildings with their signature colored panels are a Minneapolis landmark and were featured as the residence of [[Mary Richards]] in later seasons of ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''. Many of the businesses that were established during that time — Martha's Antiques, the Whale Leather Shop, the Five Corners Saloon, Richter's Drug Store and Smith's Leather Shop — eventually went out of business, gradually giving way to newer stores and shops. The Depth of Field also closed in the last half of 2019. |
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⚫ | The neighborhood's past still has an influence in the present. Some of the businesses in the area harken back to an earlier time, like the worker-controlled punk hangout, [[Hard Times Café]] and the now-closed North Country Food Co-Op. In fact, some of the businesses, specifically in the Seven Corners district, use the history to promote their own business, such as the "Legend of the Seven Switchmen." |
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==Arts culture== |
===Arts culture=== |
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[[File:Acadia Cafe.jpg|thumb|Acadia Cafe 2012]] |
[[File:Acadia Cafe.jpg|thumb|Acadia Cafe 2012]] |
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Cedar-Riverside is home to a thriving arts culture. There are many playhouses and theatre groups in the area, including the [[Mixed Blood Theatre Company]], [[Theatre in the Round]], and [[The Southern Theater]]. There is also a percolating music scene, with musicians frequenting venues like [[The Cedar Cultural Center]],The Cabooze, The Red Sea, Part Wolf MPLS, Acadia Cafe, and [[Palmer's Bar]]. |
Cedar-Riverside is home to a thriving arts culture. There are many playhouses and theatre groups in the area, including the [[Mixed Blood Theatre Company]], [[Theatre in the Round]], and [[The Southern Theater]]. There is also a percolating music scene, with musicians frequenting venues like [[The Cedar Cultural Center]], The Cabooze, The Red Sea, Part Wolf MPLS, Acadia Cafe, and [[Palmer's Bar]]. |
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Additionally, the West Bank music scene is known as a catalyst for major musicians, such as [[Bonnie Raitt]], [[Leo Kottke]], [[Butch Thompson]] (Jazz Originals), [[Peter Ostroushko]] ([[Prairie Home Companion]]), [[Dave "Snaker" Ray]] ([[Koerner, Ray & Glover]]), [[Erik Anderson (drummer)|Erik Anderson]] ([[The Wallets]]), Dakota Dave Hull, [[Sean Blackburn]] (Prairie Home Companion), [[Bill Hinkley]] (Minnesota Music Hall of Fame), [[Karen Mueller]] (Autoharp Hall of Fame), and, to a lesser extent, [[Bob Dylan]]. |
Additionally, the West Bank music scene is known as a catalyst for major musicians, such as [[Bonnie Raitt]], [[Leo Kottke]], [[Butch Thompson]] (Jazz Originals), [[Peter Ostroushko]] ([[Prairie Home Companion]]), [[Dave "Snaker" Ray]] ([[Koerner, Ray & Glover]]), [[Erik Anderson (drummer)|Erik Anderson]] ([[The Wallets]]), [[Dakota Dave Hull]], [[Sean Blackburn]] (Prairie Home Companion), [[Bill Hinkley]] (Minnesota Music Hall of Fame), [[Karen Mueller]] (Autoharp Hall of Fame), and, to a lesser extent, [[Bob Dylan]]. |
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Many of these musicians also taught, performed and/or jammed at the West Bank School of Music. The [[Cedar Cultural Center]], Extempore' Coffeehouse, Scholar Coffeehouse, [[The New Riverside Cafe|New Riverside Cafe]], Viking Bar, 400 Bar, 7 Corners, Whisky Junction, Cabooze and Cedarfest have likewise all been popular music venues in their time. Established in 1978, [[KFAI]] community radio has broadcast a mix of community talk radio and folk and avant-garde music from around the world from the Bailey building since 1991. |
Many of these musicians also taught, performed and/or jammed at the West Bank School of Music. The [[Cedar Cultural Center]], Extempore' Coffeehouse, Scholar Coffeehouse, [[The New Riverside Cafe|New Riverside Cafe]], Viking Bar, 400 Bar, 7 Corners, Whisky Junction, Cabooze and Cedarfest have likewise all been popular music venues in their time. Established in 1978, [[KFAI]] community radio has broadcast a mix of community talk radio and folk and avant-garde music from around the world from the Bailey building since 1991. |
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The arts flavor of the area is enhanced by the presence of [[Augsburg University]] and the [[University of Minnesota]]'s West Bank Arts Quarter, which is home to the University’s arts programs. |
