urbanMSP

Miami has more very tall buildings perhaps, but outside of the downtown coastline it is flat as a pancake. I will take Minneapolis's sustained medium density neighborhoods over that any day.

Not to mention, so much of the housing there is empty most of the year, just a way for global wealthy to claim Florida residency and pay no income tax (also cannot have home taken away by courts, the reason OJ moved there).

I never really understood the dislike/criticism of Riverwest Condos until I took this photo a couple weeks ago:


Riverwest blocking the whole skyline by twincitizen, on Flickr

That is really unfortunate.

Too bad it's not 50 stories higher... LOL

RiverWest definitely isn't the prettiest building. However, I had some friends who just moved in there and their downtown skyline view is spectacular.

Well yeah, they block it for everyone else on the East

we just need more skyline to the east!

Riverwest is the "City Center" of the riverfront

Well yeah, they block it for everyone else on the East

I'm tucked away several blocks into the western part of the Marcy Holmes neighborhood barely above the ground and still have a pretty spectacular view of Capella and sometimes Wells Fargo (foliage withstanding). Actually admiring the view as I type this. It's more a spectacular bit of luck than anything else with the perfect align of a vista, but that's neither here nor there.

I suppose RiverWest often simply blends into the background for me. I don't want any more of similar type buildings, but when I'm walking along Main and taking in the skyline, the building barely registers.

I was walking around the Mill District, and dammit if I didn't even notice RiverWest anymore. It's been absorbed into the fabric.