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by MSPumpkins
August 9th, 2014, 3:22 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: "City" "Place" - Woodbury
Replies: 133
Views: 26707

Re: State Farm Corporate Campus redevelopment - Woodbury

I don't know why you're so offended, but again I never said any of that stuff didn't happen. What I was saying was it would be great to get together as an outside group and do even more, such as community improvement projects and things of that nature, maybe take it one step further and become a gro...
by MSPumpkins
August 9th, 2014, 1:35 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: "City" "Place" - Woodbury
Replies: 133
Views: 26707

Re: State Farm Corporate Campus redevelopment - Woodbury

Well then nevermind. I'll give up any hope of trying to get some organized community group together. But yes thank you I'm very well aware of the many roles people play in the community who are on this forum, I never once said no one was doing anything. I just thought a concentrated effort would be ...
by MSPumpkins
August 8th, 2014, 5:16 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: "City" "Place" - Woodbury
Replies: 133
Views: 26707

Re: State Farm Corporate Campus redevelopment - Woodbury

That wasn't my point. My point is we have a huge collection of people with similar urban values yet we waste it on bickering and fantasy. None of which is necessarily bad, but we have the capability to make real change. We can get involved in community projects, write letters to the editor, endorse ...
by MSPumpkins
August 8th, 2014, 4:42 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: "City" "Place" - Woodbury
Replies: 133
Views: 26707

Re: State Farm Corporate Campus redevelopment - Woodbury

I just get tired of the us vs. them mentality. And posts like Peter's only exacerbate that problem. People are going to choose to live different places regardless, for many different reasons, there's nothing we can do about that. Honestly what's proposed at this site isn't that great, it could defin...
by MSPumpkins
August 8th, 2014, 4:09 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: "City" "Place" - Woodbury
Replies: 133
Views: 26707

Re: State Farm Corporate Campus redevelopment - Woodbury

I'm not sure why I bother commenting on this site sometimes... It always turns into the same thing. If it's not uber dense (ie the examples above. downtown mpls or the very best parts cherry picked of st paul) then it is crap. Oh yeah, and it should always be taller. At least 60 floors. You haven't...
by MSPumpkins
August 8th, 2014, 3:51 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: East End / Thresher Square / Trader Joes - 713 Washington Ave S
Replies: 407
Views: 95299

Re: Thresher Square Hotel & Apartments - Washington & Chicag

It sounds like they're interested in going after the university students, which makes me think Target Express is unlikely because they just opened a location in Dinkytown, plus its not quiet a grocery store. While it's a little big for Trader Joe's, I could see this being an Aldi (Same parent compan...
by MSPumpkins
August 7th, 2014, 1:43 pm
Forum: Greater Minnesota
Topic: Maurices HQ Building - Duluth
Replies: 61
Views: 24250

Re: AtWater Building - Duluth

So unfortunately this was the only picture I was able to get. Its crummy but at least you get an idea for the size of the crane! Signs around the site say "11 stories arriving 2016"

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by MSPumpkins
August 7th, 2014, 1:35 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Rumors: A Historical Record of Mystery
Replies: 1127
Views: 182401

Re: Rumors!

^ Careful, that's how you get addicted. Next thing you know you'll be up at 3 am trolling obscure Asian development forums looking for a new tower just to catch a buzz.
by MSPumpkins
July 31st, 2014, 7:30 pm
Forum: Greater Minnesota
Topic: Maurices HQ Building - Duluth
Replies: 61
Views: 24250

Re: AtWater Building - Duluth

I'm up in Duluth till Sunday, you can see this site from my hotel window. It's all excavated and looks li ke they're starting foundation work. I'll try and upload some pictures when I get a chance. It sure is awesome to see a crane in the Duluth skyline though!
by MSPumpkins
July 16th, 2014, 12:52 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Twin Cities' National and Global Image
Replies: 1024
Views: 220023

