Jul 29, 2023
Mill City Museum, Minneapolis 7/20/23 by Sharon Mollerus
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Mill City Museum, Minneapolis 7/20/23 by Sharon Mollerus
An old flour mill on your industrial waterfront, dormant for 25 years, catches fire and partially collapses. You could knock that hulk down and wipe your hands of the affair. Or… you could stabilize the ruins and do some adaptive reuse magic to turn it into the forecourt of a new museum!
As you can guess, that’s exactly what happened with the Mill City Museum.
And that forecourt is indeed some magic. Ruins often manage to be compelling in some ways that is hard to pin down (I’d venture it’s a combination of the roughness, the randomness, and the precariousness, in conjunction with the perfection that is our imagination that completes what is missing), and here the shell acts like the outer concourse of the Coliseum. The slick glass and steel addition contrasts beautifully with it, and all that glass lets it be a part of the museum experience within so that the history you’re learning about is ever present.
Best of all, the forecourt makes one heck of a backdrop for all sorts of events! Beyond just being a museum, it creates a whole plethora of possibilities for a reinvented waterfront district.
Given how much I love adaptive reuse, and the rich texture of old brick and rough and tumble buildings in particular, it’s no surprise that I totally dig this. Great work!
Mill City Museum by Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle.
Mill City Museum by Andrew Canton
New Year’s Day sunrise in Minneapolis, MN. (01/2020)
🔹Camera: Canon 80D 🔸Lens: EF 24-70mm
Window assortment
Harps Across America
Episode 12
On our way back from Oregon we stopped in Minnesota. This time around I didn’t have a show, though I have enjoyed playing in the state in the past, but for a visit. Both my parents are from MN and most of our close and extended family lives in the area. Every year since I was born my parents and I would travel from Maryland to Minnesota usually by car. I have fond memories of visiting my grandparents and going to places like the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, Fort Snelling, Mill City Museum (pictured below) & of coarse the Mall of America (pictured above). The Mall of America is one place we never miss when we go to Minnesota. Sadly, as the years go on there is less family to visit as the last of my maternal grandparents passed away over four years ago and my paternal grandmother past away almost two years ago. It’s always a reminder to me about how precious time is and how fast it slips away. I’m trying to plan another trip out there again for later in the year.
one last pic that refused to upload with the rest!