Seward, MN

The Seward neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., is geographically southeast of downtown and defined by the triangle of land bordered by Hiawatha Avenue to the west, Minneapolis Midtown Greenway (between E. 27th St. and E. 28th St.) to the south, the Mississippi River to the east, and Interstate 94 to the north. Seward's bordering neighborhoods are Cooper to the Southeast, Longfellow to the South, East Phillips to the Southwest, Ventura Village to the West, Cedar-Riverside to the North, and Prospect Park/East River Road across the Mississippi River to the East. It is one of the neighborhoods that is part of the larger Longfellow community. Seward was named after former New York senator, governor, and US Secretary of State William H. Seward.
The neighborhood is noted for a number of local businesses along Franklin Avenue, including two cooperatives, the Seward Co-op (a grocery store) and the Seward Cafe. The neighborhood is also home to the Milwaukee Avenue Historic District.
Seward is perhaps the most politically liberal neighborhood in Minneapolis, with usually only a handful of votes in each precinct won by Republicans. The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and Green Party are major political forces. A major civic organization is the Seward Neighborhood Group and the community newspaper was The Bridge, a merger of two community publications, including the former Seward Profile.