The arts flavor of the area is enhanced by the presence of [[Augsburg University]] and the [[University of Minnesota]]'s West Bank Arts Quarter, which is home to the University’s arts programs. |
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Cedar Riverside also plays host to the annual [[Zombie Pub Crawl]].<ref name="Zombie">{{cite web|last=Riemenschneider|first=Chris|title=Zombie Pub Crawl VII: A Terror of Two Cities.|url=http://www.vita.mn/story.php?id=131179323|publisher=Vita.MN| |
Cedar Riverside also plays host to the annual [[Zombie Pub Crawl]].<ref name="Zombie">{{cite web|last=Riemenschneider|first=Chris|title=Zombie Pub Crawl VII: A Terror of Two Cities.|url=http://www.vita.mn/story.php?id=131179323|publisher=Vita.MN|access-date=9 July 2012}}</ref> In the 2005 the Minneapolis Zombie Pub Crawl began with about 100 participants.<ref name="Zombie"/> In 2011 Cedar Riverside hosted approximately 18,000 individuals for the seventh annual zombie pub crawl.<ref name="Zombie"/> |
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==Notable establishments== |
==Notable establishments== |
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[[File:KFAI-entrance-Minneapolis.jpg|thumb|Alleyway entrance to [[KFAI]]]] |
[[File:KFAI-entrance-Minneapolis.jpg|thumb|Alleyway entrance to [[KFAI]]]] |
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*Bedlam Theater,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bedlamtheatre.org/|title=Bedlam Theatre - The Most Honest Reviews You Can Read!|website=Bedlam Theatre|accessdate=July 20, 2019}}</ref> "The Outer Limit of the Local Imagination Since 1992" '''Permanently Closed - 2016''' |
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*[[The Cedar Cultural Center]], "The World's Music, Here" |
*[[The Cedar Cultural Center]], "The World's Music, Here" |
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*[[Electric Fetus|The Electric Fetus]] record shop was located at 521 Cedar Avenue from 1968 to 1969 and at 514 Cedar Avenue from 1969 to 1972.<ref>[http://www.placeography.org/index.php/Electric_Fetus,_521_Cedar_Avenue_South,_Minneapolis,_Minnesota_(1968-1972) The Electric Fetus on Cedar Avenue.] ''placeography.org''. Retrieved: September 9, 2012.</ref> |
*[[Electric Fetus|The Electric Fetus]] record shop was located at 521 Cedar Avenue from 1968 to 1969 and at 514 Cedar Avenue from 1969 to 1972.<ref>[http://www.placeography.org/index.php/Electric_Fetus,_521_Cedar_Avenue_South,_Minneapolis,_Minnesota_(1968-1972) The Electric Fetus on Cedar Avenue.] ''placeography.org''. Retrieved: September 9, 2012.</ref> |
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*[[Hard Times Café]], cooperatively owned vegetarian restaurant |
*[[Hard Times Café]], cooperatively owned vegetarian restaurant |
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*The Hub Bike Co-Op,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehubbikecoop.org/articles/the-hub-bike-co-op-pg287.htm|title=The Hub Bike Co-Op|first=SmartEtailing|last=Inc|website=www.thehubbikecoop.org|accessdate=July 20, 2019}}</ref> worker owned and operated, "All Types of Bikes for All Types of People" |
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*[[KFAI]], "Radio Without Boundaries" |
*[[KFAI]], "Radio Without Boundaries" |
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*[[Mayday Books]], "Not Making a Profit Since 1975" |
*[[Mayday Books]], "Not Making a Profit Since 1975" |
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*Midwest Mountaineering<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.midwestmtn.com/|title=Gear for outdoor pursuits at Midwest Mountaineering in Minneapolis|website=Midwest Mountaineering|accessdate=July 20, 2019}}</ref> |
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*[[Mixed Blood Theatre Company]], "Predictably Unpredictable" |
*[[Mixed Blood Theatre Company]], "Predictably Unpredictable" |
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* The People's Center<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.peoples-center.org/|title=People's Center Clinics & Services|website=People's Center Clinics & Services| |
* The People's Center<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.peoples-center.org/|title=People's Center Clinics & Services|website=People's Center Clinics & Services|access-date=July 20, 2019}}</ref> "Care when you need it, not just when you can afford it." |
