In the News - News from Downtown & the Riverfront Neighborhoods
Monday, May 9, 2016 at 7:07AM
TOP STORIES LAST WEEK
Downtown Minneapolis group to temporarily manage East Commons park after summer opening
When the patch of Minneapolis known as the East Commons park opens sometime this summer, it likely will be managed by an entity personified by the greenish-yellow clad “ambassadors” who populate downtown.
Minneapolis sorts out details ahead of downtown stadium park opening
Downtown park near stadium is set to open, but lack of Portland crosswalk raises questions.
Minneapolis trails converge at railroad river bridge, but will they ever be able to cross?
As new and proposed recreational trails proliferate along the upper Mississippi riverfront in Minneapolis, pressure is building for a foot and bike crossing of the river at a lightly used rail bridge near 26th Avenue N.
Downtown East, or East Downtown, is now going to be called East Town
The district is composed of two official city neighborhoods, Elliot Park and Downtown East, and one unofficial area, called the Mill District.
Preservation Commission says no to proposed 40-story condo tower in Minneapolis
The Alatus plans call for 207 for-sale condominiums, 6,700 square feet of ground-floor retail and 333 parking spaces.
‘Iron Clad’ hotel, apt project proposed for Downtown East
Minneapolis-based Graves Hospitality has submitted new plans for its hotel and apartment project, now dubbed “Iron Clad,” in Downtown East near U.S. Bank Stadium.
Hennepin Avenue Reconstruct I: Major Improvements
For all its vitality, Hennepin itself isn’t a nice street. It’s a road designed around cars, from its highway style lights to its wide lanes, and there’s nothing like walking home during a low-traffic time after a show or happy hour downtown to make that all painfully clear in a kind of bleak un-glory.
Paul Berglund named Best Chef Midwest by James Beard Foundation
After a five-year drought in the winners’ circle, Minnesota has another James Beard Award-winning chef.
Rewind Vintage to relocate Northeast store
The vintage clothing store, a staple of Johnston Street for the past decade, will be moving in early June about a block away just across the street.
MPLS/STP Clothing Co. will move to new Woodchuck building
MPLS/STP Clothing Co. said it will officially move Wednesday, May 11 to the building at 610 SE 9th St. in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood.