Re: Twin Cities' National and Global Image

Found it! Here is the Star Tribune Video I mentioned in the previous post with a few interviews from fans who came from out of town.
by MSPumpkins
July 16th, 2014, 12:37 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Twin Cities' National and Global Image
Replies: 1024
Views: 220023

Re: Twin Cities' National and Global Image

I watched the whole game (I'm a huge baseball girl) There were some really beautiful shots of the Stone Bridge and some shots of street life on what looked like Hennepin and Nicollet. I've never been a big fan of the blimp shots to begin with because as Twincitizen pointed out they always throw up s...
by MSPumpkins
June 20th, 2014, 12:25 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Twin Cities' National and Global Image
Replies: 1024
Views: 220023

Re: Twin Cities' National and Global Image

Looks like Target Center is going to be going after the Women's Final Four, WNBA & NBA All Star Games. This next decade is going to be busy for sports. 2014 MLB All Star Game, 2015 Stanley Cup Finals :D, 2016 PGA, 2017/2018? WNBA All Star Game , 2018 Super Bowl, 2019/2020? Men's Final Four, 2019...
by MSPumpkins
June 19th, 2014, 9:50 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: East End / Thresher Square / Trader Joes - 713 Washington Ave S
Replies: 407
Views: 95299

Re: Thresher Square

Thanks Avian! I think its nice having the rendering in the thread itself sometimes, that way you don't always need to click on the link. Also in a lot of the threads that are multiple pages long, I like being able to just click on the first page and see the rendering or whatever. This is awesome tho...
by MSPumpkins
June 16th, 2014, 11:44 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: North Loop Neighborhood
Replies: 1096
Views: 495132

Re: North Loop Neighborhood

ummmm north loop was dead before target field?? this area has been under construction for almost 20 yrs! The stadium did not start development here. cmon tribune. I don't think its fair to say the North Loop was dead before Target Field, but I also wouldn't say there's been no effect since it was c...
by MSPumpkins
June 16th, 2014, 11:39 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: National Marrow Donor Program HQ - 524 5th Street North
Replies: 296
Views: 56744

Re: National Marrow Donor Program HQ - (524 Fifth Street Nor

Realized what I had to say would make more sense in the North Loop thread... Nothin to see here... :?
by MSPumpkins
June 15th, 2014, 9:18 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Minneapolis - St. Paul Business News
Replies: 255
Views: 29262

Re: Minneapolis - St. Paul Business News

So does this count as us losing another Fortune 500 company? Or is it different because the operational HQ is still here?
by MSPumpkins
June 15th, 2014, 7:56 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Nic on Fifth - (290' - 26 Stories)
Replies: 1033
Views: 218327

Re: Nic on Fifth - (290' - 26 Stories)

Kinda hard to see the red panels but I think it will look really good.

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by MSPumpkins
June 14th, 2014, 7:17 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: LPM Apartments - (376' - 36 Stories)
Replies: 1522
Views: 291198

Re: LPM Apartments - (376' - 36 Stories)

Anyone that think there is enough space for a Trader Joe's is smoking some really good stuff. It would be better to put ideas that can actually fit into the space that they have available. Can't get true ideas when all you put forward are pipe dreams that don't fit. The old fitting a square peg in ...
by MSPumpkins
June 5th, 2014, 8:49 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5265
Views: 1247089

Re: Southwest Corridor (Green Line Extension)

^ Wasn't it in the plans somewhere to build another garage? Now I'm not sure. I would think they would need to though. I grew up in Eden Prairie and my parents still live there. A couple times I stayed at their house during the school year and would take the bus from SW station to campus and that ga...
by MSPumpkins
June 5th, 2014, 3:16 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: The Walkway - (1312 West Lake Street)
Replies: 467
Views: 88065

Re: The Walkway - (1312 West Lake Street)

You can still see the skyline from Stella's. You just need to be on the northwestern corner of the patio. I'd say the best part of this project is how much it has changed the streetscape along Girad. Throughout the evening it was filled with actual people! And they weren't just walking by, lots of t...