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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Happy Transit to Work Day. Or as I call it: “a weekday.”

People on an E Line bus operated by Metro Transit.

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Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There’s a golden stripe on the shoulder where the two sides of I-90 finally met in 1978, near Blue Earth, Minnesota’s Jolly Green Giant Museum www.roadsideamerica.com/story/35952

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Westbound: The Golden Stripe, Blue Earth, Minnesota

Just as the Golden Spike marked the meeting point of the Transcontinental Railroad, the Golden Stripe marked the meeting point of the transcontinental freeway.

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

September 2026 update. Previous photo January 2025.

Photo of new Mutual of Omaha tower, topped-off and enclosed but still under construction

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Matthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences @mateosfo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

just heard gasoline is apparently quite expensive these days and was thinking, huh, maybe people should buy less of it? but then i check the top-selling vehicles in the US and am mystified. clearly, buying less gasoline is nobody's priority, least of all US car makers and their customers.

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City of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov · 29/08/2026

Help shape the future of Minneapolis! Use your interest in civil rights, housing, zoning, taxation and more to shape the policies that affect our everyday lives. Make a direct impact on your city by serving on a board or commission! Don’t wait, apply by Aug. 31 at www.minneapolismn.gov/boards

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Gary Hornseth @garyhornseth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Cover depicting a futuristic idea of the 1970 Minneapolis skyline, complete with a “Nicollet Island helicopter landing strip,” foreground. Greater Minneapolis (monthly Chamber of Commerce publication) March 1961 Image: Hennepin Co. Library; digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/coll...

View toward downtown from across the river. Mixture of actual and imagined buildings. Sleek, jet-age aircraft crossing the sky.

From the magazine:

“ABOUT THE COVER
Painted by prize-winning artist Roger Lundquist of Rumsey, Lundquist and Associates, this month's cover pictures Minneapolis in 1970 as envisioned by the artist. Using caseins in a gouache technique, he has pictured a helicopter landing strip on Nicollet Island, the Knutson Gateway Center redevelopment project in the lower loop and several other futuristic buildings streamlining the Minneapolis skyline. Painting courtesy of the Minneapolis Gas Company.”

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Uptown Porchfest with a simple transportation management plan for this Saturday’s event: “if you try to park at porchfest, you'll be sad. it's not gonna work out for you. so take the bus instead!” I’ll be taking the E Line and will not be sad.

uptownporchfest hey you! yes you! listen: if you try to park at porchfest, you'll be sad. it's not gonna work out for you. so take the bus instead! the bus is totally the spirit of porchfest. so is riding your bike. you'll have a great time and you can thank us later! .... we're really not kidding!
DONT DRIVE HERE! (C

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This spectacular new @nerd4cities.bsky.social video about Minneapolis dropped an hour ago, no notes. Thanks Ray! youtu.be/J1qNbIbD4ro?...

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Is Minneapolis Too Nice for Its Own Good?

YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Ten-unit passive energy townhome under construction on approx 12,000 square feet of land in a location that would have allowed a couple of duplexes prior to Mpls 2040.

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"ONA" by Olga Ziemska. Ortenstone Gardens & Sculpture Park. Detroit Lakes, MN.

"ONA" — Olga Ziemska's striking sculpture is installed at Ortenstone Gardens & Sculpture Park on loan from the artist as part of the "Of the Earth" exhibition.

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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 29/07/2026

highland theater, st. paul, minnesota, 1984

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Is the debate about why drivers are so goddamn stupid?

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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 11/07/2026

bull and nipper 2, fairway golf, 1700 como avenue, st. paul, minnesota, 1984

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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 06/07/2026

octopus car wash, minneapolis, minnesota, 1981

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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 03/07/2026

winnibigoshish resort, bena, minnesota, 1980

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

This sign is still up at the @metrotransitmn.bsky.social E Line station at France & 50th but the bus picked us up there. And Transit app is still showing detour that’s not actually in effect.

