urbanMSP

They should start taking bids for naming rights.

The Wal-Mart has been open for a while. Not sure if it has spurred any other retail/restaurant development. http://goo.gl/maps/mswy1 My greatest concern about the redevelopment plan is that Wal-Mart will eventually put the Sears out of business. Sears owns their land, and opted to stay in place whi...

Yesterday I saw them taking down one of the Holiday Inn signs.

It's called Elevated Beer Wine & Spirits.

I think 7 Corners is also getting some sort of improvement from this, but maybe not the green line.

I almost got hit by a car on Wednesday at 7 Corners!

The Graves is a nice hotel that seems to be doing well amongst the 1st Ave tomfoolery.

Nice to see the cost coming down, but hopefully that isn't sacrificing quality. Rybak makes it sound like the initial cost was a number they just threw out there. I went to the exhibition game last Saturday. They've redone the concession stands with some fake brick facing. It looks lame. They did fi...

Pizza La Vista closed like a month after they opened for "renovation". I'm not sure I'd build a 'business is down' story around them.

Also, actual attendance at games is down. I guess channel 5 forgot to check on that.

Longfellow Station: Construction of Longfellow Station apartments has begun. Applications will be accepted beginning in July 2013 with occupancy expected to begin in September 2013. Commercial construction is set to begin in April 2013 and be completed in December. Agreements to fill the commercial...

They can dig year round. It's just harder on the equipment in the winter.

Are they ever going to get NexTrip on these things?

Don't see the point. Trains (generally) run on time- IIRC, exceptions are listed on station marquees

It would be helpful during events when they have all trains running or weather delays. And of course downtown when the green line gets going.

I'll have a flying car by then. I'm not too worried about it.

Are they ever going to get NexTrip on these things?

They're excavating at this site.

September 23rd is the last day for the theater according to the Strib. The curtains will close at Block E's movie theater later this month, leaving downtown without a movie theater for the first time since 2002. An AMC Theaters spokesman, Ryan Noonan, said Wednesday that the 15-screen theater will c...

How about waiting and see what they come up with before criticizing the look.

After 2 lousy seasons and another on the way, forgive us for not having confidence in anything the Vikings do.

It looks like a motel.

Somehow it's not looking nearly as cheesy as I thought it was going to!

It does. I wish I had a photo of this one's progress. I'm not a fan.