Scene On The Street: A Southwest Minneapolis Garage Door Mural And The Rel Life Scene That Inspired It

Spotted this cool painting on a garage door in an alley on the 3700 block of Nicollet Avenue South over the weekend. The painting depicts a well known downtown Minneapolis view, that of the Hennepin Avenue Mississippi River bridge and the infamous old Grain Belt Beer sign that sits just north of the bridge on the east bank of the river...

07-23-11 Garage Art, Minneapolis, MN

...and here's a shot of the real-life scene that inspired the painting. This was taken on a fall evening in 2007.

Summer 2007 - Minneapolis, MN - Hennipen Avenue bridge  with Grain Belt billboard
(Images via: NYCDreamin Archives)

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