Richard Anderson writes:
...Perhaps Mr McLaughlin should have had a more "in depth" conversation with
one of his Loring Business Assn. members, to find out their real motivation
for relocation, prior to making accusations against the rest of the
neighborhood and it's intentions to preserve the h
Finally, a thread Andy Driscoll can wallow in!!
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Shiitake, portobello and crimini mushrooms in the produce
section
A dizzying number and variety of ethnic resturants, along
with the immigrants who brought their cuisine with them
In general, better and more varied food, both in resturaunts
and grocery stores/co-ops
Summit beer
More bike pat
When I got here in 1969, the Foshay Tower was the
tallest thing around. Next year the IDS rose up and over the years a whole
grand downtown skyline came to be. It was great to take folks on tours through
downtown via carriage when the sun lay low in the sky on those long June
evenings in th
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In response to Mr.McLaughlins' post earlier, I would suggest you read the
article in Tuesdays Star/Tribune "Franklin Graham explains move to Billy
Graham Association Workers" by Martha Sawyer Allen.
Perhaps Mr McLaughlin should have had a more "in depth" conversation with
one of his Loring Busines
Forgot:
Giorgio's
Chino Latino
Jungle Theater
Bryant Lake Bowl
Barb Lickness
Whittier
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Audrey Johnson wrote:
> I wanted to respond to this a while back, last week was tremendously busy
> and my kids were on the computor almost all evenings doing school work and
> projects. I do have the information Mr. Atherton requested about the study
> that quoted the numbers on student achieve
Why didn't Audrey Johnson tell us anything about "...the research [which]
shows that student achievement can be accurately measured as follows: 49%
attributed to parent involvement, about 42% teacher quality, and about 8% to
class size?"
To which study is Ms. Johnson referring? It must be an
Liz,
I attended a meeting last week with the Jewish Community Council regarding
these flyers and there are plans underway for a joint Longfellow and Seward
community meeting to address this terrible surge in hate activity in our
neighborhoods.
It is important to let our neighbors know what they c
The Holidazzle parade (I suggest everyone go at least
once even if TCF does sponsor the whole thing
themselves. Your kids don't care, they just like the
lights.)
The Vietnamese Restaurants
The REAL Mexican Restaurants
Simon Delivers (I don't care what the political
persuasion is of the owner,
I finally got to read all the posts on this. I was writing an article for
community papers and I will share that here. At running the risk of
stating the obvious, there is no replacement for human interaction. The
district has no plans or wishes to replace teachers with computers as was
implied
Doug--You are essentially right re the Mpls district (and most others)
avoiding almost anything that could trigger special ed eligibility. And,
while special ed folks at the district and at DCFL will tell you that I am a
fairly persistent burr in their saddles on these things, it must also be
Karen Collier writes:
I suppose the relocation of the Bill Graham Assn. was inevitable. However,
it is disturbing when Minneapolis loses an employer of 400+ people.
According to the article in the paper, it would appear that the historic
designation prompted them to move earlier than they expec
I wanted to respond to this a while back, last week was tremendously busy
and my kids were on the computor almost all evenings doing school work and
projects. I do have the information Mr. Atherton requested about the study
that quoted the numbers on student achievement and the most important
fac
>
> This is actually a somewhat interesting issue among some landlords,
> tenants, and the inspections division. There is nothing in the law that
> allows a property owner to let an inspector into a tenant's unit absent
> an administrative search warrant That is, the general thought among
> fol
In a message dated 11/19/2001 11:35:26 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> In her last
> session as a state rep and chair of the House ed ctte, Rep. Becky Kelso...
> was able to shift financial burden for some district attorney costs to the
state...[as well as] administra
Thanks for the input and thoughts on Billy Graham leaving Loring Park.
With regard to the following post:
As a follow-up to their announcement, our understanding is that their move
has been in the works for a couple of years and had nothing to do with the
historic designation. They were indeed
CITY TO SOLICIT PUBLIC COMMENT AT OPEN HOUSE ON
NOV. 27 ON MINNEAPOLIS MASTER BICYCLE PLAN
The City of Minneapolis will host an open house on Tuesday, November 27 in
Room 220, City Hall, 350 So. 5th Street, between 4 - 8 p.m., to solicit
public comment on the Minneapolis Bicycle Master Plan befo
Meanwhile, there are property owners like myself who ran on "provisional
licenses" for years and begged to get the properties inspected. I was always
told that they were too busy and not enough inspectors to do the job.
Gregory Luce wrote:
> Barbara Lickness wrote:
>
> > If they scheduled a ren
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> [from GDL post] In addition, we have to engage lenders in some of these
> discussions. Lenders have absolutely no interest in a building's occupancy
> once they foreclose--they would rather the building sit empty, shut off the
> water, etc., until it is sold. We n
With the reminder that Minneapolis-Issues wasn¹t called Minneapolis-Politics
for a reason...
