Calhoun-Isles is one of the official communities (a grouping of several official neighborhoods

Neighborhoods of Minneapolis

The city of Minneapolis, Minnesota is officially defined by the Minneapolis City Council as divided into eleven communities, each containing multiple official neighborhoods. Informally, there are city areas with colloquial labels...

) of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...

. It contains the Uptown

Uptown, Minneapolis

Uptown is a popular commercial district in southwestern Minneapolis, Minnesota, centered at the Uptown Theater at the intersection of Hennepin Avenue and Lagoon Avenue. It has traditionally spanned the corners of four neighborhoods, Lowry Hill East, ECCO, CARAG and East Isles neighborhoods, within...

 business district and the name "Uptown" is frequently (though somewhat incorrectly) used to refer to the entire community. The name of the community refers to its most prominent physical features, the large and publicly accessible lakes, Lake Calhoun

Lake Calhoun

Lake Calhoun is the biggest lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and part of the city's Chain of Lakes. Surrounded by city park land and circled by bike and walking trails, it is popular for many outdoor activities...

 and Lake of the Isles

Lake of the Isles

Lake of the Isles is a lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota connected to Cedar Lake and Lake Calhoun. It is home to winter ice skating and hockey, as well as a New Year's Eve celebration featuring roasted marshmallows and hot chocolate...

.

Calhoun-Isles is an affluent part of the city, and people of upper middle class means and above, including young professionals and older millionaires, inhabit the community. The Uptown district is considered by many to be the nighttime playground of the young and trendy of the Twin Cities.

Neighborhoods of Calhoun-Isles

• Bryn Mawr
  Bryn Mawr, Minneapolis
  Bryn Mawr is a neighborhood within the Calhoun-Isles community in Minneapolis. It is located directly west of downtown Minneapolis. The oddly-shaped neighborhood is bound by parkland: Theodore Wirth Park to the north and west, Bassett Creek to the north, Bryn Mawr Meadows to the east, and Cedar...
  
  
• Lowry Hill
• Lowry Hill East (AKA "The Wedge")
• Carag
• East Calhoun (AKA "ECCO")
• West Calhoun
  West Calhoun, Minneapolis
  West Calhoun is a neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the southwesternmost neighborhood of the Calhoun Isles community, an affluent region in the western part of the city. West Calhoun is bordered on the east by East Calhoun, or "ECCO", the north by Cedar-Isles-Dean, the south by Linden...
  
  
• Cedar-Isles-Dean
• Kenwood
• East Isles