Linden Hills Neighborhood, Minneapolis
Set Between Lake Calhoun and the West side of Lake Harriet, over to the border of East Edina is a fantastic, vibrant neighborhood called Linden Hills. Originally the Southern border of Minneapolis stopped at 36th Street. Any homes South of 36th were considered ‘in the wilds’ of Minneapolis. Many of the homes built in Linden Hills were originally summer or lake homes for many of the wealthier inhabitants of Minneapolis proper, in days past.
Right between other great neighborhoods, Linden Hills boasts one of the greatest combinations of restaurants, coffee shops, bakeries, ice-cream parlors, boutiques and some of the more affordable ‘prime’ real estate within the Minneapolis metro area.
Also, Linden Hills connects directly to the walking and biking trails of Lake Harriet and Lake Calhoun which also connects to Lake of the Isles.
If you are looking for a safe, great neighborhood generally in the $300,000-$700,000 price range (obviously some reach as high as $3 million on the West side of Lake Harriet), this is one of the 3 prime neighborhoods in the entire metro area. Best of all, it still has the classy feeling of a period-neighborhood, with most homes being built between 1917 and 1935. The style of homes typically range between craftsman, Victorian, Dutch Colonial and a few total rebuilds, which usually try to maintain the integrity of the period of the other homes. Best of all, this is a neighborhood within the city where you can get silence, but yet have great neighborhood relationships. It’s difficult to live in Linden Hills and not make many great friends.
Between the active parks, neighborhood committee’s and an entire neighborhood-wide garage sale on one day, there are many things to keep you busy in this beautiful, tree-lined, old-growth neighborhood.
Linden Hills also has one of the best public schools in the entire city: Lake Harriet Community School. The lower campus is K-2 and the Upper Campus is 3-8.
Demographics: Population is about 26,000, Density is 5,917 per/sq. mile, average household income is about $90,000 with the median age being 37.
My wife and lived in and renovated a home (not the first or the last)on 45th and York; a very cute Craftsman built in the mid 1920’s. We renovated it and sold it, but our first 2 kids were born there. It has one of the best parks in the city for kids, which we frequent often.
My opinion, it is a great neighborhood for all.
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