TRIDER ALERT
Buses do not stop here
Effective: 6/8
Reason: France @ 50sT Clasca
Please board bus:
on France @47ST
For more information call 612-373-3333

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

New missing middle housing resources recently added to the City of Minneapolis web site. A brief snapshot document and a worksheet.

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Missing middle housing resources

We explain the zoning rules that allow housing with 2 to 20 units.

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

A thread about some of the issues addressed in the zoning code & map overhaul adopted to implement Minneapolis 2040. Some people who have actually built a ton of housing in our city (both small-scale & large-scale) have concluded that Mpls has the best zoning in the country. Exhibit A:

Seen Sweeny on X
Coasts harder, Midwest easier. Minneapolis best zoning in US
9/21/24

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Manager: “Get Cody warming up in the bullpen!” Bullpen coach: “Do you mean Kody?”

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Shoutout to the guy at the Cloudland with the Plywood Minnesota jacket.

Man wearing jacket with PLYWOOD MINNESOTA on back in all caps.

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snackerü @snackeru.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

So, I live really close to this former brothel, which I find interesting and hilarious given from 1890-1910 this entire area was a pretty hopping red light district. There were 22 brothels right across the street from where I live. I'm really glad at least Dorsey's Sporting House remains.

A map of the Eleventh Avenue South red-light district, 1910. This map shows the district at its high-water mark, with more than twenty brothels concentrated in two square blocks. By this time, successful madams such as Nettie Conley owned brothel buildings and rented them to other madams.

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Someone left their copy of Project Hail Mary at an E Line stop. The movie happens to be playing at the theater around the corner from this stop.

Book on bus bench:

ANDY
WE工R
AUTHOR OF THE MARTIAN
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STAREN
RYAN GOSLINS
PROJECT
HAIL
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
MARY
"AN EPIC STORY OF REDEMPTION, DISCOVERY AND COOL SPECULATIVE SCI-FI." - USA TODAY

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RandBall’s Stu @randballsstu.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

If you’re posting about the Replacements bumper music make sure you have both your shingles vaccinations

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 04/05/2026

It’s finally happening: Minneapolis officials and reps from First Avenue and the Minnesota Orchestra broke ground on a new riverfront amphitheater on the site of the Upper Harbor Terminal.

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Minneapolis’ Upper Harbor amphitheater officially under construction

City officials and reps from First Avenue and Minnesota Orchestra broke ground on the new 8,000-person venue at the formerly industrial riverfront site.

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

In Detroit and considering dinner in Windsor, ON. Apple Maps pointed me to a 23-hour multi-modal trip all the way around Lake Erie to get to the restaurant that is 2.6 miles from my hotel. I believe I will be too hungry by then.

Map showing a route with a combination of bus and train routes circling Lake Erie.

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

This flatiron-style building in Detroit. Originally the Henry Clay Hotel, now the Ashley Apartments.

View of narrow, triangular building at 1538 Center Street in Detroit.

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Someone lost their candy at the bus stop at 5th & Hennepin.

Packaged suckers and candy on a sidewalk.

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Toured NEON Collective Kitchens in N Mpls today. Now open. A very inspiring project on W Broadway.

Front facade of NEON Collective Kitchens.

