urbanMSP

The lunch-in was odd, if there even was one. I couldn't really tell, except for maybe a couple furtive glances by others who maybe didn't know what to do next either. There weren't any event identifiers to be seen or any way to know who in the plaza was there for the event. I'm not sure what the poi...

Perhaps worldwide there are many areas where this is true, but in the US, I'd suggest that there are really only three such places. Manhattan, Chicago, and San Francisco. I think this is because of geography. All three of those cities have water restraints on them. We do not, and, have two central ...

I'm seeing some stick going up on the 2nd Street side now. It's on the 2nd level that rings the old parking structure. If you are referring to what I think you are, those are just temporary railings for the workers. There's that, but these are the prefab sections that are starting to frame some wal...

I'm seeing some stick going up on the 2nd Street side now. It's on the 2nd level that rings the old parking structure.

Has downtown retail ever done anything to promote itself as a whole? Not since the formation of Holidazzle, I think. Other than that, there's the Downtowner coupon flyer :| . It's disheartening to see Uptown, Southdale and MOA get stores I'd love to see downtown. The most recent knife twisting in t...

I think the simple, core question is "why should anybody be there". That is why who is there, is there right now.