Can We Still Dream as We Once Did? When built, the IDS Center didn’t match any of the character of the city, any of the colors or materials of the surrounding buildings, their heights or setbacks, and it stuck out on the horizon for tens of miles. Yet it became embraced by the city and […]
Whenever a new development is proposed, be it six-story mixed-use residences in Dinkytown, an overhaul of Downtown East on the Star Tribune lots, or most recently, a proposal for the southwest corner of Franklin and Lyndale, resistance will most likely show its face. There are many reasons people or organizations oppose development, and simply writing […]
In the world of software engineers, there are 10 types: those who speak binary, and those who don’t. Kidding aside, it is sort of akin to the political spectrum, except the labels are roles like the Idealist, the Architect, and the Pragmatist. After almost 15 years of developing software, I have decided that being a […]
The stadium formerly known as the “Hubert H. Humphrey III Metrodome at Mall of America Field” (HHH3M@MOAF) “Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome” (MOAF@HHHM) obviously screamed out for shorthand, or a nickname. So most of us just called it “The Dome,” much to the chagrin of the HHH3M@MOMAF MOAF@HHHM brand managers. […]
Another entry in the RE/MAX Results City and Neighborhood Film Festival. This one gives Minneapolis some love.
City Center: It’s a big complex. It sits on almost two whole blocks in Downtown Minneapolis between Hennepin and Nicollet Avenues, bounded by 6th and 7th Streets. Built in the early 1980s, it includes a hotel, an office tower, restaurants, retail, a parking garage, and skyway connections on every side. Emporis lists the tower as […]
This interesting architecture proposal crossed my desk today, and I wanted to throw it out there. Minneapolis has been so consistently good at tearing down buildings over the last century, it’d be nice to slow that process. Any thoughts about this? Here’s the email from the architect: I understand that a final vote on […]
Warning! Subjective statements about architecture ahead. We’re in the midst of a multi-family building boom in the Twin Cities. Thousands of new units have been built in the past couple years, and the next couple years will see at least as many. This is great news–maybe all those Style section trendpieces about “the new urban […]
This post will be unpopular. I went with my family to an event for National Train Day (as suggested by a recent post by Julie). We drove to St. Paul since the Green Line is not yet open. Driving is break-even with paying for 3 fares on the bus round-trip, and my once non-driving, Amtrak-riding […]