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title: "How the City's Housing Stock Was Built"
url: https://minneapolisrealestatereview.com/housing-history/
description: "A chronological account of the building eras that produced the present housing stock, from the milling city through the streetcar expansion to post-war lending and later."
published: 2026-08-17
updated: 2026-08-17
---

# How the City's Housing Stock Was Built

Published 2026-08-17

### [Minneapolis Neighborhoods: Pattern and Character](https://minneapolisrealestatereview.com/neighborhoods/)

Place

A descriptive tour of the city's principal residential districts, organised by the physical logic that produced them: the falls, the car lines, the lakes and the post-war edge.