I think William McAuliffe made a fair observation that pining over lost
Minneapolis treasures shouldn't blind us to all the ways the community has
improved in recent years...and I do think we do too littl
So much, and so much more . . .
The Minneapolis Auditorium
Radisson Merchandise Mart
The wonderful terra-cotta facade on the Forum Cafeteria
The Northwest Bank building (grand block-long banking lobby on the 2nd floor)
The Gopher Theater, the Lyric, the Century, the Astor Art, the RKO Pan, the
L
Just a heads up that there seems to be more white supremecy flyers going around. This
time, sadly enough, on my own block in the Longfellow neighborhood. My Jewish husband
just got a phone call from our gay Jewish neighbor across the street. He apparently
got a flyer put on his car. He assu
David Brauer wrote:
> For several months, Michael among other list members has asked
> Minneapolis school officials for studies, numbers, verifiable data, etc.
> on school board initiatives.
>
> MPS board president Catherine Shreves is good enough to take them time
> to provide several studies un
Barbara Lickness wrote:
> If they scheduled a rental licensing inspection on
> this property, the property owner would have to let
> them in and unsuspecting tenants might not get taken
> like this.
This is actually a somewhat interesting issue among some landlords,
tenants, and the inspectio
It's been so much fun to read this thread! I feel like I'm living in the
same town as you and still the things that area missing for me have
received scant or no mention. What is Missing from Minneapolis:
Central High - w/o it us Pioneers are anchor less.
West High
Marshall University High
Dougl
In last Sunday (11/11)'s New York Times magazine, Colson Whitehead
wrote:
"No matter how long you have been here, you are a New Yorker the
first time you say, 'That used to be Munsey's' or 'That used to be the
Tic Toc Lounge.' That before the Internet cafe plugged itself in, you
got your shoes r
AFAIK, Jerry is still in business at the Tower Grocery in Prospect
Park--retirement didn't take. He doesn't have anyone to break eggs with
however.
Does anyone know what's happening in the former R&Js building--8th Ave. and
4th St. SE? It's had black plastic covering the windows and door for mo
Scott Vreeland writes:
At 04:33 AM 11/19/01 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>According to the people who keep the financial disclosure documents about
>candidates fundraising at the Henn. County govt. center, they are currently
>prevented by Minnesota statute 383b.041, to publicly list the campaign
I'm interested in editing such an anthology with credits (for those with
intact memories :-)), historical blurbs and photos of some of these
memorable places. It would take a while, but this is sort of another version
of "Lost Twin Cities."
"Lost Minneapolis Culture?" :-)
Same could be done for
On Nov 15, Doug Mann wrote: "If memory serves, several years ago the
Minnesota legislature passed a law that obligates the state to fully
reimburse the district for legal costs associated with fighting claims by
parents for special education services, win or lose."
This is not correct
At 10:31 PM 11/16/01 -0600, Annie Young wrote:
>I hope someone has kept the string of What's Missing? Wo should put it
>into a little book and write it as the History of Minneapolis as seen by
>Minneapolis E-Democracy. Not being born or raised here I have appreciated
>learning tons and tons of s
Downtown Council's Grabarski: "At the state capitol, we will have to put
our political capital on the line to help him succeed in the city. The
state capitol doesn't give mayors from the central cities an automatic
welcome."
No it doesn't. We found out last legislative session what the capitol
I can't say that I support the theory that rental
property licensing is working. To me the process is
much like the "duct cleaning" process that was on the
news the other night. You pay for the permit or in
this case the license and then that's it. There's no
inspection. In the case of the ren
VALLI PIZZA! That was it! Thank you very much, Barbara. What a trip to drop
down in that basement with it's 6.5 ft ceilings where even I had to duck to
move around and sit at colored-glass-candle-lit wooden tables in the
smoky/pizza flavored air (a wonder we didn't all choke to death in there on
a
Sheldon Mains' What's Missing list had: The Minnegasco building at 7th and
2nd-- A classic 60's modern glass building with curved corners.
The building was such a classic it actually predated the 60s by five years.
It's supposed to have been the city's first modern glass curtain wall
building, a
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> T H E M I N N E A P O L I S O B S E R V E R
> A Weekly Digest of All Things Minneapolitan
> Vol. 1, No. 14
> November 19, 2001
[snip]
>
> TIFF WITH DOWNTOWN BUSINESS LEADERS MAY HINDER RYBAK'S AGENDA
> A post-election salvo fired by Mayor-elect R.T. Rybak at two do
We need to be able to find out who is giving money to candidates.
According to the people who keep the financial disclosure documents about candidates fundraising at the Henn. County govt. center, they are currently prevented by Minnesota statute 383b.041, to publicly list the campaign disclosure
T H E M I N N E A P O L I S O B S E R V E R
A Weekly Digest of All Things Minneapolitan
Vol. 1, No. 14
November 19, 2001
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THIS WEEK IN THE OBSERVER:
* Can R.T. Let Bygones be Bygones Downtown?
* Swimming with Housing Sharks
* Artful CIA
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