South Minneapolis
"Pop" Culture
Minnesota
Finish the Lyric
South Minneapolis Part 2
100

This buffet was replaced by a parking lot for Rainbow foods just off Lake Street

The Viking Smorgasbord 

100

This popular soda was Coca-Cola's first diet cola

Tab

100

The Dakota name for Minnesota

Mni Sóta Makoce

100

1970s Sears slogan and jingle

Sears, where America shops 

100

East Phillips Park is affectionately known as 

Cockroach Park 

200

The MN Indian Women's Resource Center was once a hospital named  

Lutheran Deaconess Hospital

  

200

The Nintendo Entertainment System was released in North America in what year

1985

200

The University of Minnesota is a land grant institution and was founded 

1851

200

I stop to see a weepin' willow
Cryin' on his pillow
Maybe he's cryin' for me

And as the skies turn gloomy
Night winds whisper to me
I'm lonesome as I can be

200

This business had a pink exterior and was next to a tire shop on 2100 block of East Lake Street

Mad Mad Mexican Restaurant 

300

LEUT was founded in this year

1973

300

A New Hope was released in this year

1977

300

Bagonegiizhig (Hole in the Day) was a 19th century Anishinaabe leader who was considered a spokesman for his people, who was his Dakota contempory 

Little Crow 

Taoyateduta

300

1990s marketing campaign (1993–1999) designed to rebrand the retailer from a "hardline" seller of tools and appliances into a fashion destination for women

Come See the Softer Side of Sears

300

This business served Jojo's a signature, must-order item, often described as having a unique crispy breading.

Pizza Shack

400

This business was replaced by the U of M (CUHCC) Clinic

Heller's Railroad Salvage Super Market

400

Tetris was massively successful. This game was its competitor

Dr. Mario

400

In the 1970s MN Vikings were renowned for the defense that was affectionally called  

The Purple People Eaters

400

Come and knock on our door
We've been waiting for you

Where the kisses are hers and hers and his
Three's company, too

400

This tragic event occurred on August 1, 2007

35W Bridge Collapse

500

Saint Paul had Montgomery Ward and Minneapolis had its rival

Sears

500

This decade saw a transition from traditional glass bottles to steel and aluminum cans for soda packaging 

1960s

500

This area was never covered by ice during the Last Glacial Period 

Driftless area

500

Dearly beloved we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life

Electric word, life it means forever, and that's a mighty long time. But i'm here to tell you there's something else: the afterworld....

500

First Woman Mayor of Minneapolis

Sharon Sayles Belton- tough on crime and increase in property values