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minneapolis photographer, photojournalist. paying attention. local history nerd. [email protected] https://chaddavis.photography/photo-archive/

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 10h

Should also have them ride a bike behind one of these buses

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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 10h

My blog, Twin City Sidewalks, turned twenty years old today. Wow. That's a long time! tcsidewalks.blogspot.com/2025/10/20th...

20th Anniversary of This Blog

Believe it or not... I started this blog 20 years ago today . It's still the best career move I've made, as writing publicly about cities an...

tcsidewalks.blogspot.com

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 12h

Closed.

Most popular night club in University of Minnesota college town.

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 23h

sounds fun

daviss @chaddavis.photography · 23h

What does that even mean, like shaped like weed?

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 1d

does it sell weed?

daviss @chaddavis.photography · 1d

full disclosure the owner of this place, who i never met, months later threatened to "fuck me up": x.com/daviss/statu...

daviss on X: ""ill pull over and fuck you up real quick" is what someone claiming to be the owner told me after saying I didn’t need permission to take photo of buildings on Lake St. Says he has a problem w/ people taking pictures of fights. But I told him no fights and they arn’t even open? https://t.co/HmL91JX5WU" / X

"ill pull over and fuck you up real quick" is what someone claiming to be the owner told me after saying I didn’t need permission to take photo of buildings on Lake St. Says he has a problem w/ people taking pictures of fights. But I told him no fights and they arn’t even open? https://t.co/HmL91JX5WU

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 1d

the owner of this business recklessly pulled over next to me on Girard in the middle of the day while i was taking a picture of the signage, threatened to beat me up. total weirdo.

daviss @chaddavis.photography · 1d

presented without comment

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 1d

do they sell weed at the other locations?

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 1d

not even sure, just know the owners at the time didn't pay rent or something? feel like it's different owners now maybe

daviss @chaddavis.photography · 1d

no weed here

daviss @chaddavis.photography · 1d

today i learned.. cheeba hut "toasted subs" (their quotes, not mine), who i'm told is opening in November.. isn't going to be selling weed laced subs??

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 1d

On the 2nd anniversary of the October 7th attacks in Israel, organizers of a march through Downtown Minneapolis say “Two years on, end the genocide!”.

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 1d

More: chaddavis.photography/photo-archive/

Photo Archive | Chad Davis Photography

Minneapolis photographer and photojournalist.

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 1d

Hennepin Avenue construction is nearing completion! I think this is the last full month of the closed dirt road?

The Lowry, Spectacle Shoppe, mural by Shane Anderson, Specs Optical.

Hennepin Ave in Minneapolis October 2025

spectacle shoppe and new bike lane on Hennepin Ave

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 1d

the train car will be moved to the green line extension tracks soon for testing

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Seven Years in Quebec @dfeldman.org · 1d

Very exciting for those of us in the Twin Cities. This project started planning in 2002, with construction beginning in 2018!

daviss @chaddavis.photography · 2d

Metro Transit preparing to begin running testing trains on the new SWLRT route, it's really happening... 🚉

Metro Transit LRT train with Light Rail Testing Now wrap

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 2d

Metro Transit preparing to begin running testing trains on the new SWLRT route, it's really happening... 🚉

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 2d

happened to catch TC&W hauling 261 cars past the brand new West Lake Street Station

daviss @chaddavis.photography · 2d

strange how every now and then the star tribune goes rogue and uses random photos from 20 years ago commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sk...

daviss @chaddavis.photography · 3d

They did that river drawdown 5 years ago, what a magical couple days that was on the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 4d

Daisy's at Lagoon/Hennepin on a Thursday night.

Minneapolis October 2025

daviss @chaddavis.photography · 4d

Here’s a challenge coin the Minneapolis police union sells on their website. Says “NEVER FORGET” showing officers during protests that followed 4 of their colleagues being involved in murdering a man in front of children. mpdfederationstore.square.site/s/order?loca...

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daviss @chaddavis.photography · 5d

right?