Harrison is a neighborhood in the Near North community in the U.S. city of Minneapolis, located to the west of downtown. Its boundaries are roughly, Olson Memorial Highway to the north, Lyndale Avenue to the east, Bassett Creek to the south, and Theodore Wirth Park to the west. It is located in Minneapolis City Council ward 5 and state legislative districts 59B and 63B.
Demographics Race/ethnicity200020102020Number %Number %Number %White alone93422.5092828.901,12834.76Black alone1,59838.491,27239.611,25738.74Hispanic or Latino (any race)2135.132939.1234610.66Native American alone531.28381.18300.92Asian alone1,10126.5255217.192618.04Other race alone150.3690.28120.37Pacific Islander alone30.0730.0950.15Two or more races2355.661163.612066.35Total4,152100.03,211100.03,245100.0
Notable residents
In the 1970s the musician Prince lived as a child in two homes in the Harrison Neighborhood, at 1707 Glenwood Avenue and 539 Newton Avenue North.
References
Gabler, Jay. "Prince’s childhood homes: MnDOT research helps create a timeline" https://blog.thecurrent.org/2016/09/princes-childhood-homes-mndot-research-helps-create-a-timeline Sept. 30, 2016 (retrieved 2018-May-05) Wargelin, K. Marianne. "Finntown, Minneapolis - An American Neighborhood" http://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/p17208coll13/id/6345 Hennepin History Magazine, Fall 1988 (retrieved 2018-May-05)
External links Minneapolis Neighborhood Profile - Harrison Harrison Neighborhood Association