Minnesota/Minnesotans C or D

lmao @ moodboards

http://www.niebna.com/docs/agendas/2017/2017-04-20%20Board/20170406_333Hennepin_NeighborhoodMeetingDRAFT.pdf

ANDREW BIRD
CALEXICO
A COW OR SOME SHIT LIKE THAT

the half-assedness of the text is too much:

Concept: St. Anthony Falls
Vibe: abstract water patterns, nodding to geography of significant feature of the only falls located along the Mississippi
Names:
333 Birch
The Falls
Mr. Sip 333

Concept: Grain Elevator
Vibe: visually rich, nodding to historic breweries, mills and argicultural roots with current art and craftmen appeal
Names:
W.V. 333 (Weather Vane)
The Grange
Steel Seed

Concept: Experiencing Place
Vibe: color patterns and textures evoking a connections to the location and connecting to the target market
Names:
YOLO
Three Thirty3
IndiGO

http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-park-board-to-vote-tonight-on-lake-calhoun-name-change/421157163/

folks at home -- how furor has there been about this, if any?

mostly relegated to city pages comment sections as far as i can tell

huh so it sounds kind of like a fancy wisconsin toilet

Calhoun Cycle, in the neighborhood, changed its name, with fanfare, to Perennial Cycle:

http://m.startribune.com/minneapolis-bike-shop-takes-the-lead-on-ditching-calhoun-name/313901761/

oh wow! totally missed that, kudos perennial cycle

yeah idk about any furor but this thing did pass the park board

there's a totally unclear path thru another fortyodd layers of gov't before anything is changed tho

i don't think there's a set-in-stone process for changing the name of a lake

useful to compare it to the ad-hoc and marketing/FIRE sector fussing with neighborhood names

I never really thought neighborhoods were too official but, like, lakes seem a little more, uh, concrete

Oh shit I haven't been paying attention to this thread, welcome to Dan M

speaking of which, a neighbor clued me into this: there are hyperlocal filters available in snapchat, and the little decal for my neighborhood includes my actual building. there's a cartoon version of my actual windowbox, to put on your nudes.

lol

so we could put em right on yer window if we wanted?! sweet

It never occurred to me during the whole argument about Yale's Calhoun College that it might be named for the same person as Calhoun Lake.

without asking i know there's an online service that will print your dick pic as a window decal, isn't there

yeah, secretary of war during MN's territorial period i think

mostly relegated to city pages comment sections as far as i can tell

with some leakage

Not. Even. One. Day.#Racist #NativePeopleAreStillHere pic.twitter.com/3oHzc2mBYT

— Coya Hope (@coyahope) May 4, 2017

man fuck that

what about the Calhoun Beach Club

Washington Ave. north of the Vu is sure surreal to someone who grew up here. Walked it for the first time tonight, having moved away almost 20 years ago. Very much a similar feeling to walking through a neighborhood of mansions, thinking "Who are all these people? How do they afford it?"

i lol'd

http://citypages.com/news/uptown-is-dead-while-i-am-as-interesting-as-ever/421531984

"The Data Are Clear"

this is beautiful

lol

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/us/satanic-temple-sponsors-a-veterans-memorial-in-a-minnesota-town.html

more like Lucien Greaves Me Greatly

haha that final sentence! Minnesota, ladies and gentlemen

"Well, that's different!"

Treehouse Records closing :(

i mourn it as a landmark and a place that meant a lot to me at a certain time though i had personally been banned from there and have many many issues w/said proprietor

BANNED?

i only had good times there but am a newcomer to the area so idk. saw lots of good inhouse shows, met some nice people and got cool records there

also he's absolutely closing it to rent the location out to a higher-grossing business and loaf about in his retirement

i think i only ever bought like one record there, in the past 15 years - just didn't seem to be any draw over the fetus or cheapo

Bummed that Treehouse is closing, but I'm way more upset that Evergreen (the restaurant) is closing at the end of June.

oh shit really?? frikkin love Evergreen

also i think i went to treehouse exactly once, and the fetus maybe four or five times -- i was always a cheapo guy

I can't stop calling it Oarfolk in my head (a friend worked there for years).

nicollet/26th is gentrifying quick, i bet a lot of the legacy 'eat street' places like evergreen will leave after awhile

little t's has a liquor license now (while i am as interesting as ever)

saw a picture on ilxor Eric's fb page where Nicollet was all torn up, are they just redoing the road or is something else going on?

they're tearing it up and leaving that way forever

It sure seems that way tbh.

when's mud wrestlin' season?

the Kmart on lake is one of the most successful in the country??

http://m.startribune.com/in-hopes-of-reopening-nicollet-avenue-minneapolis-may-spend-7-million-on-kmart-site/422849923/

uhhhh

Kmart's lease at the site doesn't expire until 2053.

what the hell

i know, it's wild

is that the one where the road runs into the parking lot? maybe people accidentally drive in and figure they'll do some shopping

it's the worst