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*People's Center Theater,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.peoples-center.org/theater/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019190951/http://www.peoples-center.org/theater/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 19, 2014|title=People's Center Theater - People's Center Health ServicesPeople's Center Health Services|date=October 19, 2014|accessdate=July 20, 2019}}</ref> formerly home to the longest running feminist theater company in the United States. |
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*[[Radio K]], "Real College Radio" |
*[[Radio K]], "Real College Radio" |
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*[[Riverside Plaza (Minneapolis)|Riverside Plaza]] |
*[[Riverside Plaza (Minneapolis)|Riverside Plaza]] |
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*[[The Southern Theater]] |
*[[The Southern Theater]] |
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*Theatre in the Round<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theatreintheround.org/|title=Theatre in the Round - Minneapolis, MN ||website=www.theatreintheround.org|accessdate=July 20, 2019}}</ref> |
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*[[Triple Rock Social Club]] - '''Permanently Closed - 2017''' |
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⚫ | Crime statistics released by the [[Minneapolis Police Department]] for all of its neighborhoods indicate that between January and May 2012, Cedar Riverside had 134 instances of crime, mainly consisting of various forms of theft. Only one homicide was reported over this period. The neighborhood's statistics were comparable to the citywide average, and were a fraction of those of the neighborhood with the highest reported number of incidents, [[Downtown West, Minneapolis|Downtown West]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minneapolismn.gov/police/statistics/crime-statistics_codefor_statistics|title=Neighborhood Crime Statistics|website=www.minneapolismn.gov}}</ref> |
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*West Bank School of Music,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.westbankmusic.org/|title=westbankmusic.org - Diese Website steht zum Verkauf! - Informationen zum Thema music musicians education instruction instructional instructions lesson lessons Minneapolis St Paul.|website=www.westbankmusic.org|accessdate=July 20, 2019}}</ref> "The People's Music School" '''Permanently Closed''' |
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Overall, according to police, crime peaked in the period between 2002 and 2006, and has steadily declined in the following 5 years. By 2011, instances of serious crime had dropped a reported 40%.<ref name="Mdcrdicr">{{cite news|last=Stocks|first=Anissa|title=Crime rates drop in Cedar-Riverside|url=http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2011/10/26/crime-rates-drop-cedar-riverside|access-date=9 July 2012|newspaper=Minnesota Daily|date=26 October 2011}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Cyn|title=West Bank Boogie|url=http://westbankboogie.com| location=Minneapolis|publisher=Triangle Park Creative|date=2006|isbn=9780979092206}} |
*{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Cyn|title=West Bank Boogie|url=http://westbankboogie.com| location=Minneapolis|publisher=Triangle Park Creative|date=2006|isbn=9780979092206}} |
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*[[Carl G. O. Hansen|Hansen, Carl G. O.]] (1956). ''My Minneapolis: A chronicle of what has been learned and observed about the Norwegians in Minneapolis through one hundred years.'' Minneapolis: Standard Press. OCLC 2898002 |
*[[Carl G. O. Hansen|Hansen, Carl G. O.]] (1956). ''My Minneapolis: A chronicle of what has been learned and observed about the Norwegians in Minneapolis through one hundred years.'' Minneapolis: Standard Press. OCLC 2898002 |
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*{{cite book|last=Stoecker|first=Randy|title=Defending Community: The Struggle for Alternative Redevelopment in Cedar-Riverside|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldLm7DKPvOYC |
*{{cite book|last=Stoecker|first=Randy|title=Defending Community: The Struggle for Alternative Redevelopment in Cedar-Riverside|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldLm7DKPvOYC|year=1994|publisher=Temple Univ. Press|location=Philadelphia|isbn=1-56639-128-8}} |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Cedar-Riverside
West Bank | |
