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Holy hell those are awful.

Interesting little tid bit on the design: As discussed in Section 3.12, the height and massing of the Proposed Project would be larger than the height and massing of the Metrodome. The Proposed Project will be surrounded by existing multi-story buildings as the Metrodome is today. The proposed mater...

Also, did the city/county give approval to block chicago ave?

The test boring logs listed in the document are completely fascinating. Roughly 50ft to the limestone in this area, I think that is a good indication of maximum depth below street grade the structure could go.

Not the greatest picture, but all the lights along the second level, and stairs.

Reading these articles, it seems so odd that there is still a year plus to go, when it's already 92% completed. Is it really going to take a year to finish the electrical grid, finish up loose ends and test the system? Or is the percent completed just misleading?

Article on BizJournal today - The new owners are planning some updates it seems. One of them though makes me sick: The white light bulbs that define the edge of the skyway level could get replaced with some kind of electronic signage . Also a mention of possibly booting some banks out of the skyway ...

It made me happy just to stand there and watch it happen (also didn't hurt that it is so damn nice out). As I was standing there staring at it on the corner, an out of towner commented to me how cool of a building it was, and that it was nice to see so much working being done on it. Standing on this...

Arched windows are slowly coming back!

Went for a walk during lunch, what a beautiful day! Snapped a couple picks of the progress: From across Nicollet: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rgA1a6IVSv0/UXrFoD9S5HI/AAAAAAAAJB8/Dng3PmxcUyo/s750/20130426_125817.jpg From 4th and Marquette: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LBGLUos4PNI/UXrFl_O...

A little story today on bizjournal about the skyway that stretches across the property connecting Pence to the A/Hawthorn ramps. Looks like the city has to pay for the removal and replacement of the skyway with an estimated cost of a million dollars. I walk that skyway connection everyday, and I lik...

^^ Yeah, it was Washington VS. Buffalo...

Maybe you're thinking of the MLB Allstar game, which was in 1985 at the dome.

Looks like they may be starting. From my vantage point in the Pence building, they look to be gutting the second floor. Lots of people in hardhats walking around.

BW3 Tower. It will change everything

Didn't someone make a chicken wing tower rendering on Minnescraper? Am I just starving right now?

I would love to see someone make a ear of corn tower rendering.. Fully lit at night with green glowing husks and yellow corn.. I think it would be amazing.

Being someone that works in the Pence building, losing that skyway connection during construction will suck. Yeah I know, first world problems.

I do look forward to renderings though!

It kind of reminds me of the current 510 Marquette, not sure I like it anymore.

I like it, but it doesn't really look scaled correctly, being that the shorter 5th street tower across the street is also 26 floors.

Back to the VIKINGS.......they are slowly revealing new uniforms on their website. Looks like they're ditching the bright purple and yellow for a darker purple and truer looking gold. Maybe incorporating black into the uniform too, if the team cleats are any indication. New logo, new uniforms, new ...

I don't suppose there's any interest in rehabbing them for housing? They're also one block from a mental/chemical dependency facility , which may make it less desirable for housing. And apparently they're haunted. Haunted, if you believe such things. A good friends friend worked as a security guard...

The council minutes didn't really mention many rehab examples other than looking at other old hospitals that have been rehabbed into office parks. There is a big senior center being developed just south of it (phase one is finishing up, phase two coming), so housing is being built in the area. These...