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empty lots of west broadway

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you can get so distracted by all the vacant buildings and blight on west broadway that all the empty lots don’t even register

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i do not get the blue line opposition. what are you saving, the ruins of an old car dealership? why the hell does this even still exist on a major corridor? this is terrible land use and residents of north minneapolis deserve better

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there’s also a tiny electric motor service shop. fascinated by these buildings. they look just like a garage from a house that no longer exists

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bring back the tiny candy shop in north minneapolis!

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 15h

bring back the tiny candy shop in north minneapolis!

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mark klukow talks about urban explorers - “urban burglars” - who are breaking into buildings. some did $100k worth of damage recently downtown he says they are mostly west metro, minnetonka kids. where’s the outrage for these kids coming into minneapolis and doing crime? or does that not count?

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 15h

every time i bike over north i discover some new candidate running for congress against ilhan omar. the latest is angie windhauser, whose website says she wants to make minnesota for jesus again and her signs say BABIES RULE! i found it in a gas station parking lot on west broadway

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 07/10/2026

i don’t know lol. giant hat

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 07/10/2026

i’m at music box theatre for a loring park community safety panel with elizabeth shaffer, mark klukow, dawanna witt why is aileen johnson onstage? she doesn’t live in loring park or anywhere close to us. why can’t it be actual residents or business owners?

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happy october to all my fellow breast cancer survivors aka the month where we want to tell people who never had breast cancer to take that stupid fucking pink off

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it’s finally spooky season for the black house with an orange door. i just know they wait all year for this

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strib covering working families party's donations to cedrick frazier in the context of outside minnesota donations coming into the hennepin county attorney race, but doesn't mention that anders folk's PAC is largely funded by his family from outside minnesota. very obvious who this writer spoke to!

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TONIGHT: loring park community safety panel at the music box theatre / miracle city church at 6pm with council member elizabeth shaffer, assistant MPD chief and scooter cop mark klukow, hennepin county sheriff dawanna witt and community representatives

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construction workers only leaving 1st ave in stevens square now at 7pm. the hole is one thing but i like the tall mounds of dirt. they’re like 7 feet tall!!!

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latrisha vetaw has a ward 4 community office in victory. i wonder how it is paid for but this seems to be a smart move for council members to have a presence in their wards for community engagement instead of just downtown and also fills a storefront. might be cool if every ward had one

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22 years ago today, R.E.M. played st. paul on the vote for change tour with bruce springsteen, bright eyes, and special guest neil young! a nationwide tour aimed at electing john kerry... we were so lucky to get this lineup in minnesota. also i skipped school and met michael stipe and mike mils

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i biked to 37th ave n yesterday to check out the part of the street that was turned into a pedestrian and bike path. such a nice path with all the greenery

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yard full of wood carvings in north minneapolis. so cool to stumble upon this

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here’s the other end of the tunnel under downtown minneapolis where bassett creek flows into the mississippi river! what happens in between is forbidden for us to see

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these houses look like they were built with lincoln logs

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best view in the city for a sunset at ole olson park. minneapolis parks unmatched

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you could bike on crowded south minneapolis trails. or you could come over north and see a handful of people and enjoy the peace

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back in the neighborhood where i grew up and enjoying hot cider in a park

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perfect fall day! hanging out by my favorite creek

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vikings fan squad biking in downtown minneapolis in matching jackets

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northeast came to southwest last night for the DJ bike ride! park board commissioner dan engelhart and city council president elliott payne @engy5150.bsky.social @elliottpayne.org

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before the flame, 1523 nicollet was happy hour cafe, which burned in 1947. it then became the carnival nightclub in 1949

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old loring park: when 1523 nicollet ave was flame bar and cafe. national acts like david ruffin from the temptations and edwin starr played there before their liquor license was revoked by the minneapolis city council in 1979 after prostitution arrests now it's micah house

