Loring Park

While it’s nestled against the sparkling glass skyscrapers that decorate the skyline of Downtown Minneapolis, many of the buildings in the Loring Park District have held onto the charm they’ve earned from their storied histories. The Woman’s Club, for example, was designed by Leon Arnal, the famed Foshay Tower architect, and was completed in 1928. The Fawkes Building, built in 1911, housed the city’s first car showroom and it’s where the Reverend Billy Graham rented his first office before moving a couple of blocks over. Today, the area offers the convenience of its location as well as the proximity to other Minneapolis landmarks like the Walker Art Center and Sculpture Gardens as attractive traits to the thriving creative community that does business here every day.

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When the park is your backyard, you’re never too far from entertainment. The Twin Cities Pride Festival, Basilica Block Party, and Loring Park Art Festival are three major draws in the summer months, while the Holidazzle makes the park its home from Thanksgiving until Christmas Eve each year. You also can find great food at restaurants adjacent to the park, such as Cafe Bar & Lurcat and the new restaurant hot spot Gai Noi, or more just a short walk away; both Downtown and Uptown are a stone’s throw distance.

Close to Interstates 35W, 94 and 394, Loring Park is easy to access via car or public transportation. Its western border, Hennepin Avenue, is a major thoroughfare in and out of Downtown, and it along with Nicollet Avenue to the east both serve multiple bus routes. And of course, as Minneapolis is a very bikeable city, you can get to Loring Park via your bike from essentially all sides, following a number of different routes.