This walking tour highlights some of the gathering places of North Minneapolis Jewish community in the early 20 ^th century. Visit a neighborhood with three synagogues as well as the Emmanuel Cohen Community Center and the Jewish Shelter Home for Children. Learn about the architectural history of three buildings and the communities that have, and continue, to gather here.

The tour is one of several walking tours offered throughout the summer. The tours are sponsored by the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission and the City’s Department of Community Planning and Economic Development (CPED). This tour is also sponsored by the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest.

For schedule information and tour descriptions, call 612 673 2516 or see Minneapolis Walking Tours .

Tour will be led by Reva Rosenbloom, one of the producers of the documentary, We Knew Who We Were: Memories of the Minneapolis Jewish Northside (scheduled to be re-released this summer). For more information from the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest, please contact Susanne Hoffman at 952 381-3364.

Upcoming tours include: Nokomis Knoll Residential Historic District, Riverside Generating Plant, Washburn-Fair Oaks Historic District, Park Avenue and Its People, Como-Harriet Streetcar Line, Tangletown, Grain Belt Brewery, Red Cedar Lane, Warehouse District, Elliot Park, Hennepin Avenue Theaters, and Christ Church Lutheran.

The Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) was formed in 1972 to serve as a citizen advisory body to the Minneapolis City Council. The Commission holds public hearings on matters related to preservation twice each month. Projects that come before the commission are administered through professional preservation-planning staff in the City of Minneapolis Department of Community Planning and Economic Development (CPED).

CPED provides preservation related services within Minneapolis local government. These services include professional review for preservation permit applications, ongoing efforts to evaluate the historical significance of buildings and districts, recommendations for designation of local landmarks; prepares and administers design guidelines; conducts on-going research of eligible sites and districts; provides public education and community outreach programs; collaborates on the integration of historic preservation with City planning and development activities.