urbanMSP

A cap in Rondo might actually be in the cards...

https://www.minnpost.com/politics-polic ... civic-scar

I used to frequent that Taco Bell and the Wendy's next door back when I worked at the Circuit City just to the SW. Running across County Rd D sure was fun!

I would include South St Paul, even though not much remains of the original "core". The city always had a separate identity from St Paul proper. The center of the city was located at Concord and Grand. A local historian even titled her book "The City That Tore Itself Down" - ther...

Here's an interesting article released by Pioneer Press. Today, there are seven market-rate apartment buildings either open or underway downtown, more than 10 new restaurants have opened their doors, and downtown office vacancy rates are the lowest they’ve been since 2001. And it’s not just downtow...

Or the ceremonial Bud Grant Way they already re-named south of the stadium?

And some go in with a chapter 11, can't work anything out, and convert to a chapter 7 after a few months.

here's lookin' at you, Circuit City

(former employee who left in 2004)

There has been off-and-on talk of light rail connecting the airport to downtown, but I'm sure it's a loooong way in the future

Does the lack of access to the freeway that's already cutting through the neighborhood inflict any issues? Other than the goofy ramps at Broadway, there really isn't an interchange until all the way to Dowling.

I do.

Central AC delivered via ducts is multitudes better than wall-shakers freezing one room while leaving another room hot

I'm just happy the lower bowl is an actual seating bowl, and not a suites only level like that sample section showed.

I don't think it stadiums themselves per say that jump start redevelopment. It's just "Big Projects" in general. Somebody has to take that first big step and break the logjam. Stadiums work well (if done right) because it's a big, gov't backed project that throw out the usual rules of sloo...

So, 3 - 4 stories more? The real question is what's the difference in rooms?

Correct - as the law currently stands, the Hennepin Co .15% sales tax is only for the Twins Stadium and some odds and ends, and it goes away once the stadium is paid off. Of course, the legislature could always amend that... All this gets to a real issue we have (regardless of how you feel about the...

They finally got their own purpose-built building in the mid 90's

You guys. The Sandcrawler.

That's the U's alumni center

I'll just keep calling it "The Dome"

Looks like they plan on closing the Snelling median at Spruce Tree and putting in a signal at Shields. That should help calm traffic a bit

+1000 on the overall design

Good to hear. I didn't know if they were smart enough to design the building to handle future floors, considering how much they did cut just to get the place built. The location is good, and a roof deck overlooking the river across the street should be nice

What's with the pedestrian walk bridge along the south side of the stadium?

I had heard there was some leaking from the snow gutter system - fixing the waterproofing?