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Nickname: Little Mogadishu[1] | |
Coordinates: 44°58′00″N 93°14′36″W / 44.96667°N 93.24333°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Minnesota |
County | Hennepin |
City | Minneapolis |
Community | University |
City Council Wards | 2,6 |
Government | |
• Council Member, Ward 2 | Robin Wonsley |
• Council Member, Ward 6 | Jamal Osman |
Area | |
• Total | 0.549 sq mi (1.42 km2) |
Population (2020)[3] | |
• Total | 9,000 |
• Density | 16,000/sq mi (6,300/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 55454 |
Area code | 612 |
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1980 | 6,728 | — | |
1990 | 6,368 | −5.4% | |
2000 | 7,545 | 18.5% | |
2010 | 8,094 | 7.3% | |
2020 | 9,000 | 11.2% |
Cedar-Riverside, also referred to as the West Bank, or simply Riverside, is a neighborhood within Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its boundaries are the Mississippi River to the north and east, Interstate 94 to the south, and Hiawatha Avenue and Interstate 35W to the west. It has a longstanding tradition of cultural diversity and settlement, with a robust arts tradition.
History
[edit]The neighborhood has been a port of entry for immigrants since Swedes, Germans, and Bohemians began arriving in large numbers during the late 19th century. Cedar Avenue became a hub of the Minneapolis Scandinavian community in the late 1800s. Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish were spoken in many of the businesses, and in the early days, stars of Swedish American vaudeville entertained at Dania Hall, Mozart Hall and The Southern Theater.
There was Samuelsen’s confectionery and soda shop, Hagen's appliance store, Moberg’s Norwegian deli, and a host of other Scandinavian-owned businesses. On Cedar Avenue was Dania Hall, where the Danish community would meet. An eclectic mix of Gothic and classical styles, the building included a dining hall and kitchen in the basement, commercial space on the first floor, offices for the Society of Dania plus billiard and reading rooms on the second floor. A theater/assembly hall on the third and fourth floors featured Scandinavian vaudeville acts and weekend dances. On the corner of Cedar and Washington, just before the Washington Ave Bridge, was the Breezy Point Tavern owned by Oscar Carlsen, a Norwegian immigrant from the turn of the 20th century. Oscar had come to Minnesota to work in the lumber camps and saved a stake to buy this tavern.
Where men in the community once worked in small businesses, or as skilled tradesmen, and workers for the railroad, flour mills, and breweries, Cedar-Riverside declined as a core community in the 1920s due to the impact of Prohibition on the entertainment district. Into the 1940s, Cedar-Riverside remained heavily Scandinavian. Postwar immigrants from all over Eastern Europe then settled in the area. The junction of Washington Avenue, Cedar Avenue, and 19th Avenue was known as Seven Corners. The Cedar-Riverside area had been known as "Snoose Boulevard" (Snusgatan) because so many Scandinavians lived there.[4]
The West Bank, with the locally infamous Seven Corners district, mouldered into a skid row scene in the 1950s. In the mid-to-late 1960s, the area became the center of the University-oriented counterculture and antiwar movement. It was home to local hippies, protesters, and other anti-establishment groups between the 1960s and early 1970s. During those days, the neighborhood was known as the "Haight-Ashbury of the Midwest."[5]
The West Bank was home to McCosh's secondhand book store, a center for Beat and Hippie left-leaning bookworms, and later Things, probably the first head shop in the Twin Cities, which sold counterculture curios, anti-war buttons and posters, incense and drug paraphernalia. Marijuana, hashish and LSD were readily available in the area after about 1967. A community of hippies — and numerous students and hangers-on who emulated the hippie lifestyle (at least on weekends) — lived in old rental houses in the area and congregated at coffeehouses, such as the Extemporé, The Scholar and the Broken Drum, and at bars, such as the Triangle Bar, the Viking, Caesar's, The Mixers and the Music Bar. (The latter burned down the night Robert Kennedy was assassinated, and eventually was replaced by a "people's park"). The Triangle often featured performers and recording artists Dave Ray, Tony Glover and John Koerner, who had associated to some degree with Bob Dylan during his brief Minneapolis sojourn.
