Calhoun-Isles/Uptown
Welcome to Calhoun-Isles/Uptown! Find Your Place Here.
The Uptown district, or the Calhoun-Isles neighborhoods, is a fantastic place to live, work, and play. Uptown, MN real estate offers residents easy access to high-end shopping, dining, and entertainment. Not only are there plenty of stores, bars, and restaurants, but the area is also filled with lakes and parks. These natural sanctuaries are perfect for sailing, biking, rollerblading, swimming, paddle boarding, and more.
This area has been at the forefront of the recent environmental movement, adopting organic waste recycling and creating awareness for all types of waste reduction. If you are looking for a fun new area to call home, browse our listings of homes for sale in Uptown, MN today.
The Uptown area offers limitless recreational options, regardless of the season. With three lake options between Lake Calhoun, Harriet, and Lake of the Isles, there are biking/running trails, kayaking, swimming, sailing, canoeing, fishing, cross country skiing, and more!
The Calhoun-Uptown area has no shortage of shopping options from retail, to local bookstores, several grocery stores and more! Shop the Calhoun Square area for a variety of clothing stores, an Apple store, MAC cosmetics, Francesca’s, Patagonia, or Half Price Books. This area also offers Whole Foods, Lunds, and Cub Foods.
The dining options in the Calhoun-Isles/Uptown area range from quick bite options to the fanciest of sit down options. Grab a meal to go at Noodles or Chipotle right by Lake Calhoun, or sit down for a classy meal at Barbette or Chino Latino. No matter what you’re craving, Uptown has it!
The city of Minneapolis is dedicated to providing opportunities to improve on the quality of the environment from air quality monitoring, to water treatment, and recycling and garbage incentives. Visit the Minneapolis website for further information on recycling options in your specific area!
The city of Minneapolis Public School system serves the Uptown area. For information on which school you should attend, visit the Minneapolis public schools website.
Uptown is a central hub for public transportation options. Grab any bus to go downtown, into the suburbs, or grab the bus to take you down to the light rail any time of the day.
Calhoun-Isles/Uptown area is served by the city of Minneapolis city council. There are thirteen members, each elected from separate wards to work collectively to maintain the health, safety and welfare of the community.
The Uptown area became popular in the 1880’s used for boating recreation, hotels and vacation cottages. Housing construction exploded in the 1920’s, with a commercial district forming around the area of the Lagoon Theatre. After the success of the uptown district in Chicago, the new Uptown District of Minneapolis was announced by the Minneapolis tribune centered around the “Uptown Theatre.”
The Uptown area offers limitless recreational options, regardless of the season. With three lake options between Lake Calhoun, Harriet, and Lake of the Isles, there are biking/running trails, kayaking, swimming, sailing, canoeing, fishing, cross country skiing, and more!
The Calhoun-Uptown area has no shortage of shopping options from retail, to local bookstores, several grocery stores and more! Shop the Calhoun Square area for a variety of clothing stores, an Apple store, MAC cosmetics, Francesca’s, Patagonia, or Half Price Books. This area also offers Whole Foods, Lunds, and Cub Foods.
The dining options in the Calhoun-Isles/Uptown area range from quick bite options to the fanciest of sit down options. Grab a meal to go at Noodles or Chipotle right by Lake Calhoun, or sit down for a classy meal at Barbette or Chino Latino. No matter what you’re craving, Uptown has it!
The city of Minneapolis is dedicated to providing opportunities to improve on the quality of the environment from air quality monitoring, to water treatment, and recycling and garbage incentives. Visit the Minneapolis website for further information on recycling options in your specific area!
The city of Minneapolis Public School system serves the Uptown area. For information on which school you should attend, visit the Minneapolis public schools website.
Uptown is a central hub for public transportation options. Grab any bus to go downtown, into the suburbs, or grab the bus to take you down to the light rail any time of the day.
Calhoun-Isles/Uptown area is served by the city of Minneapolis city council. There are thirteen members, each elected from separate wards to work collectively to maintain the health, safety and welfare of the community.
The Uptown area became popular in the 1880’s used for boating recreation, hotels and vacation cottages. Housing construction exploded in the 1920’s, with a commercial district forming around the area of the Lagoon Theatre. After the success of the uptown district in Chicago, the new Uptown District of Minneapolis was announced by the Minneapolis tribune centered around the “Uptown Theatre.”
