streets.mn Forum

Tweet yesterday from Kyle Potter (Thrifty Traveler):

@mspairport Executive Director Brian Ryks says
@Delta CEO Ed Bastian recently assured regional leaders that final news on the MSP-Shanghai nonstop is coming soon.
“They didn’t give us a date but said it would be in the not-too-distant future”

Amazing change to this neighborhood with all these projects! Fits well and looks nice. Excited to see what retail starts to go in as well.

I think the Aldi might be successful at this location lol:

https://twitter.com/WedgeLIVE/status/11 ... 95552?s=20

another pointless list, but hey whatevs. MN #1 baby!:

https://bigseventravel.com/2019/08/the- ... n-america/

I actually agree with most of this list from my travel experience, especially the top 10. TX, SC, and TN all seemed incredibly friendly from my experience.

Here is some data from Meet Minneapolis: http://s3.amazonaws.com/meet-minneapolis/craft/cms/Meet-Minneapolis-Visitor-Counts-Spending-2010-2017.pdf?mtime=20180503112329 There were 33.3 million visitors in 2017 to the Twin Cities metro. Of those, 24.2 million were "leisure" travelers. That's about 73%...

Looks like there will be a webcam for 410 W. Lake:

https://app.oxblue.com/open/Frana

A reminder on the project:

https://www.southwestjournal.com/new...-lake-harriet/

The webcam at the moment is definitely not this area, but image is probably a place holder for now?

Interesting CityLab article on Des Moines taking an opposite approach to Minneapolis: https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/08/des-moines-iowa-zoning-code-new-home-construction-costs/595315/ Also something interesting I didn't realize was happening in some redder states, state legislatures banning cit...

Here is the image of the whole tower from the Strib. What the the thoughts? I wonder if it will be skyway connected through the ramp? I don't see how with the row of buildings (Public Storage, old Azul night club, etc.) not being demolished. It would need to be some sort of L-shaped skyway over the...

"U.S. Bank wants more of U.S. Bank Plaza to itself, so tenants are looking elsewhere" LOCKED: https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2019/07/15/u-s-bank-wants-more-of-u-s-bank-plaza-to-itself-so.html Sounds like good news to me. US Bank consolidating suburban workers DT, needs the space. Other ...

Park Rankings. DC now #1, Mpls moves to #3. St. Paul stays at #2: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/05/22/minneapolis-park-system-drops-to-third-best-in-nation-st-paul-remains-no-2 "Officials with the trust say movement in the top spots shows that cities, including Washington, D.C., have been stepp...

Sexy bath??

New webcam for "East Town Apartments". Sorry if this had it's own thread, but couldn't find it with a quick search.

https://app.oxblue.com/open/Frana

Huh.. I had no idea this was happening at this location. Devil's Advocate moving into old Masa space. Opened last weekend!

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... ollet.html

edit: also open til 2am every night! That's great!

Anyone ever watch "Impossible Builds" on PBS? It's on right now on TPT and they are building the scorpion building in miami!

Must be the outrageous maintenance bills for the hot tub

awesome! Thanks for sharing!

I watched this last night at 9pm. It was a great episode! See if it is streaming on TPT if you didn't catch it.

http://www.startribune.com/pbs-series-g ... 488134911/

This sounds promising: "Young Joni owners opening Mexican restaurant in former Lucia's in Uptown" http://www.startribune.com/young-joni-owners-opening-mexican-restaurant-in-former-lucia-s-in-uptown/487677951/ "The four storefronts that once comprised Lucia’s various incarnations — the two dining roo...

What's really frustrating about this project is that it could have been so much better by just having the damn street-level windows NOT black/opaque!! One small change would have made a real difference. Boo to the city and this developer.

MnDOT Corridors of Commerce program money for 2018 announced this morning.

$204 million for one interchange:

http://www.startribune.com/state-awards ... 481405051/