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by twincitizen
March 7th, 2013, 8:53 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: [Archived] Uptown Retail & Restaurant News 2012-17
Replies: 1427
Views: 238674

Re: Uptown Restaurant News

Morrissey's Irish Pub to open at 913 W Lake Street on March 14, just in time for St. Patty's Day: http://www.southwestjournal.com/news/biz-buzzes/new-irish-bar-opening-in-uptown This is just west of the former Sunrise Cyclery building. The western half of that building is now home to Golden Leaf Tob...
by twincitizen
March 6th, 2013, 4:31 pm
Forum: 2013 Minneapolis Municipal Election
Topic: Ward 10
Replies: 77
Views: 42894

Re: Ward 10

Uber last minute, but there is a happy hour meet & greet event for Ward 10 candidate Lisa Bender at Uptown Cafeteria tonight at 5:30pm. Myself and possibly a few other UrbanMSPers will be in attendance.
by twincitizen
March 5th, 2013, 10:53 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Vikings Stadium Miscellaneous Discussion
Replies: 1660
Views: 222157

Re: Vikings Stadium

The Strib blocks and most everything else directly surrounding the stadium site are currently zoned B4N – Downtown Neighborhood. The B4N Downtown Neighborhood District is established to provide an environment that promotes the development of higher density neighborhoods surrounding the Downtown offi...
by twincitizen
March 5th, 2013, 9:53 pm
Forum: 2013 Minneapolis Municipal Election
Topic: Mayoral Race
Replies: 384
Views: 84537

Re: Mayoral Race

Everything MNdible just said. The Republican Party platform is incompatible with the reality of what central cities need. I think you guys are focusing too much on party identification in a race that technically is non-partisan. If I were to run, I would have to seek the DFL nomination to win, not t...
by twincitizen
March 5th, 2013, 1:27 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Motiv Apartments - 2320 Colfax Avenue S
Replies: 846
Views: 105244

Re: 2316-2320 Colfax Apartments

Also, this is going before the PC CoW tomorrow (3/6) and won't be acted upon by the Planning Commission until 3/18 at the earliest, so I guess it hasn't been approved after all.
by twincitizen
March 4th, 2013, 6:44 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: St. Croix River Crossing
Replies: 197
Views: 36437

Re: St. Croix River Crossing

by twincitizen
March 4th, 2013, 6:42 pm
Forum: 2013 Minneapolis Municipal Election
Topic: Mayoral Race
Replies: 384
Views: 84537

Re: Mayoral Race

by twincitizen
March 4th, 2013, 6:33 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Junction Flats - (643 Fifth Street North)
Replies: 121
Views: 34224

Re: Junction Flats - (643 Fifth Street North)

All systems go for an April groundbreaking: http://finance-commerce.com/2013/03/tra ... -in-april/ (paywall)
by twincitizen
March 4th, 2013, 11:29 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Uptown - LynLake - The Wedge - News & General
Replies: 1498
Views: 582253

Re: Uptown Projects Map

Seems angled in this 1969 aerial: http://geo.lib.umn.edu/Hennepin_County/ ... KK-172.jpg

The geometry is a little different, without the smooth curve for WB traffic, but the idea is the same. It looks like the Arby's site was just surface parking.
by twincitizen
March 3rd, 2013, 2:22 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
Replies: 2909
Views: 701565

Re: Transit News and Happenings

^A nice subtle improvement that is long overdue. Connect brochures hanging from the handrails are annoying. Route changes beginning Saturday March 9: http://www.metrotransit.org/routes-are-changing-on-march-9 A few highlights: The superfluous bus stops and timepoints on Lake at Nicollet will finally...
by twincitizen
March 3rd, 2013, 10:36 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: [Archived] Uptown Retail & Restaurant News 2012-17
Replies: 1427
Views: 238674

Re: Uptown Restaurant News

Kinsen Noodles (1300 Lagoon) has closed.

Mt. Fuji (2819 Hennepin) is now Kiku Bistro.

Burch Steakhouse is open.
by twincitizen
March 2nd, 2013, 9:17 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: LPM Apartments - (376' - 36 Stories)
Replies: 1522
Views: 291185

Re: Loring Park Apartments - (1368 LaSalle Avenue)

I assume that's just a working title/acronym for Loring Park Magellan. Something this significant and high end will almost certainly have a more memorable name. EDIT: I just tried to sneak in an urbanMSP plug in my most recent comment, hoping interested folks will Google 'Nic on Fifth' or '1368 Lasa...
by twincitizen
March 2nd, 2013, 9:11 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Bloomington Central Station & South Loop Development
Replies: 219
Views: 85144

Re: Bloomington Central Station

Here's the link to the Biz Journal story: http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/p ... el-in.html

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by twincitizen
March 2nd, 2013, 8:01 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Uptown - LynLake - The Wedge - News & General
Replies: 1498
Views: 582253

Re: Uptown Projects Map

I did a little digging around Hennepin County tax records today, trying to figure out who owns the various surface parking lots and otherwise under-developed parcels around Uptown. Here are some that I found of interest: 1. According to Hennepin County tax records, Roundy's (Rainbow) owns the Arby's...
by twincitizen
March 2nd, 2013, 7:56 pm
Forum: 2013 Minneapolis Municipal Election
Topic: 2013 Minneapolis Municipal Election
Replies: 219
Views: 70929

Re: 2013 Minneapolis Municipal Election

Strib's got the round-up on the contested council races: http://www.startribune.com/local/minnea ... 60741.html

A few typos here and there, but otherwise a solid piece.
by twincitizen
March 2nd, 2013, 11:42 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Nicollet-Central Streetcar
Replies: 887
Views: 136080

Re: Nicollet-Central Corridor

I'm coming around to the idea of a shorter streetcar line to tie the densest nodes together. I just wish it didn't come at the expense of rapid bus (actually 10x the expense of rapid bus, har). Lake Street to a loop around Hennepin/1st Ave NE sounds about right. I still like Rapid Bus for the larger...
by twincitizen
March 2nd, 2013, 11:02 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line / Central Corridor construction thread (archive)
Replies: 1597
Views: 355087

Re: Green Line (Central)

I got the feeling that Metro Transit doesn't want to return to Washington until the work is really, really done. They don't want to mess around going back on detour, off detour, etc. The current detour has been in effect for so long now, it's probably the norm for most students. I think they will wa...
by twincitizen
March 2nd, 2013, 10:58 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Motiv Apartments - 2320 Colfax Avenue S
Replies: 846
Views: 105244

Re: 2316-2320 Colfax Apartments

I think RailBaron's point isn't that we shouldn't have neighborhood meetings and/or democracy, but that we shouldn't have to go through all of this hand-wringing, time-wasting bullshit for every single development proposal in the city. Especially not for really good proposals like this that aren't e...