urbanMSP

I took a few pictures of this site today.

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Does anybody know if they're going to bury those power lines?

That's what I want to know. The more I think about it, the more I think it's worth whatever it takes to get that hulk out of the North Loop. Where to put it, though, would be tricky.

It was quiet inside today, as I assume it will remain for quite some time, but it was nice to see the restaurant fairly full at least. This place is amazing.

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I drove the entire line today and took some fun pics. I especially like how things are looking near the MPR headquarters and in Lowertown. It's looking so close to completion! I can't wait for spring to see the landscaping and little details shaping up. http://tomabouttown.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/c...

I took some overhead shots from the adjacent parking ramp - this is a pretty dull design, but its impact on the street and new feeling of density of Stadium Village will be pretty nice.

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I took a few photos from the street level of this one. It's an aggressive looking construction site - I like it.

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This site is on my daily commute, and I was shocked yesterday to see some girders going up in the site already. I suspect this is going to start looking very different quite quickly. I'll get some more photos after the holiday...

Update - that building is finally being demolished today. This hole in the ground looks gigantic from on foot on Nicollet looking toward the station.

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That's really cool - thanks for doing that!

They took Sunday off - this is a big sucker. Here are some new pics.

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Not much different than what dmdhashw posted, but I threw up a few updates here. The facade is starting to go up, and I would say the stone-like stuff looks okay. This first phase has darker brick than I was expecting based on the rendering. I think the second phase will look nicer and lighter. I pu...

I crawled around this construction site a bit this afternoon and posted some construction updates here:
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As these open lots finally give way to development, and a massive new office complex is in place with more housing, they're going to need at least one big new ramp - and I'm fine with that as long as they're not whole-block monoliths that aren't part of another structure.

According to the Business Journal, Wells Fargo is not down with naming the beast:

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I hope the Hines building is more than 20, too. I think it's a spectacular design, and I really like its interaction at the ground level. As for the WF project, I think it's a nice reassurance that Minneapolis will remain a major national banking hub. Yes, we have TCF, US Bank, Wells Fargo, ING and ...

It's official, with this news and it being Friday, I'm not going to get anything done at work today. Fantasy land... Agreed! I need to calm down. This is exciting, and very unexpected even though I had heard of their space search. I just assumed it would go to a suburb, or something else boring. Si...

This could be an amazing development - I'm excited. And this would have to make them a front-runner on stadium naming rights for sure.

Thanks for the mention, Matt! You have given me good incentive/reminder to get off my butt and upload some of the things I've planned for my little outlet. Aside from photos, I had planned to add a feature on my someday-most-desirable vacant lots of Northeast. It's going to be a real barn burner. Al...

Having a hard time getting this to show up - but here's today's view of the site from Fifth Street Towers.