October 2019 — The bright red mural on the side of Rainbow Chinese Restaurant at 2739 Nicollet Avenue anchors Minneapolis’s iconic “Eat Street” corridor. Painted in bold geometric letters spelling “Minneapolis,” the work was designed to celebrate the neighborhood’s cultural diversity and long history as a hub for immigrant-owned restaurants. The panda motif and stylized lettering nod to the restaurant’s founder, Tammy Wong, whose establishment has been a local fixture since 1987. The mural, illuminated at night by warm overhead lighting, has become a recognizable landmark symbolizing the creative and culinary energy of Eat Street in the Whittier neighborhood.

October 2019 — An illuminated stairway leads up to one of Chicago’s iconic “L” (elevated) train platforms in the Loop at night. The steel structure, marked with the system’s signature riveted beams, is part of the century-old elevated rail network that defines the city’s core transit identity. Below, a “Police Line – Do Not Cross” barricade and the quiet, empty street evoke a rare moment of stillness in an area usually dominated by the hum of trains and late-night traffic. This view highlights the utilitarian geometry and enduring presence of the Chicago Transit Authority’s elevated system, still serving as the backbone of the city’s rapid transit since the late 19th century.

October 2019 — Dippy's Ice Cream in Fish Creek during Halloween in Door County, WI.

October 2019 — An aerial view captures the excavation shaft for a massive water main tunnel beneath the Mississippi River. The reinforced concrete cylinder serves as the launch point for a tunnel boring machine, visible nearby, which will cut through layers of limestone and shale to create a new conduit linking the city’s water systems. The project represents a critical upgrade to regional infrastructure, designed to improve reliability and resilience while accommodating future demand across Minneapolis and St. Paul.

October 2019 — A tunnel boring machine (TBM) rests near the banks of the Mississippi River, staged for the start of a subsurface water main tunnel project. The machine’s circular cutting head and support equipment are visible beside heavy lifting cranes, part of a major infrastructure effort to modernize the city’s underground water distribution system

November 2019 — Once part of the vast milling network that shaped Minneapolis’s industrial identity, this now-closed General Mills Purity Oats plant at 1201 Jackson Street NE reflects the city’s transition from global grain hub to post-industrial reuse. The modest brick complex, still bearing its original signage, served as a specialized processing site within the company’s broader cereal operations before its eventual closure. Its preservation offers a glimpse into the city’s enduring ties to the flour and oat industries that once defined the Mississippi River corridor.

November 2019 — This view shows the rear loading and office entrance of the former General Mills Purity Oats facility in Northeast Minneapolis. Built during the city’s industrial boom, the complex once handled oat processing and packaging for one of the nation’s largest cereal producers. The structure’s painted brick walls, grain silos, and utilitarian layout are characteristic of mid-20th-century food-processing plants that supported the city’s reputation as the “Flour Milling Capital of the World.”

November 2019 — Steam rises from the Barry & Sewall Chemical Company complex in Northeast Minneapolis, a facility known for producing adhesives, coatings, and specialty chemicals for over a century. Illuminated by floodlights and framed by dense pipe networks, the site reflects the city’s enduring industrial infrastructure along the rail and river corridors. The hand-painted logo on the wall remains a remnant of mid-20th-century branding still visible across many older manufacturing sites in the Twin Cities.

November 2019 — The illuminated sign for Mill Ruins Park glows at night along the Minneapolis riverfront, where historic flour mill foundations meet modern development. Behind it, a portrait mural and new residential buildings rise near the preserved remnants of the city’s milling heyday.

November 2019 — Located at 1101 West River Parkway. River Parkway Place sits right next to what will be the 48 story Eleven Condos.

November 2019 — Lynlake Brewery in Uptown Minneapoilis during a November snowstorm.

November 2019 — Lake Street in Minneapolis during a late November snowstorm in 2019.

November 2019 — Moto-i on Lyndale in Uptown Minneapolis during the November 26th 2019 snowstorm.

November 2019 — Blue Door Pub in Uptown Minneapolis during the November 26th, 2019 snowstorm.