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by sushisimo
March 2nd, 2016, 10:10 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: City Center
Replies: 395
Views: 83842

Re: Downtown Minneapolis Retail News

Yikes. Please don't tell me Nicollet's location will close or be budget down-monikered to Sports Strap Rack or something.
by sushisimo
February 27th, 2016, 12:24 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: DTE: Wells Fargo, Radisson Red, Edition Apts & Millwright Building
Replies: 2909
Views: 447948

Re: Downtown East - Wells Fargo / Radisson Red / Edition Apt

Skyway Advisory Committee

The Skyway Advisory Committee is a group of 17 regular voting members...

Vacancies:
There are currently seventeen vacancies.

I needed that deep belly-laugh!
by sushisimo
February 25th, 2016, 10:19 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News
Replies: 1261
Views: 524289

Re: Downtown Minneapolis Restaurant News

This seems a bit too Mad Men meets Portlandia.
by sushisimo
February 19th, 2016, 11:16 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: The Commons - Downtown East Park
Replies: 687
Views: 128756

Re: The Commons - Downtown East Park

I think Downtown East is a pretty meaningless and useless term. I'd recommend that we have the Mill District and Elliott Park, and they're divided by the Commons and the stadium, which is its own little district to itself. True. In my mind, I'm calling that little middle district The Shipyard®, bec...
by sushisimo
January 21st, 2016, 12:13 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Nicollet Mall
Replies: 1466
Views: 546781

Re: Nicollet Mall Reconstruction Project

I may be the only person who likes the northern two blocks of Nicollet Mall. The straight, concrete portion from the Library to Washington. Christ, just do that. And, save the trees. I don't need Gloria Gaynor mirror/tiles above my head. Fittingly, at first I was afraid, now I'm petrified.
by sushisimo
January 21st, 2016, 12:04 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Minneapolis Skyway System
Replies: 519
Views: 103315

Re: Minneapolis Skyway System

I haven't been there in awhile, but the Nic's escalators were broken down half the time.
by sushisimo
January 6th, 2016, 12:19 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: RBC Gateway & Four Seasons - 37 stories - 519'
Replies: 2124
Views: 487328

Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

Or, maybe we should STFU up but the City's vetting process. Or, let's just STFU about everything and turn this into a moderator blog.
by sushisimo
January 4th, 2016, 11:12 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: RBC Gateway & Four Seasons - 37 stories - 519'
Replies: 2124
Views: 487328

Re: Nicollet Hotel Block

I think it's a drop-off area servicing the hotel lobby, in lieu of a full-on porte-cochère.
by sushisimo
December 30th, 2015, 2:15 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
Replies: 2027
Views: 783407

Re: Downtown Minneapolis General Topics & Development Map

Hall Island. That place needs some help and momentum.
I learned of a new island today.
*cues Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers*

I guess they are going to recreate the island. I thought the DNR said "no f***ing way".
by sushisimo
December 30th, 2015, 1:25 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
Replies: 2027
Views: 783407

Re: Downtown Minneapolis General Topics & Development Map

Hall Island. That place needs some help and momentum.
by sushisimo
December 30th, 2015, 1:04 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Maverick - 100 Hennepin Avenue S
Replies: 206
Views: 40792

Re: 100 Hennepin Avenue S

Down came 26 mature trees, so this project is moving forward.
by sushisimo
December 29th, 2015, 4:07 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Minneapolis Skyway System
Replies: 519
Views: 103315

Re: Minneapolis Skyway System

For a newcomer, it is nearly impossible to access/find the entry to this leg of the skyway system. I've seen people point and do a disoriented twirl to spy an entrance. I've helped and said "You just have to cut through this parking lot, enter those double doors, hang a left at the little dry c...
by sushisimo
December 29th, 2015, 3:29 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: "East Town"
Replies: 94
Views: 10529

Re: Downtown Minneapolis General Topics & Development Map

LOL, see! We've established a top notch branding moniker and tagline, and we did it for free. "Welcome to Missy Elliot: Get Your Freak On"
by sushisimo
December 22nd, 2015, 5:57 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: "East Town"
Replies: 94
Views: 10529

Re: Downtown Minneapolis General Topics & Development Map

Miss Elli (Mississippi to Elliot) For Dallas fans.
by sushisimo
December 10th, 2015, 7:32 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Nord Haus - 315 1st Ave NE (208' - 20 Stories)
Replies: 617
Views: 133307

Re: Superior Plating site

To a great degree, I agree that this stretch is pretty aggressive, with the 3 lanes, one way. And some fixes should be looked at. But, there's no erasing that it connects to the two bridges into downtown. So it's always going to be a thoroughfare of sorts. Trust me, for 12+ years I've lived at a ver...
by sushisimo
December 7th, 2015, 12:26 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Maverick - 100 Hennepin Avenue S
Replies: 206
Views: 40792

Re: 100 Hennepin Avenue S

The surface lot facing Hennepin is now "closed for development".
by sushisimo
November 18th, 2015, 4:44 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
Replies: 2027
Views: 783407

Re: Downtown Minneapolis General Topics & Development Map

I don't really understand why you see it as such a problem to have one overarching area that contains smaller areas. Even in your previous post delineating the arts, entertainment, gateway, and theatre district, you had the entertainment district being a superset of the theater district and the gat...
by sushisimo
November 18th, 2015, 10:10 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
Replies: 2027
Views: 783407

Re: Downtown Minneapolis General Topics & Development Map

Super curious how they determined those boundaries. West of Nicollet makes sense, I guess, but why that little protrusion of mostly office buildings north of 5th? Plus, that area is already called Gateway. And the Loring part is, well, Loring. Maybe the middle part as WeDo could create some mindsha...
by sushisimo
November 17th, 2015, 8:43 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
Replies: 2027
Views: 783407

Re: Downtown Minneapolis General Topics & Development Map

I also seem to remember, about 15 years ago, Nordeast/E. Hennepin trying a "NeHe" moniker. It just didn't fly. It's always better when it ends with a 'Ho. (WeHo, SoHo)
by sushisimo
November 17th, 2015, 7:50 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
Replies: 2027
Views: 783407

Re: Downtown Minneapolis General Topics & Development Map

Who wants the name WeDo? WE DO!
When do we want it? NOW!