June 2012
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Plans to open the intersection of Nicollet and... →
The reopening of Nicollet Avenue at Lake Street is a long way off, but plans are underway to have an agreement written up between Minneapolis and a developer by July 2013.
David Frank, director of transit development, submitted a report to the City Council’s Transportation and Public Works Committee this morning establishing a year-long timeline and boundaries for the long-awaited project.
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I give Prometheus an incomplete
jasencomstock:
I kind of want to send the writers back to the brain storm room and tell them they need to actually wrap this story up in a logical manner.
Spoiler: all movies are now “Battleship.”
Here’s hoping that the director’s cut helps out some.
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Mpls. apartment boom underway | StarTribune.com →
Two new towers for the Minneapolis skyline!
• Nicollet Residences, a 330-unit, 33-story apartment building at 5th Street and the Nicollet Mall. Opus Development says construction is expected to begin in October, and finish in mid-2014.
• 1368 Spruce Place, a 354-unit, 36-story apartment complex in Loring Park. Chicago-based developer Magellan Development said construction will begin in late...
“The decimation of the economy has created a dynamic where labor organizations...”
– Tom Goldstein, in the comments at Field of Schemes, explaining why labor played such an integral role in getting the poorly negotiated Vikings stadium bill passed.
via Lambert
(via edkohler)
The Stillwater freeway bridge to nowhere is another good example of this.
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