urbanMSP

It was the Sheraton-Ritz, not the Ritz-Carlton...

Does anyone think the balconies are strangely reminiscent of Studio Gang's Aqua in Chicago? There, they have horrible problems with thermal bridging because its a continuous slab. I really hope the renderings are just idealistic/representative because that would be a terrible mistake in our climate...

Yes, but that also allows much greater flexibility depending on the events at the stadium. I'll be curious to see what the plaza set up is for things such as the Twin Cities Marathon...

Yep...here's the Strib's version.

http://www.startribune.com/opus-develop ... 392952761/

Garbage is a flat fee, plus an additional charge depending on the size of your trash can. Recycling/organics is "free".

Hope the sssdude nutz store actually benefits from the additional traffic. That guy has done a great job and his donuts are definitely better than Tim Horton's...

Finally there is a plan for a new T&F facility. Looks like it's gonna be a really tight fit to squeeze everything in that area though...

http://www.startribune.com/regents-will ... 392219321/

That's not what he said...he said smaller, but still large in scale would be appropriate. Personally, I think it looks fine for the most part.

There should be an amazing children's playground and/or spray ground....it'd attract families from all over. They have this amazing children's park in downtown Chicago and something like that -- albeit at a smaller scale -- would be a great fit here. The one in Chicago may be the best free playgrou...

Fully painted now...

Looks like they are re-striping the Hennepin Ave bridge to have narrower traffic lanes and a bike lane with more of a buffer..

A requirement of 5 members present is not the same as one of 5 members voting....

I imagine there are specific reasons why there are no underground/indoor gas stations around, mostly likely pertaining to gas storage and ventilation requirements...

"Skyway System The Skyway will be open for all U.S. Bank Stadium events. Event hours for the skyway are subject to change based on the event. The Daily Hours for the Skyway are: Monday – Friday | 6:30 AM – 10:00 PM Saturday | 9:30 AM – 8:00 PM Sunday | Noon (12:00 PM) – 6:00 PM For major events...

And the new bank building is coming along pretty quickly...

More accurately, a credit union branch, not a bank. Trustone actually mentions the project in their July newsletter. They are moving their current Northeast branch (at the Ukrainian Center along Main St.) to this location...

Hodges must be against this...she was really against losing property tax revenue for the proposed United FC stadium.

I thought the latest deal, as of November, ended up at about 2/3 of the cost and 90% of the advertising revenue.

There is an area of Gold Medal Park that SHOULD be re-sodded often due to the damage from dog piss...

jersey barriers now as well...