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http://www.startribune.com/business/226235411.html

More than a dozen of Paragon’s retail outlets are exclusive in Minnesota, including Cole Haan and White House/Black Market.

I'm sure I've posted this before somewhere, but for $14 mil, it would be fun if they could do it like this:

Don't know if anyone's noticed, but the new lights on Crosstown from just beyond Cedar to almost Hiawatha are LED. Mn/DOT now has LEDs on their approved product list, (except for mast lights) and I get the idea all new projects will be LED. Also, they bought some to convert the Bloomington Ferry Br...

http://www.startribune.com/local/minnea ... 18491.html

Company officials working on the nearly billion-dollar project are “99 percent sure” the Dome will not be razed in one, big blast in early 2014, according to John Wood, senior vice president of Mortenson Construction...

Is it possible that the catenary wiring is the least of the bottlenecks for overall construction left at this point? I can imagine other overhead work being done around stations (electronic signage, fiber, electric, etc.) may be be easier without tangling in overhead wires?

The parking on the east end of the jail block could support/could be made to support new vertical construction as well no? How about a dual building development on the west end of the park. Have a small building on the western most portion of 'the yard' and a larger tower above the parking across th...

Uber is bringing back the world wide ice cream truck roll out:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2421982,00.asp

Thanks for the Pics Chef. I realized when I saw the Viking truck I had seen them over on SSC. Thanks for making the time to post them here as well!

Our hometown airline sure knows how to milk revenue wherever they can find it.

I see what you did there . They (The Davis Family) happen to run a friendly little cheese shop in Le Sueur if any of you are ever that far from home: http://www.friendlyconfinescheeseshoppe.com/

Most of the ramp, due to elevator shafts, the entrance(s), ventilation equipment, etc. is actually above grade. I was wondering why the Skyway jutting out South of the new ramp into the park was needed. Looks as though they would tie into the existing elevator/stairwell in the underground ramp. You...

Fun fact: There was discussion about why Ryan didn't share their planned development with stadium planners before they finished/released the design. :| Anyway, I went back to the site plan yesterday, and look whose buildings are clearly outlined in the Vikings plans, before Ryan released their plan ...

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Standard power windows and door lock...

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Honeywell and Safran believe this could amount to a four-percent fuel saving over the course of a year, also factoring in the effect the additional weight of the system has on planes' efficiency.

Cool news from an old MN company over the weekend: http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/22/4454560/honeywell-safran-electric-green-taxiing-system Drones weren't the only things on display at the Paris Air Show this week. As Wired reports, experimental electric motors were being demonstrated that would all...

http://www.startribune.com/local/blogs/203080331.html From the announcement in April: The timeline remains tentative, Hauschild said, but "let's just say we’re hopeful we’re brewing beer at the new location in 2014.” The new brewery is meant to expand on, rather than replace, the Brooklyn Center loc...

^First post from the Tapatalk iPhone app! Looking good. Thanks for the updates, hope you had a good vacation!

^^^ I knew it! Money trees are real!