Refreshments will be served. Where: Pohlad Hall (S-280 2nd Floor), Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis MN 55401 When: Thursday, July 26, 2:30 PM reception; meeting program from 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Agenda: Welcome & Introductions (10 minutes) Snapshot of the Disposition Study Process Underway (5 minutes) Mike DeRusha, USACE, Lock Master Nan … Read More
Minneapolis City Council Approves “The Falls” Redevelopment Plan for the Upper Lock
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BY FRIENDS OF THE LOCK & DAM Contact: Kjersti Monson, 612.836.8266 April 13, 2018 (MINNEAPOLIS) – Minneapolis City Council passed a Resolution today supporting The Falls, a redevelopment initiative to transform the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock into a visitor and interpretive center. The action underscores the City’s ongoing commitment to public … Read More
Dehn & Frey, with FL&D, Address Minnesota House Capital Committee
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA — By Kjersti Monson. The Minnesota House Capital Committee hearing took place on March 21, 2018 for HF2898, a bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for Upper St. Anthony Lock redevelopment; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds. Representative Raymond Dehn introduced the bill, which seeks $1.5 million predesign dollars … Read More
WCCO Reports on The Falls in Advance of House Capital Hearing
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — By Molly Rosenblatt. It’s been almost three years since the Upper St. Anthony Falls closed to boat traffic on the Mighty Mississippi. Now, there’s a vision to transform the area into a major destination for locals and tourists. While in the early stages, there are plans to revitalize the Minneapolis riverfront. With a 49-foot drop … Read More
Veteran Lockmaster Mike DeRusha to the Washington Post: the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock is “a Jewel”
ALONG THE RIVER — The Mississippi runs the spine of America, touching 10 states and draining waters from 21 more, a vast waterway with a rich mythology, a sometimes powerful beauty and an always alarming propensity to flood. Nearly 30 locks and dams hold back water in the river’s upper reaches. Every river bend to the … Read More
Two artists ‘lock it down’ with projects illuminating the history of St. Anthony Falls
“Spirit Island Projection,” by Andrea Carlson. The lock at St. Anthony Falls doesn’t send boats up and down the Mississippi River anymore. Now it hosts art. On Friday and Saturday nights, St. Paul artist Aaron Dysart will project a rock-concert-like light show inside the lock’s empty tank. Huge colored floodlights will be arranged on the … Read More
St. Anthony Falls Upper Lock to light up with art, river history
For the first weekend of “Illuminate the Lock” artist Aaron Dysart used data from 47 years of lock-keeper logbooks to program a light show. Courtesy of The Soap Factory You can usually only get past security into the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock as part of a tour. But for “Illuminate the Lock” events, the gates … Read More
St. Anthony Falls, birthplace of a city, could deliver new visions of an urban river
National Park Service superintendent John Anfinson looked out over the lock and dam. The National Park Service is drawing up ambitious plans to provide more public access and to restore the Mississippi River and its waterfront above and below St. Anthony Falls now that Lock & Dam #1 has been turned into a visitor center. … Read More
In possible sign of things to come, National Park Service again offers tours at St. Anthony Falls lock
Public access to the lock may be a sign of what’s to come in the future. When the lock at Upper St. Anthony Falls was closed to ship and boat traffic two years ago, it became pretty much just that: a closed lock. After years of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sponsored tours, the lock … Read More
Historic St. Anthony Falls Lock & Dam Reopens To The Public
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Upper St. Anthony Falls lock and dam will open to visitor traffic this weekend — but in a new way. It’s been two years since any traffic on the water navigated through it after its 2015 closure. Lockmaster Mike DeRusha’s workload all but dropped to a weekly visit. “Very quiet,” DeRusha … Read More