Re: Downtown Minneapolis General Topics & Development Map
Posted: October 13th, 2015, 10:36 am
Architecture, Development, and Infrastructure of the Twin Cities
https://urbanmsp.com/
As Nathan said they didn't just take out the green space just because. There is a parking garage underneath and they dug it up to get to the roof to reseal it.Well, sadly they took out a bunch of green space and some of the only mature trees in this part of town to do this "renovation" that basically replaces them with new grass and small trees. They weren't Ash trees that will die either, it was a nice green space on the north side of the building.Has anyone seen the plans or a display for the renovation to the 100 Washington plaza? There are some heavy duty barricades up and very limited access to the buildings front door. Looks like the east portion will be done first with the west being done once the east is completed. Hoping for more green space is possible instead of the concrete slabs of the present configuration.
New seating, bike racks, fire place, bocci court, retail, new skyway entrance...seems like some nice upgrades for this sterile dead zone it's been.
Good to know...I wondered if it was maybe something like that...like they had to do at the condos down by the Loring Greenway a couple years ago.one of my best friends works in the building.Well, sadly they took out a bunch of green space and some of the only mature trees in this part of town to do this "renovation" that basically replaces them with new grass and small trees. They weren't Ash trees that will die either, it was a nice green space on the north side of the building.Has anyone seen the plans or a display for the renovation to the 100 Washington plaza? There are some heavy duty barricades up and very limited access to the buildings front door. Looks like the east portion will be done first with the west being done once the east is completed. Hoping for more green space is possible instead of the concrete slabs of the present configuration.
The water proofing under the plaza was failing and needed to be replaced.
They're using this time that they had to dig up the plaza anyways to do an addition.
They are adding a glass curtain wall to the Washington side with a new skyway entrance and what the plan says is street level retail.
They're creating an outdoor seating area and doing some new landscaping.
Yeah, that's how it looks. I guess as long as they don't do anything permanent that's alright, but I'm a little queasy about it. The empty space underneath the tower and the view into that tiny (and nice!) lobby is really the building's defining feature.I was worried about that...
In the plans, it doesn't actually show tearing down or destroying any of the structural features, or removing any of the original materials, they're basically adding a giant glass box under the over hang to add lobby and retail space.
Target Corp. is looking for 11 startup companies with bright ideas for changing retail.
Applications open Monday for a program that will attract local, national and international comapnies to spend 13 weeks inside of Target's downtown Minneapolis headquarters.
This is kind of neat
Target Corp. is looking for 11 startup companies with bright ideas for changing retail.
Applications open Monday for a program that will attract local, national and international comapnies to spend 13 weeks inside of Target's downtown Minneapolis headquarters.
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n ... bator.html
No mention of IDS 2??? Maybe it was never a real serious proposal.Lileks on Streetscapes: These unbuilt buildings would have changed the Minneapolis skyline
http://www.startribune.com/streetscapes ... /336321091
A more transparent way to handle it would be for the developer to explicitly charge the city for development, maintenance, and support of the app. This 25 cent fee does seem like gouging and is far too open ended. With explicit billing everything is transparent, all costs are out in the open, and we don't end up tossing a quarter into the abyss from here to eternity. The developer gets paid either way by the city (ie. all of us that pay taxes).The city is getting the app for free. This is how the developer makes money.