Downtown Minneapolis General Topics & Development Map

[LakeCharles]

The lobby is cool! I swung in there last week trying to find the Spyhouse that was very prominently advertised on the front, which wasn't open yet, and I was impressed by the space.

[grant1simons2]

Seconded. Go check it out. I'll post pictures tomorrow

[duttonbrown]

First picture of many. Can anyone tell me the best place to post photos on this forum?

[Anondson]

IMO post them in any thread that is relevant to the subjects in the photo.

However there is a dedicated Photography forum if you have any that don’t seem to fit. You could make a thread there for your miscellaneous photos.

That is a spectacular vista though. It will vanish when the other half of the block gets developed.

[go4guy]

What is the plan for those power lines? Cant believe we still have some above ground that close to downtown.

[martykoessel]

A number of North Loop streets, including Third, the one in the photo, are being reconstructed this year. I don't know if this will involve burying the power lines.

[SurlyLHT]

A number of North Loop streets, including Third, the one in the photo, are being reconstructed this year. I don't know if this will involve burying the power lines.

I was driving through here today and thought to myself, "Thank goodness their reconstructing these soon."

[go4guy]

What are the chances they tear up all of those nice trees and replace them?

[EOst]

That is a spectacular vista though. It will vanish when the other half of the block gets developed.

It's a little bittersweet how few good vistas will remain of the City Hall clocktower (once the city's tallest building) in a few years. There used to be a great one along Park Ave that was blocked by the Portland Tower. When it was built there were great view corridors for the tower in multiple directions (along 4th/Riverside, Park, etc.) that have all vanished with more construction downtown.

Although, I wonder if this one existed before the Metropolitan Building was demolished? I think the Met would have been just to the left of the clocktower from this view, but I'm not certain.

[HiawathaGuy]

LA Rockler Fur Co. is proposed to become 55 dwelling units!

http://minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/pub ... 175201.pdf

That deal never materialized.

New proposal:
Downtown's Rockler Fur building could become housing option for Native community
*UNLOCKED*

[NickP]

That sounds awesome!

[Qhaberl]

That’s awesome about the building being converted to affordable apartments. We can always use more of those.

Unrelated question: what’s the latest on the property located just south of 10th St. and west of Hennepin Avenue? I thought they were going to be putting in two hotels there. Haven’t heard anything in a long time about the project though.


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[rhettcarlson]

I've heard that JR Hospitality and Hawkeye Hotels plan to break ground on at least one of the hotels this summer.

[mattaudio]

The Northstar Center is getting a NRHP nomination for some godforsaken reason:
http://minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/pub ... 178752.pdf

Even worse, they're codifying the 1960's changes made to the Pillsbury Building as the historically significant period, so the metal spandrels will never be coming back. Gross.

I ran into this NRHP filing through a different link, https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/16000441.pdf

It really seems odd to have a place designated where the narrative talks about how much of downtown was destroyed via urban renewal and how this exemplifies that period.

Does anyone know what the double-level bridge-looking thing is on Marquette on p 39 of that pdf?

[spearson]

Got off the Northstar this morning and it looked like there was a boring crew on the 408 4th Ave N Hines lot. They were in the corner close to the station and the bike trail. Probably nothing, but I know Hines once had a nice rendering for this site..

[grant1simons2]

Heard a rumor of 42 stories... don't quote me on that

[seanrichardryan]

Heard a rumor of 42 stories... don't quote me on that

[grant1simons2]

That was the concept I had heard from some in the community. Not trying to stir anything up, just that's what I was told.

[mattaudio]

*checks thread for nasa35 or retiredbanker**

[Anondson]

Oh geez. Stirring up trouble!

(What’s zoned heights here set at?)