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- April 30th, 2017, 12:44 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Mozaic (all phases)
- Replies: 581
- Views: 98825
Re: Mozaic (all phases)
So...restaurants? What we need in this area is smaller (=less expensive) spaces for independent owners. Minneapolis and especially Uptown are at or near the saturation point for restaurants. A lot of restauranteurs want to see how the $15 hr minimum wage fight plays out in Minneapolis before they o...
- April 22nd, 2017, 7:09 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Rafter - 333 Hennepin Ave E (290' - 26 stories)
- Replies: 328
- Views: 97631
Re: Mortenson / USBank site - 333 Hennepin Ave E (~28 stories / 280 units)
It is basically a modern update on the slab style commie block.
- April 21st, 2017, 6:39 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: [Archived] Uptown Retail & Restaurant News 2012-17
- Replies: 1427
- Views: 256228
Re: Uptown Retail & Restaurant News
Maybe Wayzata fits their target? When I worked for them they had no plans in the Twin Cities beyond the four stores. If you are looking to sell a small restaurant chain, going regional makes it more valuable than having a saturation presence in one metro. The brand itself is a major source of value...
- April 21st, 2017, 3:43 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: [Archived] Uptown Retail & Restaurant News 2012-17
- Replies: 1427
- Views: 256228
Re: Uptown Retail & Restaurant News
Did we know that Red Cow is going into the old Green Mill space? I just heard this on the radio and wasn't sure if it's old news or not. That's great, but leads me to the question, how many Red Cows can this city support? The two in Minneapolis currently are far enough apart to not cannibalize each...
- April 21st, 2017, 1:29 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Rafter - 333 Hennepin Ave E (290' - 26 stories)
- Replies: 328
- Views: 97631
Re: Mortenson / USBank site - 333 Hennepin Ave E (~28 stories / 280 units)
This is turning into the type of project that makes regular people hate new developments.
- March 14th, 2017, 7:05 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: 1500 Nicollet Avenue - Dominium Development - 6 stories / 184 units
- Replies: 144
- Views: 51775
Re: 1500 Nicollet Avenue - Dominium Development - 6 stories / 184 units
Filling in vacant lots is one thing. Tearing down century old urban fabric is another. We don't have much of that left, especially commercial. This project should be opposed. I don't want Minneapolis to become even more soulless.
- February 25th, 2017, 7:33 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minnesota Representation at the Federal Level
- Replies: 40
- Views: 27722
Re: Minnesota Representation at the Federal Level
Did anybody else feel like this attempt to install Ellison as party chair was really an attempt by Sanders and other progressives to put him out in the public spotlight with an eye on grooming him to be a future progressive presidential candidate? When was the last time the race for DNC chairman had...
- February 24th, 2017, 5:30 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Mozaic (all phases)
- Replies: 581
- Views: 98825
Re: Mozaic (all phases)
Music Go Round was only half the block. The other half was a surface parking extension of the Calhoun Square ramp. I use to park there when Ravenswood Books was still in Calhoun Square, which was in the early '90s.
- February 22nd, 2017, 5:50 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Mozaic (all phases)
- Replies: 581
- Views: 98825
Re: Mozaic (all phases)
The thing is though that Ackerberg has failed at building anything other than a taxpayer subsidized parking ramp. I don't think there are glorious projects at the end of the rainbow, just eternally vacant lots. I don't think he is ever going to get anything built. His hotel got beat to the market by...
- February 21st, 2017, 3:34 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Mozaic (all phases)
- Replies: 581
- Views: 98825
Re: Mozaic (all phases)
Interesting. I was starting to wonder if Ackerberg was going to get anything built. He has developed a track record of swinging for the fences and missing. I am starting to fear that his lot next to Calhoun Square is going to be the last parcel to be developed in Uptown. I would like to see some stu...
- February 9th, 2017, 12:16 am
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Cannabis Law Reform
- Replies: 41
- Views: 28781
Re: Cannabis Law Reform
One thing that will never happen in MN is a referendum like you're seeing in the 8 states that have passed this in recent years. The MN Constitution doesn't allow for such "ballot questions", only for actual constitutional amendments. I strongly support legalization (and enjoyed it in tri...
- February 8th, 2017, 11:41 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Cannabis Law Reform
- Replies: 41
- Views: 28781
Re: Cannabis Law Reform
I just emailed my representative to urge her to support this. It is depressing how far behind Minnesota is on this compared to the states that a lot of the Twin Cities peer cities are in. I worry that lagging behind on this issue could hurt our ability to maintain the vitality of our creative commun...
- July 28th, 2016, 11:33 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Black Lives Matter, The Police, etc.
- Replies: 671
- Views: 83426
Re: Black Lives Matter, The Police, etc.
What's interesting is I thought I read that a city tried to get police escort of meter readers and in order to get a look at evidence inside homes on the pretext of safety of the readers. Courts shut that down. If we want equipment malfunctions on cars to be enforced, we should have a special branc...
- May 30th, 2016, 4:59 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Permit Parking
- Replies: 171
- Views: 23537
Re: Permit Parking
I worked at that Red Cow location for a while. I have no love for the company but the neighbors are out of their minds. The irony here is that nearly every house on the blocks around Red Cow has alley accessible garages. Almost none of them park on the street, and there are almost always one or two ...
- May 23rd, 2016, 9:59 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Latest Census Estimates and Met Council Projections
- Replies: 221
- Views: 93715
Re: Latest Census Estimates and Met Council Projections
My guess is that part of our growth over the last five years was due to vacant foreclosures being occupied again. Remember that Minneapolis didn't grow much in the '00s despite all the development because foreclosures were balancing out the new development. If the reoccupation of foreclosures and ab...
- May 10th, 2016, 11:11 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: "East Town"
- Replies: 94
- Views: 10986
Re: "East Town"
Once the park has a name that name will probably become the name of the neighborhood. At least that is my prediction.
- April 18th, 2016, 5:59 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News
- Replies: 1261
- Views: 575761
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News
The Musicland space next to it has been vacant since the early '90s. Obviously the landlord has no interest in renting it because surely somebody would have taken it by now.
- April 10th, 2016, 3:54 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News
- Replies: 1261
- Views: 575761
Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News
It’s not a coincidence that Revival is opening their second location in St. Paul.” I'm friends/former bandmates with the chef/co-owner of Revival, and yes - he has some stories about the environment here in Minneapolis. And I will say, as someone who is generally supportive of the Working Families ...
- March 2nd, 2016, 9:43 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Presidential Election 2016
- Replies: 1007
- Views: 92244
Re: Presidential Election 2016
Since I work nights, it was a challenge to vote but I made it. We actually got everyone who was at work last night and wanted to vote to the caucuses by having people leave and then come back, and free up the next person to go, but it was a colossal pain. Having two hours in the evening to vote prob...
- February 16th, 2016, 2:04 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Presidential Election 2016
- Replies: 1007
- Views: 92244
Re: Presidential Election 2016
I don't normally read the Huffington Post but I found this to be a pretty good analysis of the recent history of the Democratic party and the importance of the Clinton/Sanders contest within the context of it: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/benjamin-studebaker/bernie-vs-hillary-matters-more-than-peop...