urbanMSP

how about going to the mall's 1960's intent. it currently sucks thanks to the early 90's renovation. take all motorized vehicles off the mall. there always gasps and fainting spells when this is brought up but tons of major cities have dedicated pedestrians streets/corridors right smack in their cen...

Yea I noticed that to. I've never seen the top of IDS lit different colors like that.

i find that hard to believe. back in the late 70's the warehouse district was just barely becoming an artists area. i've never read that claim before. they were afraid of a second downtown? umm ok. if that was the case the "planners" strategy was spot on. we got a cheap concete bunker and ...

he will throw the project some money. we have to show the feds we are committed. having some likeminded people win an election to the state legislature would help to.

You're being sarcastic right? The city can't really do jack regarding design. They can work around the margins. A tree here, a decorative fence there. What is "good" and "bad" design is subjective. take a drive around town and compare all the recent development. Some of it sucks ...

skyway tower

the project management/construction is knutson who headquarter in st louis park. that local enough for you?

here's the firm designing the interchange.
http://www.eekarchitects.com/

http://www.knutsonconstruction.com/news ... nge_award/

most of the new NFL stadiums are pretty generic except for the retractable domes in arizona or dallas. seattle's stadium is nice.

mark wilf has mentioned they are studying the new miami marlins stadium. perhaps the retractable feature will slide off the roof and cantilever over this new plaza.

so on a call with season ticket holders today vikes owner mark wilf agreed the stadium should have an "authentic midwest feel." what does that mean anyway? a lincoln log stadium? also architects selected in "60-90 days". vikes also verified a view to the skyline from inside the s...

approved today by the county board. web site's been updated.
http://www.theinterchange.net/

they are bookend multi-modal hubs. the great rail cities have multiple train stations. we have two cores that need to be served.

that's a good question. the plan shows the stadium jutting into 11th. maybe it would be built over the street.

maybe the county couldn't wait in order to receive the federal money. if u get a special appropriation like that if u snooze u lose. it would just go to another city.

guess they're stuck with the wedge and their craptastic parking to go with inflated pricing. it's made the traffic at that intersection incredibly bad. seems for all our good intentions this is still a driving city. there has to be a better lot somewhere in south mpls for trader joes. they have nice...

oh god a skyway connection. what is this the 1970s? sorry but i hate them and it's not probably minneapolis fashionable to say that. we're trained to just love them and their convenience from cold weather. the majority if cold weather cities get by just fine without them and probably have a more liv...

the roof design blends with target field's overhang.

this is awesome. i'm curious what the mortenson proposal looked like. but this looks great, imo.

well it can be one of their best performing stores and still allow a major city street to flow freely. really this is such a huge thing and if the city can finally open nicollet that corridor will flourish from downtown all the way south. it was one of the biggest city planning mistakes of the 70's....