In 1973, the Riverside Plaza apartment complex was opened. Designed by architect and Cedar-Riverside resident Ralph Rapson, the tall buildings with their signature colored panels are a Minneapolis landmark and were featured as the residence of Mary Richards in later seasons of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Dayton-Hudson corporation (later Target Corporation) was a consultant, then withdrew, for a proposed commercial development in the area in 1974.[6] Many of the businesses that were established during that time — Martha's Antiques, the Whale Leather Shop, the Five Corners Saloon, Richter's Drug Store and Smith's Leather Shop — eventually went out of business, gradually giving way to newer stores and shops. The Depth of Field also closed in the last half of 2019. Brian Coyle Community Center, named after onetime city councilmember Brian Coyle, opened adjacent to Riverside Plaza in 1993.[7]
The neighborhood's past still has an influence in the present. Some of the businesses in the area harken back to an earlier time, like the worker-controlled punk hangout, Hard Times Café and the now-closed North Country Food Co-Op. In fact, some of the businesses, specifically in the Seven Corners district, use the history to promote their own business, such as the "Legend of the Seven Switchmen."
Fairview Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital figured prominently in the neighborhood, located only a few blocks away. Fairview and St. Mary's, which merged in 1986, later merged with the University of Minnesota Hospitals, forming a major medical complex straddling the Mississippi River. The organization is now known as University of Minnesota Medical Center.
Geography
[edit]Cedar-Riverside is located in Minneapolis City Council Wards 2 and 6, represented by Robin Wonsley and Jamal Osman, respectively.
The neighborhood is part of the University community, and is dominated by the West Bank campus of the University of Minnesota's Minneapolis campus, which includes the Law School, Carlson School of Management, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, and West Bank Arts Quarter. The East and West Bank of the U of M are connected by the Washington Avenue Bridge. The acquisition of a number of residential blocks by the University for expansion of the West Bank campus was controversial in the 1960s.
The neighborhood is also home to Augsburg University, a private liberal arts college.
It is served by the Blue and Green light rail lines. Two popular mixed-use bike/pedestrian paths, Hiawatha LRT Trail and Samatar Crossing, also connect the neighborhood to the downtown area and to neighborhoods further south.
Demographics
[edit]In the late 19th century, Cedar-Riverside had a sizable Scandinavian immigrant community, most of whose members labored in the Mississippi River's lumber and milling industries. It later evolved into a hub for intellectuals, hippies, radical activists,[5] actors, musicians and artists during the 1960s and 70s. In keeping with its tradition of ethnic and cultural diversity, the neighborhood is today home to the largest immigrant community in the Twin Cities.[8] Somalis are now the predominant minority group in the area, resulting in the neighborhood being nicknamed "Little Mogadishu."[9][10]
Racial composition | 2010[11] | 2020[11] |
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White (non-Hispanic) | 37.1% | 28.1% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 45.0% | 53.7% |
Hispanic or Latino | 3.4% | 4.6% |
Asian (non-Hispanic) | 10.9% | 9.6% |
Other race (non-Hispanic) | 0.2% | 0.4% |
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) | 2.8% | 3.0% |
According to U.S. Census data from the 2017 to 2021 periods, about 51.7% of residents were female and 48.3% were male.[12] Around 39% of residents were foreign-born, the vast majority being of East African extraction. Around 54% of the Cedar-Riverside population spoke a language other than English. According to the American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2016-2020), the top non-English languages spoken in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood are Somali (spoken by 47.3% of the population), Oromo (5.5%), Arabic (4.3%), Amharic (2.1%) and Spanish (1.4%). 25% cannot speak English fluently.[13] 32.4% of residents have less than a high school degree.[14] 41.4% of households do not own a car.[15]
