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by Didier
February 2nd, 2025, 7:01 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
Replies: 1357
Views: 938283

Re: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market

Can someone provide the metric conversion?
by Didier
December 5th, 2024, 9:02 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Southside - News & General Topics
Replies: 1101
Views: 474367

Re: Southside - News & General Topics

Are people actually going to congregate outside of Cup Foods to pay tribute to George Floyd? This seems like such an odd memorial.
by Didier
October 22nd, 2024, 4:17 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Minneapolis & St. Paul Fantasies and Speculations
Replies: 460
Views: 88174

Re: Minneapolis & St. Paul Fantasies and Speculations

Short of a new Gateway Arch in the Commons, another signature restaurant near Gold Medal Park and something interactive at Block E would go a long way.

The new Vikings’ museum is actually really well done and would have been a welcome addition by the stadium, but I get why they stuck it in Eagan ...
by Didier
October 21st, 2024, 5:39 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Minneapolis & St. Paul Fantasies and Speculations
Replies: 460
Views: 88174

Re: Minneapolis & St. Paul Fantasies and Speculations

I mentioned this in the St. Paul thread, but downtown Minneapolis really doesn’t have anything “to do” besides attending events.

Downtown St. Louis is perhaps more barren. They’ve got at least one good museum but fewer restaurants etc. Yet when it comes to tourism, it’s a lot easier to anchor a ...
by Didier
October 4th, 2024, 8:57 pm
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: Xcel Energy Center
Replies: 61
Views: 133511

Re: Xcel Energy Center

My Minneapolis bias skews me to preferring investment in Minneapolis instead, but St. Paul has a good setup for hosting events and adding a big hotel here might actually make a lot of sense.

I think a lot of us underrate that St. Paul has the Xcel Energy Center complex, the Science Museum, the ...
by Didier
September 24th, 2024, 7:13 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Stadium Village
Replies: 158
Views: 200361

Re: Stadium Village

It helps the birds know what to fly into.
by Didier
September 17th, 2024, 1:27 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Riverview Corridor Not Streetcar
Replies: 1304
Views: 648807

Re: Riverview Corridor Not Streetcar

aBRT is needlessly technical and confusing. Why is the 'a' lowercase? Why is there an 'a' at all? Does that make it different than BRT?

They should just call it Super Bus or something.
by Didier
September 17th, 2024, 12:04 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Riverview Corridor Not Streetcar
Replies: 1304
Views: 648807

Re: Riverview Corridor Not Streetcar

I honestly think the public might be more supportive of aBRT if it was called anything but aBRT.
by Didier
September 14th, 2024, 3:20 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Hiawatha-Lake - Minnehaha - Downtown Longfellow
Replies: 331
Views: 433746

Re: Hiawatha-Lake - Minnehaha - Downtown Longfellow

Peppers & Fries is being replaced by a vegan burger place.
by Didier
September 12th, 2024, 12:18 pm
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: St. Paul Restaurant News
Replies: 315
Views: 211478

Re: St. Paul Restaurant News

Apparently the pieces for the new loon statue at the corner of Snelling and University arrived this week as well, so that should presumably be up soon. (Sorry I know that’s not a restaurant)
by Didier
September 12th, 2024, 12:16 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Root District - Farmers Market / Royalston Station
Replies: 153
Views: 96954

Re: Root District - Farmers Market / Royalston Station

It’s worth nothing that there’s no indication anyone is actually looking into the South Loop for a new NBA arena. It’s almost impossible to imagine that happening without Bloomington offering what would surely be a massive (and massively unpopular) subsidy.
by Didier
September 3rd, 2024, 12:38 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: West End area - St. Louis Park / Golden Valley
Replies: 215
Views: 132300

Re: West End area - St. Louis Park / Golden Valley

When I was a child there was a rumor that Chi Chi's was Spanish for breasts.
by Didier
August 9th, 2024, 8:01 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: 2024 Olympic Bid?
Replies: 133
Views: 26664

Re: 2024 Olympic Bid?

Coca-Cola, based in Atlanta, has been an Olympic sponsor going back to the 1920s, which certainly helps!

Minnesota had backing from Campbell-Midthun, Carlson Companies, Dayton Hudson, the Strib’s parent company, WCCO and another unnamed company.

It's hard to overstate that this process was very ...
by Didier
August 8th, 2024, 12:50 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: 2024 Olympic Bid?
Replies: 133
Views: 26664

Re: 2024 Olympic Bid?

How Close Was Minneapolis To Hosting the 1996 Olympics?

https://racketmn.com/how-close-was-minn ... 6-olympics
by Didier
July 30th, 2024, 8:10 am
Forum: Local Politics and Governance
Topic: Minnesota Governor Election 2022
Replies: 47
Views: 24560

Re: Minnesota Governor Election 2022


This is beside the point, but if Walz wins doesn't he have to be considered a pretty legitimate option for presidential candidate?

I mean, he's an outstate Democrat, stable governor of a Midwestern state, national guard, only 57 years old, doesn't have a funny name like Hickenlooper. I'm ...
by Didier
July 10th, 2024, 7:39 am
Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
Topic: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Replies: 705
Views: 387639

Re: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board

I’ve long felt raised crosswalks would go a long way.
by Didier
July 5th, 2024, 6:45 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Grocery Stores
Replies: 271
Views: 67386

Re: Grocery Stores

One time Longfellow Market only had Dean’s and I was heated.
by Didier
June 20th, 2024, 2:13 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: The Dayton's Project
Replies: 363
Views: 309964

Re: The Dayton's Project

That was my first thought when I saw the 'Bonjour' part, though it's curious why Martin Patrick 3 branded the sign.

For what it's worth, there's going to be a ton of gymnastics downtown next week. The main Olympic trials is Thursday-Sunday, but they also have national championships in the other ...
by Didier
June 20th, 2024, 1:17 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Making Transit More Feasible/Less Intimidating for New Riders
Replies: 31
Views: 6236

Re: Making Transit More Feasible/Less Intimidating for New Riders

MNdible wrote: June 20th, 2024, 10:47 amAnd to be honest, I'm not sure that I'd consider a free Flo-Rida concert a major event...
The Twins had their highest attendance of the season Friday — 5,000 more than any game this season besides the home opener.
by Didier
June 20th, 2024, 10:31 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Making Transit More Feasible/Less Intimidating for New Riders
Replies: 31
Views: 6236

Re: Making Transit More Feasible/Less Intimidating for New Riders

I took my son to the Twins game last Friday, and around 10:45 pm — mid Flo-Rida concert! — I checked the Metro Transit website to see the next Green Line out was at 11:19 pm. After that it was like an hour. So we made our way over to the platform around 11 pm, nice and early. The train finally ...