urbanMSP

I've seen that. I tried looking it up and I can't find anything about it. IS is just a renovation? I've been going to this location for a few years since I moved into the neighborhood. There used to be more employees working there on non-branch stuff (perhaps mortgages). They expanded their branch ...

It appears that Washburn McReavy has moved out of this location. The lot has not been plowed since it snowed. The lights are all off inside and the door is locked with one of those construction locks. It might be safe to say that Alatus has purchased the land, like they said they would, and are movi...

I have to agree with Wedgeguy. Remove or limit the freeway and access to it too much and DT will decline. Yes, cars suck. However, they're not going away and discriminating too severely against them will cause all sorts of problems. Even Tokyo has cars, and lots of them! I think you are both dead w...

I also see the real world where employers will leave the city if it is too difficult for their workers to get to and from work. Yeah, I don't think that's the real world. Well, that's not quite right. That's a possible world, but we're absolutely nowhere near that possibility. Even with all of the ...

I get that it's a budget issue but I don't accept it as a valid excuse. I think the budget for suburban lines is inexcusably high given the paltry sum allocated to local routes. The pot should be bigger in general, but the distribution of what's currently there is also unacceptable. Can we at least...

Where would a woonerf be *needed*, though? Not a hypothetical, but which actual Minneapolis street? It took a few days for me to genuinely think of an answer to this question. I came up with three streets. One could make the argument that a woonerf could be built on Chicago Avenue between S 6th ST ...

Actually the loss of sunlight was more of the concern (we didn't have a great city view out our window lol)... I'm just thinking that it's going to become more "tunnel-like" down in that area now...and that's why we continue to rent - we can move around to a unit that gives us a better vi...

I guess I'm one of the few that does have some concern with the height of the building in the neighborhood...but my concern was mainly due to living right across the street (ElseWarehouse) from the proposed development and losing our view of the city (and the wonderful amount of sunlight we got in ...

Yeah, that is truly embarrassing.

Art is a waste, because you basically want to get from one side of the bridge to the other as fast as humanly possible. I disagree. In fact I think many would disagree. Art is not a waste. If the purpose of this bridge is to be purely utilitarian, then yes let's not spend the money on some faux con...

Construction of this building is coming along nicely. They are already pooring the 4th floor. There is not a lot of wasted space on this property. They are constructing this building almost right up to the Lumber Exchange building. I'll try to snap a picture the next time I go through here.

A new taproom opens up today: http://ablebeer.com/home Went to Able this weekend. They have a nice place with 4 beers on tap right now. Its a good product. I think they will do well in this neighborhood. Competition will be fierce but this place has all the right ingredients to succeed. They have d...

I can see from my office that construction on the IndiGo apartment compound has reached the second floor of stick.

In the new design they have massively improved the way people disembarking from the Blue Line will enter the mall. Not only do you no longer need to walk through the bus circulation, but you also enter directly into the mall. That is a significant improvement for pedestrian safety. Too bad there isn...

To be fair to the commuters though, part of it still should be enclosed/heated. I disagree. If you are concerned about being cold or getting wet, take the bus, train, or a car. If one insists on walking then maybe they should dress more appropriately. I did a lot of walking and biking on campus 4-8...

There is some rather major maintenance and rail replacement occurring on the Blue Line down by Terminal 2. There is a whole lane of road traffic closed between 72nd and 73rd streets along southbound 34th Avenue. They were welding pieces of rail together today when I was going home from work. Some ve...

http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-shifts-plan-on-downtown-street-from-avenue-of-arts-to-green-corridor/334397921/ Regarding the protected bikeway on 3rd Ave S: “I’m trying to get myself to compromise,” Goodman said. “It’s very unfortunate to have to pit bikes, pedestrians and greening against ...

This is kind of neat Target Corp. is looking for 11 startup companies with bright ideas for changing retail. Applications open Monday for a program that will attract local, national and international comapnies to spend 13 weeks inside of Target's downtown Minneapolis headquarters. http://www.bizjou...

The A330-200/300 flies more international service at MSP than the B767. I know they use the 767-400 for LHR, but isn't AMS (3x daily) and CDG operated by a mix of A332s and A333s?

Yes.

Papa Johns will be moving into one of the retail spots here (according to the flyer on their delivery box). This is a good location for them since their other one is being demolished. It's a little further away from the activity going on at their other location but I doubt any significant amount of ...