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Not exactly downtown, but repair work on the Band Box Diner seems to have started. Saw someone in there last night as I went past.

Addition? Must be the part off to the side away from the kitchen? The place is tiny as it is, can't imagine it any smaller!

Minneapolis community comes together to raise funds to reopen iconic Band Box Diner https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/kare11-sunrise/band-box-diner-minneapolis-brad-ptacek/89-1173f1d0-9bc2-4785-bbd0-d889821788d6 Looks like they need to repair pipes, windows and find a new purveyor. They've ...

a) I hate this
b) Build it in the same spot and they can play in Xcel during construction
c) Seattle would LOVE a team

Excellent video "Why City Design is Important (and Why I Hate Houston)" regarding city planning and its hostility towards pedestrians and non-automotive traffic.

https://youtu.be/uxykI30fS54

Maybe not, but who's to say the next ones will be better?

I'm not voting for the vague handwavy public safety amendment. Gives too much power to an already too powerful city council, and while it is abundantly clear that police reform is necessary, so is having a police department. I don't trust the council that stood on a stage with "DEFUND POLICE&qu...

CVS is still vacant yes. Personally I'm 9ish blocks from Trader Joes, 6ish from Target, 14(?) from Aldi (which I actually didn't know existed). Basically means I need to drive for any serious amount of grocery shopping (or look like a pack animal). Target is fine but not the biggest selection of pro...

Housing in the neighborhood is a far cry from where it was in the aughts, but services are still lacking. Not a lot of retail (grocery, etc) options in Elliot Park

I noticed people on the top floor media room (?) deck on the fourth. There are a few lights on as I look out at it. I'll attach a pic in a bit

Last half really emphasizes the complaints many of us had about the alignment.

Looks like this is called "Gatsby"

https://www.thegatsbylife.com/

Hate losing the Japanese architecture, especially for something so terrible looking.

Angel Food Bakery will not reopen Downtown. Decamping to St Louis Park: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMVfJYTlMbm ... _copy_link

Maybe have first couple floors of the tower be empty on that half, kind of like 100 Washington Ave S?

Love. It.

I didn't snap a pic (was running) but the bay windows on this project look very nice.

The idea we can abolish or reduce the size of the police department is insane. So is the idea that policing doesn't need reform. There are too many bad people, and too many bad cops. Something like a licensure board requirement for police, increased education requirements and an increased salary see...

Those stairs have been closed (and broken) for half a dozen years. It is nothing new this year.