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Downtown Minneapolis in the early 1970s was a scene.
Dayton's was in its prime, the new Nicollet Mall was full of people, the Foshay Tower was still king, and the IDS Center was beginning its rise. Bustling sidewalks teemed with shoppers and businessmen, young and old, no matter what the weather, because the skyway system was just being born. 

Mike Evangelist, a seventeen-year-old from the suburbs, found everything about the city to be amazing. This "introvert with a camera" turned his lens to the scenes around him--young women hitching a ride, a disabled vet selling pencils, stylish shoppers strolling Nicollet Mall, once-grand movie houses on Hennepin Avenue--capturing a vibrant and rapidly changing city. 
Writer and artist Andy Sturdevant, who has been called "the preeminent wit, flâneur, and psycho-historian of the Twin Cities," explores these streets as a congenial companion, commenting with a sharp eye and thoughtful insights.

Do you miss the seventies? Did you miss the seventies? Downtown takes you there.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Minnesota Historical Society Press; 1st edition (November 1, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0873519922
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0873519922
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.35 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10 x 0.9 x 10 inches
Reviewer: clunyscot
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: gorgeous piece of the past
Review: great pictures and prose. perfect nostalgia

Reviewer: Aging Fearlessly
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This book is so cool, I spent my teen years in the middle ...
Review: This book is so cool, I spent my teen years in the middle and late 70's downtown Minneapolis every weekend for shopping, lunch (Nankin or Oak Grill), and movies (Skyway Theater). So many great memories.

Reviewer: jboy
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Old and Cold Days of Long Ago
Review: When I arrived in Minneapolis in 1971 ( I think it was ), I didn't have a camera, but Mike Evangelist did, and the visions of the scene of much of my youth have been preserved for me.When I got there the city buses' livery was being changed from green and white to red, something Evangelist has captured and preserved. Lots of old memories are summoned back. Plantation Pancakes, never ate there, but walked past it a zillion times. The old Christmas decorations on Nicollet Mall look familiar, even tough I can't say for sure what the ones they have now look like. This book reminds me of a lot of things that I couldn't force myself to remember. The Venice Cafe? ....yeah, there it is, that's it alright.Seventies are now about halfway between the 1920s and now. Go back another 45 years from then, and there was no Foshay Building. The IDS building was new in '72 and I remember the Harvest House Cafeteria on the mezzanine above the Crystal Court. There was also a cafeteria, as I recall, in the Basement of the Soo Line Building ( and there was a Soo Line RR back then too ).The big old time pre-oil embargo, cars of the 70s are everywhere in the pictures. Those cars were built about halfway between now and the last production runs of the Ford Model T. Time flies, but to where? Well the big old taxicabs built by Checker were all over downtown then. I guess they went to the scrapyard. I guess the bell bottoms got recycled too, somehow.Even if your memory lane doesn't go back that far, this book is a good slice of time in America at the start of the last third of the twentieth century. It is about Minneapolis, but it could've been almost any American city of that time. I say almost, because many of the scenes are definitely "snow belt". They say you can't remember pain, but some of these pictures sure remind me of some painfully cold days in Minneapolis.Daytons, Powers, The Gopher Theater, Peter's Grill, Shinders, and the Cascade 9, aren't in Minneapolis anymore, and neither am I. Mary Tyler Moore is retired too, I think. This is as Minneapolis was in the prime of Mary Richards.

Reviewer: J. Leatherman
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: great photos of old Minneapolis
Review: I love showing younger co-workers what Minneapolis used to like. I don't remember all of these but I remember E-Block being that way. I miss Shinders so much. It's a great time capsule and great street photography too.

Reviewer: mac tucker
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Coffee table book
Review: This one serves as decor and as an interesting artifact cataloguing important views and vibes of the Minneapolis scene

Reviewer: Alexa
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Beautiful and interesting
Review: This is a beautiful and well done book. It is on the larger side and nicely heavy. The text is interesting and the photos are wonderful. I agree that I would have loved to see more photos. Even if you were not familiar with Minneapolis during this period (I was born in the 1980s) it is a fascinating book. Perfect gift.

Reviewer: TayMN
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: My son enjoyed seeing how different the city looks then to now
Review: Bought this for my dad who grew up in Minneapolis. It brought back a lot of memories for him and it sits on his coffee table. My son enjoyed seeing how different the city looks then to now. There are things you forget about and this brought back a lot of fun memories.

Reviewer: Smitty
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fantastic Book
Review: Brings back so many memories - wonderful book that I will treasure for many years to come. Thank you!

Reviewer: A L
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Really interesting book, a fascinating glimpse of 70's US street scenes. I was hoping for more images like the cover photograph, views of storefronts etc. but the majority of the picutres are crowds and people. That said, this is still a really interesting read, and definitely worth the price.