None of these photos are mine and I've posted most of them separately elsewhere but I thought they deserved their own thread. They complement anti-cheesehead's great thread of street-level photos.

This one's from http://www.homestead.com/mikempls/mplspics1.html
http://www.homestead.com/mikempls/files/New_Web_Site_Pics/Resize_of_DSCN0307.JPG

These excellent aerials are from the University of Minnesota Design Center (http://www.designcenter.umn.edu/imagebank/default.html).

Linden Hills, Lakes Harriet and Calhoun
http://img44.echo.cx/img44/6085/dc0016428cd.jpg

Linden Hills
http://img179.echo.cx/img179/5939/dc0016431tc.jpg

Lake Calhoun
http://img179.echo.cx/img179/3903/dc0016164al.jpg

Skyline
http://img194.echo.cx/img194/2607/dc0029925og.jpg

Theodore Wirth Park
http://img194.echo.cx/img194/8595/dc0033541kh.jpg

Lake Nokomis
http://img194.echo.cx/img194/91/dc0042318vf.jpg

Warehouse District
http://img194.echo.cx/img194/1692/dc0306510wl.jpg

Uptown
http://img194.echo.cx/img194/7012/dc0307631ko.jpg

University of Minnesota
http://img194.echo.cx/img194/7524/dc0327998ox.jpg
http://img130.echo.cx/img130/302/dc0328106kp.jpg
http://img194.echo.cx/img194/2941/dc0328213re.jpg

Midtown
http://img194.echo.cx/img194/6613/dc0328992hm.jpg

Uptown and Lake Calhoun
http://img194.echo.cx/img194/2420/dc0329008gk.jpg

Powderhorn Park
http://img194.echo.cx/img194/7171/dc0329010el.jpg

Stevens Square
http://img194.echo.cx/img194/8154/dc0329366cc.jpg

Walker Art Center (under construction) and Sculpture Garden
http://img194.echo.cx/img194/6854/dc0329477tw.jpg

Loring Park, Sculpture Garden and freeways
http://img194.echo.cx/img194/6934/dc0331250xr.jpg

Mill District Riverfront
http://img103.echo.cx/img103/5663/dc0207198kb.jpg

Mill District
http://img103.echo.cx/img103/1393/dc0207744qg.jpg

Loring Park
http://img103.echo.cx/img103/1549/dc0215768tc.jpg

Northeast
http://img51.echo.cx/img51/3015/dc0220381la.jpg

Warehouse District
http://img51.echo.cx/img51/1218/dc0220564tb.jpg
http://img51.echo.cx/img51/6500/dc0220625um.jpg
http://img51.echo.cx/img51/1294/dc0220738bc.jpg

Northeast
http://img51.echo.cx/img51/120/dc0220840bt.jpg

Warehouse District
http://img51.echo.cx/img51/1443/dc0220904rx.jpg

Bridges
http://img51.echo.cx/img51/7130/dc0328188nq.jpg

Nicollet Mall
http://img152.echo.cx/img152/3171/dc0351482eb.jpg
http://img152.echo.cx/img152/1744/dc0351495le.jpg
http://img152.echo.cx/img152/3923/dc0351549ss.jpg
http://img152.echo.cx/img152/3678/dc0351666bz.jpg
http://img152.echo.cx/img152/5638/dc0351932dz.jpg
http://img152.echo.cx/img152/5290/dc0351984dm.jpg
http://img152.echo.cx/img152/557/dc0352127ey.jpg
http://img152.echo.cx/img152/2958/dc0352524zg.jpg

Uptown
http://img152.echo.cx/img152/1615/dc0352784qp.jpg

Downtown
http://img152.echo.cx/img152/7710/dc0356342aw.jpg

Here are more aerials from Steve Linder's site: linderphoto.com
Lake Harriet
http://www.linderphoto.com/images/photos/1041624171-43708full.jpg

Lake Calhoun
http://www.linderphoto.com/images/photos/1041628253-67695full.jpg

Lake Calhoun and Lake of the Isles
http://www.linderphoto.com/images/photos/1041629590-75072full.jpg

Lake of the Isles
http://www.linderphoto.com/images/photos/1042151121-87919full.jpg

Calhoun and Isles
http://www.linderphoto.com/images/photos/1051552329-79600full.jpg

Harriet
http://www.linderphoto.com/images/photos/1090616423-88615full.jpg

St. Anthony Falls.
http://www.linderphoto.com/images/photos/1051562214-49016full.jpg

Downtown
http://www.linderphoto.com/images/photos/1052159251-59933full.jpg
http://www.linderphoto.com/images/photos/1052171144-34584full.jpg
http://www.linderphoto.com/images/photos/1051550731-66615full.jpg

Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
http://www.linderphoto.com/images/photos/1052509375-94497full.jpg
http://www.linderphoto.com/images/photos/1051561407-43409full.jpg

Minneapolis Institute of Art
http://www.linderphoto.com/images/photos/1079556832-10124full.jpg
http://www.linderphoto.com/images/photos/1079555951-4696full.jpg

University of Minnesota
http://www.linderphoto.com/images/photos/1041530876-87126full.jpg

Those pics are great and that website with pics is too.

