{"product_id":"old-map-of-minneapolis-minnesota-by-usgs-1952-edina-lake-calhoun-lake-harriet","title":"Old Map of Minneapolis, Minnesota by USGS, 1952 – Edina, Lake Calhoun \u0026 Lake Harriet","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1954 from 1952 survey work, “Minneapolis South” is a richly detailed U.S. Geological Survey topographic portrait of the southern half of Minneapolis and its neighboring communities at mid-century. At 1:24,000 scale, it captures the city with an intimacy suited to both civic planning and close historical study: streets, railroads, parks, lakes, wetlands, and subtle changes in elevation are all carefully organized within the USGS grid. The map records Minneapolis during a pivotal postwar moment, when established neighborhoods, expanding suburbs, and recreational landscapes were being bound together by new road systems and growing metropolitan infrastructure. Its title is modest, but the sheet reveals a layered urban geography shaped by water, parkland, industry, and movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Geological Survey brought to this map the disciplined visual language that made its quadrangles indispensable across the United States. Roads and boundaries appear in emphatic red, rail lines and built features in crisp dark linework, waterways in blue, and relief through the quiet precision of contouring. This design allows the city’s structure to emerge at a glance while rewarding prolonged inspection. Minneapolis’s rectilinear street grid contrasts elegantly with the sinuous courses of Minnehaha Creek, lake shores, and park drives. The result is a map that is not merely functional, but formally beautiful: a mid-century technical document whose color, hierarchy, and restraint create a composed picture of an evolving northern metropolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWater is the great organizing force of the sheet. Lake Calhoun, now officially Bde Maka Ska, anchors the western portion of the city alongside Lake Harriet, Cedar Lake, and the parklands and neighborhoods surrounding them. These lakes are shown not as isolated scenic features, but as parts of an integrated civic landscape of boulevards, gardens, shorelines, and recreation grounds. Lyndale Park, Isles Park, and the green spaces associated with the Chain of Lakes illustrate Minneapolis’s celebrated park tradition, already mature by the 1950s. Minnehaha Creek threads eastward through the map, linking lakes, wetlands, and residential districts, a natural corridor preserved amid an increasingly urban environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond Minneapolis proper, the map records the metropolitan edge as it appeared before later waves of intensive suburban development. Edina is visible to the southwest, with roads, rail corridors, open tracts, and water features marking the transition from city to suburb. Wood Lake and surrounding wetlands hint at the ecological character that once defined much of the region, even as highways and neighborhood grids pressed outward. Major U.S. routes and state highways trace the growing mobility of the postwar era, while railroads testify to older patterns of freight, commuting, and industrial connection. Together, these features make the sheet a revealing document of urban expansion in progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a historical object, “Minneapolis South” offers more than orientation; it preserves a moment in the city’s spatial memory. The early 1950s were years of demographic growth, automobile-centered planning, and changing relationships between downtown Minneapolis, residential neighborhoods, and nearby suburbs. Yet the map also shows the durability of older geographic structures: lakes, creeks, parkways, rail lines, and neighborhood patterns that continue to shape the city today. For those drawn to Minneapolis history, urban design, environmental change, or the artistry of government cartography, this USGS quadrangle is a compelling intersection of science and place. It presents a city poised between its park-rich past and its metropolitan future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinneapolis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdina\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLake Calhoun (Bde Maka Ska)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLake Harriet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIsles Park\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCedar Lake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinnehaha Creek\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood Lake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLyndale Park\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCity parks and various neighborhoods within Minneapolis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMajor roads, including U.S. Routes and State Highways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRailroads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLakes and wetlands in the surrounding areas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical 1:24,000 topographical map titled \u003cstrong\u003e“Minneapolis South”\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced by the \u003cstrong\u003eU.S. Geological Survey (USGS)\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDated \u003cstrong\u003e1952\u003c\/strong\u003e and published with a \u003cstrong\u003e1954 imprint\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures a detailed grid system\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses color to distinguish land types, elevation, and water bodies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRed lines indicate roads and boundaries, emphasizing urban development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows detailed elevation changes and natural features typical of the area during the 1950s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides insight into Minneapolis’s early-1950s urban development and geographic layout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflects both natural and man-made changes in the landscape over time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/fr\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). 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Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? 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