Hiawatha is a neighborhood within the larger Longfellow community in

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. It is bordered by 40th Street to the north, the

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to the east, 54th Street East to the south, and Hiawatha Avenue to the west. Its neighbors are Howe to the north, the Mississippi River to the east,

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and the Minnehaha neighborhood to the south, and

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and Standish to the west. Hiawatha is in

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Ward 12, represented by Aurin Chowdhury.

Landmarks and Amenities

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Significant locations in Hiawatha include: * Minnehaha Regional Park, a MPRB property featuring

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, the restaurant Sea Salt, and the Minnehaha Dog Park, designated as the Minnehaha Historic District * Hiawatha Elementary School, a K-2 public school *

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, a private college preparatory school, has their elementary and middle school campus on 42nd Street and West River Parkway. * John H. Stevens House on 4901 Minnehaha Avenue *The 46th Street Station and the 50th/Minnehaha Station on the Metro Blue Line *The Hiawatha Avenue Mural, designed by Sara Rotholz Weiner to be painted on a grain elevator at the corner of

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and East 41st StreetLongfellow/Nokomis Messenger. June 1992. http://www.longfellownokomismessenger.com/

References

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