I especially like this night pic:

http://img235.echo.cx/img235/3827/minneapolis7om.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Those parks look very nice and well maintained. The Nicollet Mall is very nice, I have been on it and it is a very good set-up and the farmers market is exceptional, but its really uptight and youll get gobbled up by arrogant businessmen on cellphones.

Loring Park also looks like a nice urban neighborhood, like Cap. Hill in my hometown. It would be nice if Omaha and Des Moines would do that too some of close in neighborhoods. Dinkytown and Uptown also have impressive set-ups and seem warm and inviting.

The construction for the prices in the Warehouse district looks terrible. Some of the commercial strips in South Minneapolis are just plain ugly. The ride on the light rail from Downtown to Fort Snelling is depressing and drab.

but its really uptight and youll get gobbled up by arrogant businessmen on cellphones.


WTF is wrong with you?

Is downtown Minneapolis the only downtown where you'll find businessmen on cellphones?

Those are some of the best pictures of Minneapolis I have ever seen.

I feel like I've seen those photos before.

So many trees--I love that. Are a lot of the main thoroughfares in Minneapolis lined with trees as well? I'd like to see more of that in Chicago.

http://img194.echo.cx/img194/8595/dc0033541kh.jpg

definitely one of my favorites

Are a lot of the main thoroughfares in Minneapolis lined with trees as well?

Not really. To be honest, there seems to be more trees when you view it from above.

Amazing... the next "it" city, I guarantee it!

Hey...how'd the UW-Milwaukee dorm towers get all the way up to Minneapolis??
http://img194.echo.cx/img194/2420/dc0329008gk.jpg

I just love these aerial shots. The city really looks so clean from above.

Great pics! Minneapolis really is very gorgeous. Any stuff from Mighty Ducks in there?
:D

GREAT pics. Mpls is such a great city from above

Bravo! sfhoya those are the best pics of Minny that I ever seen. Do you have any of St Paul?

The anti-cheesehead you're right, that night shot is great!

So, I'm to believe that downtown Minneapolis is the only business district in America with cellphones?

Hot damn! We are on the cutting edge!

Thanks for sharing... great pics.

Hey...how'd the UW-Milwaukee dorm towers get all the way up to Minneapolis??

Haha, I've always thought the same thing! Actually, if it is possible, the ones in Minneapolis are even more ugly than the ones here at UWM ;)

Cool aerials.

Nice pics

very nice photos from above, anyone got a pick of the pt light rail map? and are there any plans for extensions of it? from the look of a few of those pictures it seems like a condo boom is going on in minneapolis

Minneapolis has amazing parks. Everything you are looking for. Last Sunday I was at Lake Calhoun and there were so many people. It really is turning into a social scene. The beach and the sand volley ball court was littered with hundreds of people. The nice thing is if you don't want to deal with the social scene of Calhoun you can just go to Lake of the Isles or Cedar Lake.

I've noticed Calhoun is for young, single people (quite an awesome scene), Lake Harriet is for families and Lake of the Isles is for retirees.

I also enjoy going on all the trails they have in Minneapolis. I seem to find a new trail every week. I was just in Chicago the other week (wonderful city)but I didn't see very many green spaces or trees for that matter. Minneapolis has blended natural beauty with a wonderful refreshing urban feel. I love it the more I leave the more I want to come back.

None of these photos are mine and I've posted most of them separately elsewhere but I thought they deserved their own thread. They complement anti-cheesehead's great thread of street-level photos.



Uptown
http://img152.echo.cx/img152/1615/dc0352784qp.jpg



Holy crap, is that a Bentley on the right? I have never seen a car as expensive as that in Milwaukee, only in Chi-town.

I've seen Bentley's, Aston Martins', Lotus', and Ferrari's, but I think you'd find those in Milwaukee and any other large city anywhere.

I have lived in Milwaukee for many years now, and the best cars I have seen were a Rolls-Royce phantom with a Illinois plate driving through Shorewood and some prick in a Ferrari 360 from minnesota driving like a maniac south of Milwaukee on I90.

Wow. There sure is alot of green in that city. It's beautiful!

I was doing a search the other day and stumbled on this view from the North. I don't think I've seen the skyline from this angle before and the lighting was rather beautiful. It's a bit blurry though and I don't know how long it'll stay here cause I'm just linking it from some company's website, which explains the red circle.

http://www.wrinkle-usa.com/images/wrinkle-aerial.jpg

What a beautiful city! I like the mix of urbanity, and nature!

Hmmm...nice.

But where is little brother, St. Paul?

Some of the best Minneapolis I have seen on the net. What a beautiful city you guys have.

great pics! funny how Gold Medal flour looks like Pabst City in milwaukee...