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DJ dave eckblad taking the DJ bike ride back into minneapolis on the bridge over beltline blvd on the cedar lake trail

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man carrying a giant cross down 31st st in uptown

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bonfires and smores and DJ elliott payne at lilac park as the DJ bike ride makes it to st. louis park

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we got little kids partying at the bassett creek dance stop on the DJ bike ride @joyfulridersclub.bsky.social

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minneapolis city council president elliott payne DJs at the bassett creek metro transit stop during a dance break stop on the DJ bike ride

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DJ bike ride with DJ dev through uptown, minneapolis

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burning incense on your bike. minneapolis innovation

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zack filipovich was at today’s rally in minneapolis for victims of ICE violence endorsed by labor unions like SEIU, MNA, CTUL and others! zack is everywhere

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school board politics is typically not ugly and michael baskins is trying to change that by dragging down the race with his troll behavior, like laughing at a press release that his opponent christin crabtree put out alongside shannon gibney and becca dryden, three moms. we don't need this

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currently happening on nicollet mall: wedding party encounters minneapolis protest

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i’m at peavey plaza in downtown minneapolis for a rally & march calling for justice for victims of ICE violence endorsed by labor. band playing dolly parton’s “9 to 5” includes members of unlawful assembly and SEIU

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email from commisioner jason garcia announces that the minneapolis park board will be considering a resolution on 10/7 on preserving the historic nicollet island homes as affordable housing for low & moderate income people! the current renters are fighting to stay as the homes are slated to be sold

Nicollet Island Historic Affordable Housing
Inbox

Garcia, Jason R.
11:39 AM (36 minutes ago)
to Jason

Dear Constituents and Community Members,

Thank you for your emails and phone calls over the past several weeks inquiring about the status of the Nicollet Island Historic Homes Limited Partnership (NIHH) lease in the event of a sale. As you might imagine, given the complex nature of the lease and the sublease through CPED, this has been an intricate issue to approach. After discussions with staff and legal counsel, I am pleased to inform you the Board will be considering a resolution with the aim of preserving affordable housing on Nicollet Island. This item will be discussed during our next regular board meeting on Wednesday, October 7th.

It is our interpretation that affordable housing is a requirement of the original lease, and remains a requirement as long as the land is leased from the park board. The resolution would specify “that the Board of Commissioners directs the Superintendent to review thoroughly any terms of any offer or sale between NIHH and any proposal to buy, acquire or assume the Sublease or any ownership interests in the Ground Lease or properties as well as thoroughly review the proposed terms of any new Sublease between CPED and any new possible sublessee or owner with respect to the properties now held or leased by NIHH and the MPRB expects such transaction will reflect a plan and provisions for affordable housing for low and moderate income people;” (emphasis mine).

I am hopeful that my fellow Commissioners will join me in supporting this resolution. In previous meetings, Commissioners Engelhart and Forney have voiced their support for maintaining affordable housing on Nicollet Island, and I feel this is an issue that is important to many others on the Board as well.

Thank you for your efforts around this, and I look forward to getting this resolution passed!

Jason Garcia

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO REVIEW THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROVISIONS IN THE GROUND LEASE AND GROUND SUBLEASE BETWEEN THE MINNEAPOLIS
PARK AND RECREATION BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS ON NICOLLET ISLAND PARK
LOCATED WITHIN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RIVERFRONT REGIONAL PARK
Whereas, The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) was created by the Minnesota
Legislature in April 1883 and has the authority to manage and operate park facilities;
Whereas, In 1985, the MPRB entered a Ground Lease with the Minneapolis Community
Development Agency (now Community Planning and Economic Development department (CPED)
of the City of Minneapolis concerning residential property on Nicollet Island Park (Nicollet Island)
which now consists of 47 housing units (the “Ground Lease”)

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they won’t let us do a @wedge.live float fest: bassett creek under the streets of downtown minneapolis in pitch dark all the way to the mississippi river. the forbidden ride

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