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http://www.startribune.com/local/161698055.html?page=all&prepage=1&c=y#continue The link to the Strib story cites amenities like extra bathrooms, high definition video displays, wider concourses, team halls of fame, skyways and high-end finishes in luxury boxes as costs responsible for the s...

Just me, or is it odd the sample apartment floor plan included in the link contains only one closet - not one bedroom closet but one closet for the entire apartment? There is not even a small coat closet near the entry way door. This seems incredibly short-sighted in it's design and quite impractical.

MNDible: Check out the company's website. They have amazing designs for a $300 million Intermodal station in Houston that dwarfs our Target Field station.

To say they don't have experience is just not accurate.

Minnpost has a story today describing The Interchange as our Grand Central Station, with it's groundbreaking scheduled for next Monday.

http://www.minnpost.com/cityscape/2012/ ... -then-some

I'm good with "No-Lu."

http://stuffaboutminneapolis.tumblr.com/ Scroll midway down the above link to find more details, along with a beautiful twilight rendering, of the approved Interchange. It describes the transit center as the centerpiece of an bustling urban park. It also fleshes out two attractive features, the firs...

The transparent glass canopy over the rail trench removes the potential mausoleum effect that could be viewed as a foreboding impediment to rail use. The heights of the surrounding buildings will also limit the amount of direct sunlight this structure receives during summer months. I doubt there wil...

The economics of having a $60 Million, national volleyball championship in MInneapolis in late June of 2014 and a Major League Baseball All Star Game at Target Field in early July will provide the necessary pressure to get the Central Line up and running before these two mega events take place. Imag...

...I smiled too.

Correction: I never said I was a fan of the design at 222.

Hearing of Wilf's penchant to build a stadium with an "authentic midwest feel," is more evidence that despite a billion dollar investment, we, the public, are being prepared to settle for lowered expectations on the design of the new Peoples Stadium. What indeed does an "authentic mid...

Wow. "Surfboard" platform covering appears to be a copy of the other design.

JFuss: Great job. I just found the same link. You beat me to the punch. The approved Knutson design is really amazing. I love the modern architectural "surfboard" that covers the LRT loading zone. I also am enthusiastic about the large sprawling, green space on both the upper and lower tie...

From the Strib: Surly Brewing Co. has narrowed the possible locations for its "destination brewery" to three cities in the metro area, including two sites in Minneapolis. The Brooklyn Center-based brewer with a cult following has spent months looking for the perfect place to build a $20 mi...

It would add vibrancy if the top floor of the Xcel building included a restaurant and rooftop dining, patio.

"The Nicollet has been scaled back to 250-units and 27-stories (taking out six floors), although the apartments will still have all the amenities and luxury aspects called for with the original design. "Opus is in "in the final stages" of securing its financing and scheduled to ...

According to the reporting, the construction of the office building is being timed to coincide with the expiration of leases in the buildings where many of the Xcel workers currently have offices. As those existing leases expire, the workers will move into their new digs across from the Xcel HQ on N...

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/01/20/developers-block-e-casino-could-make-vikes-stadium-reality/ Check out the link to the WCCO video story. The video shows a drawing of the Minneapolis skyline transformed by an amazing tower, intended to be a Las Vegas style hotel. Look closely, you can see the...

Wasn't this, 10th and Hennepin, the location they proposed building a 50-story plus convention hotel, in the event the new Vikings Stadium had been built at the Basilica site and the Legislature approved a Block E casino? Didn't Alatus propose this as a crown jewel in a sports-entertainment district...

Go4: Interesting you mentioned the impound lot area. It was the first location I thought of that could be ideal for such a tennis facility. Not only, as you mentioned, would it be on the SW LRT route, it would be another connective link between downtown and The Walker Art Center. Besides the transit...

For all of the knee-jerk folks out there who instinctively holler boondoggle when they read these falling ridership stories, need to understand demand for the system would be much greater if trains ran every hour until 10 or 11pm. Currently, they run in the morning and then sit idle for a large chun...