The neighborhood's overall population has risen at a moderate but steady rate, from 6,368 in 1990 to 9,000 in 2020.[11]
Culture
[edit]Cedar-Riverside is one of the most diverse areas in Minneapolis and the Twin Cities metropolitan area.[8] It is home to a number of the 100 or so different languages that are spoken in the Twin Cities.[16] A vibrant neighborhood, it boasts many restaurants, cafés, bars, and venues for performance art and music.[8]
The Cedar-Riverside neighborhood is historically known for its immigrant population, beginning in the late 1940s post-World War II with immigrants from eastern Europe.[17] With the arrival of many new Cambodian, Somali, and especially Latino immigrants, hospitals now also offer services in other languages to accommodate patients whose mother tongue is not English.[18] Employers such as Amazon have worked with the community to provide jobs and reduce the unemployment rate from 20 percent (in year 2017). Amazon hired 1,500 workers from the Cedar-Riverside job center[19] and initially provided busing for workers to commute to its Shakopee distribution center but cut this service in late 2017.[20][21]
Arts culture
[edit]Cedar-Riverside is home to a thriving arts culture. There are many playhouses and theatre groups in the area, including the Mixed Blood Theatre Company, Theatre in the Round, and The Southern Theater. There is also a percolating music scene, with musicians frequenting venues like The Cedar Cultural Center, The Cabooze, The Red Sea, Part Wolf MPLS, Acadia Cafe, and Palmer's Bar.
Additionally, the West Bank music scene is known as a catalyst for major musicians, such as Bonnie Raitt, Leo Kottke, Butch Thompson (Jazz Originals), Peter Ostroushko (Prairie Home Companion), Dave "Snaker" Ray (Koerner, Ray & Glover), Erik Anderson (The Wallets), Dakota Dave Hull, Sean Blackburn (Prairie Home Companion), Bill Hinkley (Minnesota Music Hall of Fame), Karen Mueller (Autoharp Hall of Fame), and, to a lesser extent, Bob Dylan.
Many of these musicians also taught, performed and/or jammed at the West Bank School of Music. The Cedar Cultural Center, Extempore' Coffeehouse, Scholar Coffeehouse, New Riverside Cafe, Viking Bar, 400 Bar, 7 Corners, Whisky Junction, Cabooze and Cedarfest have likewise all been popular music venues in their time. Established in 1978, KFAI community radio has broadcast a mix of community talk radio and folk and avant-garde music from around the world from the Bailey building since 1991.
The arts flavor of the area is enhanced by the presence of Augsburg University and the University of Minnesota's West Bank Arts Quarter, which is home to the University’s arts programs.
Cedar Riverside also plays host to the annual Zombie Pub Crawl.[22] In the 2005 the Minneapolis Zombie Pub Crawl began with about 100 participants.[22] In 2011 Cedar Riverside hosted approximately 18,000 individuals for the seventh annual zombie pub crawl.[22]
Notable establishments
[edit]- The Cedar Cultural Center, "The World's Music, Here"
- The Electric Fetus record shop was located at 521 Cedar Avenue from 1968 to 1969 and at 514 Cedar Avenue from 1969 to 1972.[23]
- Hard Times Café, cooperatively owned vegetarian restaurant
- KFAI, "Radio Without Boundaries"
- Mayday Books, "Not Making a Profit Since 1975"
- Mixed Blood Theatre Company, "Predictably Unpredictable"
- The People's Center[24] "Care when you need it, not just when you can afford it."
- Radio K, "Real College Radio"
- Riverside Plaza
- The Southern Theater
Crime
[edit]Crime statistics released by the Minneapolis Police Department for all of its neighborhoods indicate that between January and May 2012, Cedar Riverside had 134 instances of crime, mainly consisting of various forms of theft. Only one homicide was reported over this period. The neighborhood's statistics were comparable to the citywide average, and were a fraction of those of the neighborhood with the highest reported number of incidents, Downtown West.[25]
Overall, according to police, crime peaked in the period between 2002 and 2006, and has steadily declined in the following 5 years. By 2011, instances of serious crime had dropped a reported 40%.[26]
See also
[edit]- Cedar-Riverside (Metro Transit station), light rail station on the METRO Blue Line
- West Bank (Metro Transit station), light rail station on the METRO Green Line
- Carl G. O. Hansen
References
[edit]- ^ "Inside Minneapolis' 'Little Mogadishu,' the Somali capital of America". Star Tribune. 2 March 2017.
