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Linden Hills Park
Linden Hills is a quirky neighborhood with a lot of amenities, but yesterday was the first time I had ever stopped at the community park there. Set a few blocks from the Linden Hills “town center”, the park stretches across a couple city blocks and packs a lot into the space. Four tennis courts, two…
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Luxton Park
Recently I was out on the bike and decided I had some time for a playground. Being a few miles from home I checked the map for parks nearby and headed to Luxton Park in the Prospect Park neighborhood of Minneapolis. I’m glad I did. Luxton Park play area is tucked away behind the park’s…
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Fuller Park
Often I associate St. Paul with sand playgrounds featuring community provided sand shovels, trucks, and other toys, but I recently headed to Fuller Park near Nicollet and 50th and discovered much the same in Minneapolis. Happily, it still has the classic Minneapolis staple, a wading pool and rec center. Fuller has Kompan play areas for…
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Urban Family Biking with Kidical Mass
Yesterday we stopped at Mattocks Park in Saint Paul with the kids between running a bank errand and heading to Lunds, and I’m glad we did because we ran into a bike assembly that I’ve long been curious about. A year ago I briefly had a conversation with some parent about biking around the cities,…