HENNEPIN-LYNDALE CROSSROADS Greening Project

A NEW PARTNERSHIP between Green , MnDOT, the Basilica of City of Minneapolis and area stakeholders is transforming the St. Mary Hennepin-Lyndale Crossroads into a green oasis with a more beautiful and welcoming experience for residents and visitors. Dunwoody Municipal College of Parking Technology The HENNEPIN-LYNDALE CROSSROADS is a primary gateway for Facility N 17th Street Minneapolis and a nexus for some of the region’s most important W. Lyndale Ave N Ave Lyndale W. 13 institutions and civic spaces, including the , the Hennepin Ave 14 Dunwoody 10 Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, and Basilica of Saint Dunwoody Blvd Underpass 9 Mary.

Loring Green Minneapolis, the non-profit conservancy working to enhance 7 Corners the livability of downtown Minneapolis through greening and park 6 projects, partnered with Citizens for Loring Park Community, the Lowry Hill Neighborhood Association and the City of Minneapolis to I-94 turn the famous bottleneck into a GREENER, MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY area. Funding for landscape materials was provided through a grant from the MnDOT Community Roadside Landscape Minneapolis 7 Sculpture Partnership Program. Garden

Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge Green Minneapolis is the charitable partner accepting DONATIONS to support maintenance and future improvements. We need your Loring INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT.

Park Lyndale Ave Lyndale Lowry Tunnel Entry Hennepin Ave PARTNERSHIP GOALS T 5 T Vineland Place Oak Grove/ Establish beautiful and well-maintained green spaces within 15th Street the Hennepin-Lyndale Crossroads right-of-way.

4 Support pedestrian improvements at the Dunwoody underpass

Walker Art including additional lighting, art and landscaping. Center Episcopal Cathedral Facilitate communication and cooperation among adjacent of St. Mark property owners to develop and maintain beautiful boulevards.

Groveland Advocate for ongoing public investment in Crossroads transportation and pedestrian infrastructure. 510 Terrace Groveland

Lowry Groveland Ave Hill 1 T Hennepin-Lyndale Crossroads Greening is a project of Green Minneapolis in partnership with Citizens for a Loring Park Kenwood Community, Lowry Hill Neighborhood Association, Gables 2A

T Ave Lyndale

Douglas Ave Hennepin Ave Hennepin Ave Department of Transportation, Minneapolis Department of United Methodist Church Public Works and Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board. Made possible through the support and generous 2B contributions of the Walker Art Center, 11 United Methodist Church, Episcopal Cathedral of St. Mark,

12 The Basilica of St. Mary and Loring Corners, Inc.

FUTURE Lowry Tunnel Entry 2018 FUTURE PROJECT AREA greenminneapolis.org