Franson moved to Minneapolis 30 years ago ... people until coming here,” he said. With the bar’s reopening, both the gay community and the Loring Park community at large again have a place ...

After approximately four years, Minneapolis beckoned again ... Soon came another 60-seat space in that building, called the Loring Bar, in which he tried to create the same feel as that “cute” ...

A sand lot that until recently was the home of a playground on the Loring Greenway in Minneapolis on Tuesday. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...