Comments on: Bashing Nicollet Mall http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9255 A Daily Digest of Twin Cities News, Arts and Culture Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:22:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sean http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9255#comment-39752 Sean Sun, 11 Jun 2006 09:37:54 +0000 #comment-39752 That shit be ugly! That shit be ugly!

]]> By: dtester http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9255#comment-39633 dtester Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:22:58 +0000 #comment-39633 They don't call her the simpleton for nuthin.<br /> They don’t call her the simpleton for nuthin.

]]> By: Mpls Simpleton http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9255#comment-39628 Mpls Simpleton Fri, 09 Jun 2006 13:51:51 +0000 #comment-39628 dtester should lay off the crack so early in the morning.<br /> <br /> Or is it hour 27 of the meth binge? I can never tell, the ranting seems to be malt liquor influenced thou! dtester should lay off the crack so early in the morning.

Or is it hour 27 of the meth binge? I can never tell, the ranting seems to be malt liquor influenced thou!

]]> By: dtester http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9255#comment-39624 dtester Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:05:38 +0000 #comment-39624 Hey wayne, you fucking twit, you haven't been on this planet long enough to know what works and doesn't work you limp-wristed mama's boy. I've got more scars than frankenstein and more eagle feathers than you've got toes so YOU shut the fuck up and just be flattered that I even bothered to reply to your sophmoric scribblings. Now go play with your electric choo choos since you can't afford a car now nor anytime in the near future what with that receptionist's job you have downtown. lol<br /> <br /> <br /> Hey wayne, you fucking twit, you haven’t been on this planet long enough to know what works and doesn’t work you limp-wristed mama’s boy. I’ve got more scars than frankenstein and more eagle feathers than you’ve got toes so YOU shut the fuck up and just be flattered that I even bothered to reply to your sophmoric scribblings. Now go play with your electric choo choos since you can’t afford a car now nor anytime in the near future what with that receptionist’s job you have downtown. lol

]]> By: Norman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9255#comment-39617 Norman Fri, 09 Jun 2006 06:05:01 +0000 #comment-39617 I am a former resident of Minneapolis and the city still tugs at my heart, but that Nicollet Mall needs a serious makeover. The north end of it is especially horrendous to look at. Haven't been back in almost three years, so I can only imagine what improvements the library has made, but if all of those parking lots and garages are still there, it means there's work to be done. The street needs some serious plant life. The climate of Minnesota can be unforgiving, but plants return when the weather warms, so maybe native plants should rule the bland streetscape that is Nicollet Mall. Minneapolis is a creative and vibrant city and the very core of the city should reflect that. Otherwise, it will remain a suburban office worker's 8 hour a day pathway. I am a former resident of Minneapolis and the city still tugs at my heart, but that Nicollet Mall needs a serious makeover. The north end of it is especially horrendous to look at. Haven’t been back in almost three years, so I can only imagine what improvements the library has made, but if all of those parking lots and garages are still there, it means there’s work to be done. The street needs some serious plant life. The climate of Minnesota can be unforgiving, but plants return when the weather warms, so maybe native plants should rule the bland streetscape that is Nicollet Mall. Minneapolis is a creative and vibrant city and the very core of the city should reflect that. Otherwise, it will remain a suburban office worker’s 8 hour a day pathway.

]]> By: angela http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9255#comment-39208 angela Wed, 07 Jun 2006 04:57:35 +0000 #comment-39208 I love the hot sewage odor that Nicollet Mall has to offer. It's especially nice when taking out-of-town visitors downtown. "Uhh..yeah, I know it stinks. Sorry." I love the hot sewage odor that Nicollet Mall has to offer. It’s especially nice when taking out-of-town visitors downtown. “Uhh..yeah, I know it stinks. Sorry.”

]]> By: tmayhem http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9255#comment-39066 tmayhem Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:22:34 +0000 #comment-39066 Hey dennis, you fucking twat, I'm not even from this cold desolate part of the country and I actually spent a good deal of time in school studying urban planning. I traveled to as many cities around the country as I could on my shoestring budget and paid very close attention to what works and what doesn't, so shut the fuck up and get back in your SUV and enjoy your Perkins, you fat retard. Hey dennis, you fucking twat, I’m not even from this cold desolate part of the country and I actually spent a good deal of time in school studying urban planning. I traveled to as many cities around the country as I could on my shoestring budget and paid very close attention to what works and what doesn’t, so shut the fuck up and get back in your SUV and enjoy your Perkins, you fat retard.

]]> By: jderusha http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9255#comment-39047 jderusha Tue, 06 Jun 2006 05:41:57 +0000 #comment-39047 I admit to loving Nicollet Mall. I work there, I enjoy walking around and seeing all the people there, I like Brits, I like The Local. Dakota has awesome food and great jazz. Rossi's is a gem, right off the mall. I like Crate and Barrel, I like the <a href="http://www.svstudio.com/" target="_blank">cool jewlery store</a> on the second floor of the Gaviidae, I like the downtown Marshall Fields. The live music all summer is amazing. <br /> <br /> I visited Denver recently, I liked the electric buses, but I found their downtown to be far more boring than ours. Massively abandoned retail, few crowds, tons of homeless people. So it ain't all that.<br /> <br /> A bus circulator would be fantastic... but as I said earlier, federal transportation money paid for the mall, so I don't think it's possible to make it pedestrian-exclusive. Personally, I'd like to see most of the bus activity moved to Marquette, just a block off the mall. I admit to loving Nicollet Mall. I work there, I enjoy walking around and seeing all the people there, I like Brits, I like The Local. Dakota has awesome food and great jazz. Rossi’s is a gem, right off the mall. I like Crate and Barrel, I like the cool jewlery store on the second floor of the Gaviidae, I like the downtown Marshall Fields. The live music all summer is amazing.

I visited Denver recently, I liked the electric buses, but I found their downtown to be far more boring than ours. Massively abandoned retail, few crowds, tons of homeless people. So it ain’t all that.

A bus circulator would be fantastic… but as I said earlier, federal transportation money paid for the mall, so I don’t think it’s possible to make it pedestrian-exclusive. Personally, I’d like to see most of the bus activity moved to Marquette, just a block off the mall.

]]> By: The Rat http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9255#comment-39031 The Rat Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:33:57 +0000 #comment-39031 They were probably really stoned and, thus, fascinated by Amsterdam, because those trolleys are clunky and slow. And all they warn you with is a little bicycle bell. I bet they kill a lot of strung-out Dutch junkies and drunk, sleazy Germans. <br /> <br /> They were probably really stoned and, thus, fascinated by Amsterdam, because those trolleys are clunky and slow. And all they warn you with is a little bicycle bell. I bet they kill a lot of strung-out Dutch junkies and drunk, sleazy Germans.

]]> By: dtester http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9255#comment-39030 dtester Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:25:39 +0000 #comment-39030 I love the way these twenty-somethings, three years removed from Bumfuck Iowa, or worse, Omaha, Nebraska are urban experts telling us how we should remodel our city to resemble the cities they saw on their ur-pee-an vacation that daddy bought for them with his hard-earned republican-farmer money. I love the way these twenty-somethings, three years removed from Bumfuck Iowa, or worse, Omaha, Nebraska are urban experts telling us how we should remodel our city to resemble the cities they saw on their ur-pee-an vacation that daddy bought for them with his hard-earned republican-farmer money.

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