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Above | Below GBC Minneapolis / Saint Paul Formative years

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Brian M. Dodwell

Essay · 27 Oct 2026 · 66 min read

What the City Was

Part 1 of three. Seven places where the Twin Cities were made, and what it cost the people who were already there.

A wet street at night under a railway bridge, one streetlight, one no-parking sign.

Institutional record · 24 Oct 2026 · 30 min read

What the City Was, What It Is, and What It Might Become

Urban phenomenology, the history beneath Above | Below, and the construction of futures that can survive contact with reality