Now in its 14th year, the Home Tour is a popular spring event for thousands of Twin Cities residents and remodeling enthusiasts. The free event promotes urban living, encourages home improvements and provides information to homebuyers. Home Tour visitors will appreciate the periods and styles of city homes extraordinary Victorians, cozy bungalows, new homes, classic Four Squares and warehouses converted into lofts. The 2001 tour includes a Victorian, once near demolition, which has been revived to its original splendor, an artist s home featuring functional art in Northeast Minneapolis and an owner-built bungalow in Longfellow. This year's tour highlights three neighborhoods in Minneapolis and two neighborhoods in Saint Paul.
Neighborhood tours are annual favorites that showcase several homes in their unique neighborhoods.
The Hawthorne Neighborhood Tour in North Minneapolis includes the development of 40 new homes assisted by Minneapolis Empowerment Zone. The Lind-Bohanon Neighborhood Tour, also in North Minneapolis, features the Humboldt Greenway project. The St. Anthony West Neighborhood Tour in Northeast Minneapolis showcases beautiful homes convenient to Downtown Minneapolis. Or visit the Dayton s Bluff Neighborhood Tour including beautiful Victorian homes, a theatre that is being renovated, a dome home and a house that was moved to a new location. The 2001 tour also showcases a warehouse, which has been converted into lofts, and the new construction of lofts near Downtown Minneapolis.