What this blog is about...
From my observations, it seems that most students who attend the University of Minnesota are blissfully ignorant of their surroundings. The sole location of the University and it's proximity to...
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What will become of The Dinky Ditch?
The first time I came to campus when I was a Junior in High School, my cousins gave me a pretty insider-esque tour of the area. Even though the highlight of the trip for me at the time was...
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Campus Connector Transitway Troubles
I love looking at the advertisements for the Jefferson @ Berry apartments up near Prospect Park behind the WCCO Radio station along Washington. The ByMe website (which became extremely...
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The 15th Avenue Mural Project - A modern city beautification effort
Last fall, I was walking back from Van Cleve Park in the Como neighborhood on a nice Friday evening after a great game of tennis with a couple friends (Those concrete courts are entertaining to play...
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Busting the Myth of the Light Rail Construction Timeline
After living here for almost a year, I can definitely say that I have seen, lived through and been in the epicenter of the Central Corridor Light Rail construction project. Unless you are a huge...
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Improving north-south connectivity around Campus
First of all, you shouldn't be driving around the U's campus. Any half-brained moron who has lived around the area or has attended classes there for more than the first couple weeks of Football...
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University Avenue's Evil Twin: 4th St SE
Gather around, students and colleagues. I am going to tell you a story about a magnificent avenue called University, and its less acknowledged disgruntled twin, 4th Street. Once upon a time, these two...
View ArticleWhy Stadium Village will become the 21st century Dinkytown
It is a local myth that Bob Dylan's 1965 hit "Positively 4th Street" was written about our own little University commercial node. The well-known shopping, eating, and party-spilling area of Dinkytown...
View ArticleIt's a cool time to be at the U
If you haven't checked around the Twin Cities campus lately and noted how cool it is how much is being added, you are really missing out.It has been cited several times that this is the largest...
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