- ^ "Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota (MN), 55454, 55455 detailed profile". City-Data. 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ "Cedar Riverside". Minnesota Compass. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ Seward Profile April 2005.
- ^ a b Stoecker, Randy (1994). Defending Community: The Struggle for Alternative Redevelopment in Cedar-Riverside. Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press. p. 8. ISBN 1-56639-128-8.
- ^ "The Minneapolis Star 04 Oct 1974, page Page 16". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ Wilhide, Anduin (Andy). "Brian Coyle Community Center". Augsburg Digi-Tours. Augsburg University. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Cedar-Riverside - Location and General Characteristics". City of Minneapolis. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ Shah, Allie (2 March 2017). "Go inside 'Little Mogadishu,' the Somali capital of America". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ Beggin, Riley (7 September 2024). "In Tim Walz's home state, Somali immigrants push back on GOP refugee rhetoric". USA Today. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino By Race". data.census.gov. US Census Bureau. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "Cedar Riverside neighborhood, population by sex". Minnesota Compass. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "Cedar Riverside neighborhood, population by language". Minnesota Compass. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "Cedar Riverside neighborhood, educational attainment among adults". Minnesota Compass. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "Cedar Riverside neighborhood, transportation data". Minnesota Compass. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "State of the City: Investing to Grow". Mayor R.T. Rybak. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "Cedar Riverside - About the West Bank". Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
- ^ "Translating Health Care - Video Library - The New York Times". Retrieved 22 April 2009.
- ^ Moini, Nina (7 June 2017). "Amazon Partners With Somali Community To Shuttle Cedar-Riverside Workers". Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ Dzieza, Josh (16 July 2019). "Amazon warehouse workers strike to protest inhumane conditions". The Verge. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ Bruder, Jessica (12 November 2019). "Meet the Immigrants Who Took On Amazon". Wired. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ a b c Riemenschneider, Chris. "Zombie Pub Crawl VII: A Terror of Two Cities". Vita.MN. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ The Electric Fetus on Cedar Avenue. placeography.org. Retrieved: September 9, 2012.
- ^ "People's Center Clinics & Services". People's Center Clinics & Services. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Neighborhood Crime Statistics". www.minneapolismn.gov.
- ^ Stocks, Anissa (26 October 2011). "Crime rates drop in Cedar-Riverside". Minnesota Daily. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
Further reading
[edit]- Collins, Cyn (2006). West Bank Boogie. Minneapolis: Triangle Park Creative. ISBN 9780979092206.
- Hansen, Carl G. O. (1956). My Minneapolis: A chronicle of what has been learned and observed about the Norwegians in Minneapolis through one hundred years. Minneapolis: Standard Press. OCLC 2898002
- Stoecker, Randy (1994). Defending Community: The Struggle for Alternative Redevelopment in Cedar-Riverside. Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press. ISBN 1-56639-128-8.
External links
[edit]- The West Bank District Website
- West Bank Business Association Website
- Cedar-Riverside Neighborhood Profile
- Cedar-Riverside Neighbors Online Forum
- West Bank Community Coalition Website
Photos
- Dania Hall at the Minnesota Historical Society.
- Seven Corners 01 at the Hennepin County Library.
- Seven Corners 02 at the Hennepin County Library.
- Samuelson's at the Minnesota Historical Society.
- The Electric Fetus at the Minnesota Historical Society.
- Pedestrian bridge at 5th and Cedar at the Hennepin County Library.
The New Riverside Cafe
Articles
Book and CD
- West Bank Boogie by Cyn Collins: 2006 survey of the Cedar-Riverside music scene.
Online book