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by 4-d
January 11th, 2015, 1:36 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: [Archived] Uptown Retail & Restaurant News 2012-17
Replies: 1427
Views: 238655

Hennepin and lagoon

Is there a thread going for the project at that intersection? I've been watching this building get taken apart for a while now and I'm just wondering if anybody knows what the whole project consists of.
by 4-d
September 30th, 2012, 9:23 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Vikings Stadium Miscellaneous Discussion
Replies: 1660
Views: 222155

Re: Vikings Stadium

I'd like to see something more like lancecaster posted in London. I like these crazy designs but they have no staying power in the fast pace athletic stadiums. I like The Walker, The Wiesman, and The Guthrie as our 2000+ iconic buildings. If we want to be a cutting edge city, we need more edgy resid...
by 4-d
September 17th, 2012, 9:47 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: New Target Building - (1001 Nicollet Mall)
Replies: 124
Views: 21695

Re: New Target Building - (1001 Nicollet Mall)

I have a legitimate source inside for Target, a lead designer there, who told me they plan to go at least 60 stories on this site in the near future. Also, every target is remodeled every 7 years so it makes sense that Target DT will be remodeled soon. This project was a design/build project, so it ...
by 4-d
September 12th, 2012, 8:37 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Third North - (800 Third Street North)
Replies: 109
Views: 33555

Re: Third North - (800 Third Street North)

Thanks for the update.
by 4-d
August 12th, 2012, 9:40 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Office Market
Replies: 1291
Views: 813399

Re: Office Market

Okay, here's a bit of a tangent... Personally, a lot of what I'm seeking is just a return to the small-town life I knew as a kid, just amped up a fair bit so it isn't quite so boring: We had a grocery in the middle of town which I walked past every day on my way to school. There was a hardware stor...
by 4-d
August 7th, 2012, 10:13 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Mozaic (all phases)
Replies: 581
Views: 94476

Re: Mozaic

I don't get the gripping about Mozaic. Its cement so it will age well. It has a public plaza with public art. It adds parking to an area that desperately needed it. Parking that is set back and hardly noticable, blending with the transit that already moved through there. It adds high end office spac...
by 4-d
August 7th, 2012, 9:48 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Loring Vue Apartments - (415 Oak Grove Street)
Replies: 216
Views: 46726

Re: Loring Vue Apartments

So far, the visibility on the house there is much better than I expected too. I actually think it is complimented well by the development.
by 4-d
July 12th, 2012, 12:56 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Seven Points Uptown (Calhoun Square)
Replies: 337
Views: 298721

Re: Calhoun Square

Sweet!

Nitpicking but I think there is also H&M at Southdale.
by 4-d
July 12th, 2012, 9:54 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: District 600 - 600 5th Street North
Replies: 220
Views: 52931

Re: 600 5th Street North

Maybe the surburbs help finance MPLS... I tend to disagree but it am not gonna have THAT debate. I just want to say the unless someone is planning to building some super cutting edge residence, everyone is going to keep it plain and simple. Considering that we are already getting our "cutting e...
by 4-d
July 11th, 2012, 10:52 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Excelsior, Wayzata and Lake Minnetonka area
Replies: 100
Views: 47195

Re: Lake Minnetonka Hotel

Nice turret!
by 4-d
July 11th, 2012, 10:42 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Seward Commons
Replies: 29
Views: 15949

Re: Seward Commons

It looks like most of the plan revolves around water maintenance, which is pretty cool. Are they planning a walking bridge across franklin to the platform?
by 4-d
July 2nd, 2012, 9:46 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Burch Pharmacy Building - (1934 Hennepin Avenue)
Replies: 106
Views: 26741

Re: Burch Pharmacy Building

I hate that effing Cotty Lowry billboard.
by 4-d
June 29th, 2012, 12:16 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Nicollet-Lake - greater Kmart area
Replies: 486
Views: 306838

Re: Lake & Nicollet

I am fine with cars on Nicollet between Franklin and Lake, but I really wish they had more median planters and midblock pedestrian refuges. This would lush up the space and make it easier to cross mid-block. I could deal with this. Do something like they just did out on Lyndale south of Lyn-Lake. T...
by 4-d
June 29th, 2012, 12:07 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Vikings Stadium Miscellaneous Discussion
Replies: 1660
Views: 222155

Re: Vikings Stadium

thats a little bit better but it seems so corporate. I don't think there is a stadium out there that will push the bounds like metrodome 2.0 will. Also, wouldn't it be crazy if they named it that?
by 4-d
June 29th, 2012, 12:04 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Loring Vue Apartments - (415 Oak Grove Street)
Replies: 216
Views: 46726

Re: Loring Vue Apartments

I am pretty sure that we have no idea what it is... but copper would be good with me.
by 4-d
June 29th, 2012, 12:03 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Vikings Stadium Miscellaneous Discussion
Replies: 1660
Views: 222155

Re: Vikings Stadium

Uff, the Marlin's stadium looks super clunky...
aye aye
by 4-d
June 29th, 2012, 12:01 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: IDS Center
Replies: 266
Views: 92900

Re: IDS Center

That would have been awesome to see go up. It was just such a tower with nothing to even compare it with. That last picture is so ominous looking. I think that is pretty cool as well.

(Sorry about the comments on older threads today, I need to catch up with some stuff I missed a few weeks ago.)
by 4-d
June 29th, 2012, 11:54 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Loring Vue Apartments - (415 Oak Grove Street)
Replies: 216
Views: 46726

Re: Loring Vue Apartments

Whoa! I have never seen that rending before either! I think the height is going to be just right and the texture created on the side of the building will help keep it from becoming a monotonous graffiti zone. Does anyone know if they are building the 3rd floor yet? Also, I agree, I am looking forwar...
by 4-d
June 29th, 2012, 11:41 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: RS Eden Emanuel - (822 Third Street South)
Replies: 47
Views: 14262

Re: RS Eden Emanuel 822 Third St. S

Do we have any updates? Are they moving ground yet? Geez these days are exciting in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
by 4-d
June 29th, 2012, 11:35 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Vikings Stadium Miscellaneous Discussion
Replies: 1660
Views: 222155

Re: Vikings Stadium

I would contest that 222 is not midwesterny. I am not here to talk about that right now. This stadium is not just a piece of infill. I needs to be and will be monumental like The Guthrie and The Walker. It will probably use some locally quarried stone like Target field and have strong geometries. Ex...