NEON @
COLLECTIVE KITCHENS
MISSION AND VISION
NEON's mission is to build wealth for low-to-moderate income entrepreneurs in North Minneapolis and surrounding communities.
NEON's vision is to transform North
Minneapolis and the surrounding area into a prosperous, visible, sustainable, and highly diverse, multi-cultural community of entrepreneurs.
COLLECTIVE IMPACT
Shared Business Use
NEON Collective Kitchens is designed to accommodate flexible, shared access for up to 85 businesses per day, providing consistent kitchen access to roughly 300 businesses annually.
Affordable Rental Rates
Active NEON clients are eligible for discounted kitchen rates. Pairing NEON business advising with access to state of the art kitchen facilities supercharges early stage business growth, enabling businesses to reinvest in themselves and their community.
WHY KITCHEN ACCESS?
Food entrepreneurship is a pathway out of poverty that creates careers and future wealth. With no shared commercial kitchens available in North Minneapolis, food entrepreneurs are displaced and find difficulty operating successful business
ventures.
With the expansion of the Northside Food Business Incubator, NEON Collective Kitchens will provide reliable and affordable resource for entrepreneurs to start, thrive and grow their businesses.
KITCHEN AMENITIES
• 25,000 square feet - making this one of the largest shared kitchen facilities in the nation
• 11 unique kitchens, dedicated to a range of businesses including CPG, catering, food truck, retail, and ghost kitchen uses
• Private Event space to accomodate up to 109 people for community and member events
• Up to 5 public-facing food hall spaces and dine-in seating available 7 days/week
• Other unique amenities include 24/7 kitchen access, self-leveling loading dock, ample cold, frozen, and dry storage, and more
NEON
Northside Economic Development Network
www.neon-mn.org
www.neoncollectivekitchens.org

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Looked up and saw one of my sons on the same @metrotransitmn.bsky.social E Line bus. Got off the bus and the other son was walking to the E Line. We’re an E Line family.

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Wonderful news for this unique complex of 3 buildings. The Grain Exchange is from the golden era when Minneapolis was milling capital of the planet. And I'm also long overdue in making a longer history🧵, so here goes:

Corner-on view of the 10 story brick Grain Exchange building, flanked by two additions, one the same height from 1928 and another 12 stories from 1909 with brighter brick.

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I’m rockin’ the suburbs! I got 14 out of 20 on the Minnesota Star Tribune’s suburban slogans quiz. Think you can do better? www.startribune.com/twin-cities-...

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Quiz: Match these 20 Twin Cities suburbs with their slogans

Think you know your Brooklyn Park from your Brooklyn Center?

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snackerü @snackeru.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Finally made it to artpricestudio.com to get the rebel loon printed on a tshirt. I think it turned out great! Truly an amazing operation they've got going on. Open from 2-7 today if you are interested. They will put one of 15 designs on any article of clothing you bring in.

Art Price Studio with 6 screen printing stations each with 4 screens for a total of 24 different potential designs. It only took about 30 minutes for them to get to my tshirt request.

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Today from 10-2. Bakers for Neighbors. 3104 16th Ave S in Minneapolis.

BLISSFUL CAKERY
invites you to
BAKERS FOR NEIGHBORS
Our oven mitts are on. Our hearts are open.
SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2026 - 10AM - 2PM
3104 16™H AVENUE SOUTH
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
We will be joined by other bakers bringing an assortment of vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free bread, cakes, cookies, bars among other delights including:
The.
Nerdy Baker
MPLS. MN
Twisted Tart
BAKERY

AND COFFEE FROM
dan k bread
Sheila's
HOUSE OF SWEETS
MADE TO BE INDULCEO
Deb Will Bake It!
COFFEE
WOMPLE
A portion of the bake sale proceeds will support the following organizations: Immigrant Law Center of MN, ACLU MN, Unidos MN, Face to Face, MN Justice Research Center, and others.

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Bay Area vintage signs. First two in SF and third in Oakland.

G&G Hardware and Dutch Boy Paints neon sign.

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

A few newer residential & mixed-use buildings in Berkeley.

Residential building with shiny purple, metallic, rounded corner.

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

New Alysa Liu mural in her hometown of Oakland.

Mural image of Alysa Liu with Olympic gold medal and text Shoutout Oakland.

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Jason Wittenberg @jasonwittenberg.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Moved to an earlier flight. My family was like “it’s taking everyone three hours to get through security!” But just went through the shortest and fastest TSA security line I’ve ever seen as MSP. 🤷‍♂️

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