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Vince Mpls
@vincempls.bsky.social
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Minneapolis urbanist, St Paul enthusiast, transit nerd, fan of the #localangle, called "an amateur historian" by Fox News. 🏳️‍🌈📍Twin Cities, Mni Sóta
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 3h
Two words: "Signal Pre-emption". Not a panacea, but a good starting point. This should apply to the Green Line in St Paul also.
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 4h
There was a proposal to build a 36-story apartment building attached to the mall, shot down by the Edina city council. The new hotel and other lo-rise housing is far across the parking lots, and the new terminus for the E-Line terminus isn't attached to the mall at all. Just not great.
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 5h
It's marginally better, but will never live up to his idea of a civic square. And without serious transit, it will always be a car-centric dystopia. D+
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 6h
Oh I think we all know the answer to that. Definitely the latter.
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 6h
#OnThisDay Oct 8, 1956: Southdale, the first fully enclosed shopping mall in the world, opens in Edina, Minnesota. Architect Victor Gruen, later realizing his invention had not lived up to his utopian vision of a car-free public square, became the biggest critic of malls until his death in 1980.
Mall exterior with Dayton's department store sign in script. Interior of the Mall 1956. Woolworth's with neon sign on the left with other shops surround a central indoor plaza. Wood finishes, skylights, balconies, plants created a wholly new indoor shopping experience. Color transparency by Grey Villet, Life Magazine archives
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 17h
A nice buffalo plaid shirt and you're set. No need for a jacket (yet)
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 17h
This is what authentic leadership looks like. Thank you Minneapolis City Council President @elliottpayne.org and Minnesota State Senator @doronclark.bsky.social
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Elliott Payne @elliottpayne.org · 18h
Tonight a resident posted a picture of racist and Islamaphobic language written on Johnson street that called for @omarfatehmn.com to be deported and wished death upon the Somali community. @doronclark.bsky.social and I showed up right away to get this racist garbage off of our streets
Elliott and doron cleaning up the shared use path on johnson
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 19h
On a $20 pot I would never bother mailing it in
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 19h
Which is too bad because the good stuff is right there in Aisle 276 Section I
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 20h
This is the Mighty Midway. Tho I did not test the bathroom.
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 20h
Stopping in for spiritual renewal at one of St Paul's two main cathedrals
The vast interior of Menards in the Mighty Midway
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 21h
200 Oak Street, the derelict structure currently owned by C David George, was built in 1926 and was once quite fancy. In October 1947 building resident Virginia Pappen was featured in the Minneapolis Morning Tribune explaining how she prefers using a cigarette holder to keep smoke from her eyes.
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 22h
How's the cult doing over there?
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 22h
Once the rational and stabilizing Koski was out I thought things would get ugly. They just had to.
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 1d
I picture a Poirot novel titled "Death in the Office" set there
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 1d
"gothic brutalism" 🤣
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 1d
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 1d
I love the Egg and Me restaurant!
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 1d
#OnThisDay Oct 7, 1935: Amelia Earhart returns to the city of her youth to speak at St Paul Women’s City Club about the opportunities for women in technological and scientific advancements. The Club building, built 1931 and a particularly fine example of Art Deco Streamline Moderne, still stands.
Publicity photo of Amelia Earhart in 1935. The 4 story rounded stone building at 305 Saint Peter Street, looking like the prow of an ocean liner. Designed by St Paul Architect Magnus Jemme, an early and one of the finest examples of Streamline Moderne. Library of Congress
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 1d
I do too 🤣
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 1d
h/t to @startribune.com Staff Writers David Chanen, Paul McEnroe, and Kevin Seifert, and Dan WHENISOTA for the first posting of this story today on Twitter.
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 1d
#OnThisDay Oct 6, 2005: Minnesota Vikings players charter 2 cruise boats on Lake Minnetonka, along with sex workers flown in from Atlanta and Florida. The resulting scandal becomes a key event in the team's history, leading to multiple misdemeanor charges and the firing of head coach Mike Tice.
The "Miss Chievious" one of the 2 boats involved in the scandal. One estimate is over 100 women were aboard. Star Tribune article "Viking cruise was allegedly a sex party" * At least 17 players who were aboard 2 boats on Lake Minnetonka last week are under investigation.
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 2d
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 2d
That's Hennepin Avenue United Methodist, a fantastic 1916 building by the same architects as St Mark's and modeled on Ely Cathedral. At the time it was the 2nd tallest building in Minneapolis after City Hall. It was built during a local schism, which may be why some history isn't on the website.
Black and white 1917 builder's photograph of Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church with its prominent central spire. Library of Congress.
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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 2d
#OnThisDay Oct 6, 1935: Episcopal bishops from across the world process toward the altar during a special service commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the completion of Saint Mark's Cathedral, Minneapolis.
Black and white photo of cathedral interior, a processional of bishops in white robes walk toward the altar during the special service St Mark's Cathedral at the foot of Lowry Hill in 1913, in a colorized view from Armory Garden, now the Walker Art Center. In the distance is the pinnacle of Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church.
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