Talk:Bloomington, Illinois

message: How was Bloomington founded in 1857 if it was named county seat in 1830?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vreundl8 (talk • contribs) 15:03, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Founding Year

message: I remeoved the little section in geography that had to do with Division Street. I see no point in that being in the article. Division Street is a very short street and is not a true 'division' of the two cities. As with the rest said about Division Street being symbolic -- that's POV. I am open to any suggestions or comments.
Here is what I removed:
Division Street, as the name suggests, forms a part of the border between Bloomington and Normal, with Bloomington to the south and Normal to the north. It is symbolic as well as literal, in that the two cities have sometimes disagreed about the best way to govern.
Kkemper 01:34, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Division Street

message: Ture larger population size but also true in area, I believe... Bloomington - 22.5 sq. mi. Normal - 13.7 sq. mi. Kkemper 06:39, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Bloomington is slowly encircling Normal, like a gigantic amoeba. Wahkeenah 09:21, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It is? What about north Normal? IvoShandor 09:26, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Larger (population wise)?

message: I removed this "famous person".  He's from Jersey.  I can't find any bio that mentions him living in Bloomington.  Add him back if it can be proven.
  
*Jason Alexander, Actor, Notably Seinfeld; Bloomington resident for three years
**It's either a joke, or the wrong Jason Alexander. A quick survey of Google turns up many references to "Jason Alexander", some from Illinois. But his IMDB bio  makes it clear that the TV actor Jason Alexander's formative years were spent entirely in the northeast. Wahkeenah 00:59, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jason Alexander 

message: It is adjacent to Normal, Illinois, and when mentioned together they are known as ... "Twin Town".  Really?  Seriously? User:BlongerBros 19:08, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've lived in this area all my life.  Many locals refer to the area as just Bloomington, and Normal is simply deprecated into Bloomington. People on local news and radio habitually call it "The Twin Cities", which is an appropriate name for the towns because they're so close together it's very hard to tell when you're leaving one and entering another unless you look for population signs, which are only at maybe a dozen different locations and don't cover all of the roads connecting the two towns. Jtrost (T | C | #) 01:12, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Twin Cities, yes, but I don't recall ever hearing it called Twin Town. And it's true the borders are not always that obvious, other than the aptly-named Division Street. Wahkeenah 01:43, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Twin Town? 

message: Why was the update that included the special census reverted?  Here is a source: http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2006/06/16/news/doc449338a9f298f188018042.txt  BlongerBros 17:37, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: My bad.  I didn't catch the citation since it was not properly cited. Jtrost (T | C | #) 18:16, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Special census 

message: "One of John F. Kennedy's favorite pizza parlors was Lucca's Grill located in Downtown Bloomington."  Really?  I mean, how many times could he have eaten there? Xuehxolotl 16:48, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Could that reference be removed?Jenigmat429 19:16, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Should be, take it out, or I will when I get a chance. IvoShandor 09:47, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed it so that it simply references his visit there. -- Tim D 04:42, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

text: Works for me. : ) IvoShandor 06:12, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lucca 

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message: I am working with the Bloomington-Normal Area Convention & Visitor's Bureau to make the Wikipedia page more user-friendly for those wishing to plan a visit to the area. I have added the attractions section and I have made some additions to the transportation and education sections.
All of my citations are to the Bloomington-Normal Convention & Visitor's Bureau Area Visitor's Guide with direct approval from the author, himself. None of the material I am posting is in violation of copyrights.
If you are concerned about anything I have posted please feel free to let me know.  Bloomington-Normal Area Visitors & Convention Bureau (talk) 22:50, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think a lot of the material is dagerouly close to violating WP:NOT#TRAVEL, WP:NOT#OPINION, and WP:NPOV.  As it's written now it sounds like a vistor's guide, not an encyclopedia article.  I think there's some great information there, but it needs to be presented in a more factual, neutral way.   Phrases like "devoted to teaching", "remarkable growth", and "bringing smiles and instant recognition in all 50 states ..." are but a tiny few examples of the unsupported advocacy-like statements. HDow (talk) 03:19, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Thanks HDow (talk) 09:14, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

text: It still reads rather like a visitor's guide.  Do we have sources other than a visitors' guide (i.e. whatever sources the visitors' guide uses) available? Belgarion89 (talk) 16:16, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

text: Bloomington Normal is a great place to raise a family.  It's a safe place with a low cost of living, low traffic, clean air, and plenty of well paying jobs.  So don't take this as a putdown.  But please tell me why would anyone want to "visit" Bloomington-Normal?  I lived there for 3 years, and I know from experience that there is literally NOTHING to do there, and for a place with 4 higher learning institutions that I'm aware of, that is a disgrace.  The few things to do there almost serve to prove my point.  Visit Adali Stevenson's Grave??  Don't make me laugh!  White Oak Park is boring, the downtown area is boring, the place is just a flat, boring place to be and there is, again, NOTHING to do.  If Satan is making you take a vacation in Central Illinois or something, you should at least visit nearby Peoria.  Peoria at least has the little downtown area by the river and a few things to do.  Not many, but at least a few.  Unlike Bloomington.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.14.57.35 (talk) 14:05, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

text: The National Register of Historic Places is a good place to start for places that are notable attractions, Bloomington is home to one National Historic Landmark, and a bunch of sites on the Register. Bloomington has some arena football and hockey I think, several theaters, one new one that is huge, as well as an architecturally distinct downtown commercial district (also a National Register site). I believe both university's offer significant theater productions (ISU more so, in Normal). There are also at least four Abe Lincoln sites in the city, so the history is rich: a couple governors and a vice president hailed from Bloomington. That kind of stuff is easily verifiable via the Intertoobs. As for nothing to do, look around you, instead of ignoring the obvious as so many do these days. :)
Actually, there are quite a few things to do.  My kids and I like to go to the old courthouse, which is now a museum, free on Tuesdays.  They have some ehibits that change.  It's interesting.  There is a nice Shakespeare Festival put on by the local college.  There's also a great play about Jesus' life called "The Passion Play" performed downtown.  There are lots of nice parks with nice toys for the kids to play on.  There's a nice Children's Museum, but it's a bit pricey.  --Jackie7 (talk) 10:09, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Attractions

message: I must object to the inclusion of schools located in Normal listed in the Bloomington article.  There is a B-N article which is currently just a stub.  Perhaps this would be a good place to talk about how the cities are interrelated. Belgarion89 (talk) 16:21, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree w/Belgarion89. Switzpaw (talk) 17:17, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Education

message: I added Central Illinois Regional Airport to this section.  I saw no mention of it anywhere in the article, for whatever reason.  Feel free to elaborate on it. <Anonymous>  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.145.185.193 (talk) 00:49, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Transportation

message: i just spent an hour driving around the suburban sprawl along business 55 and would encourage a more knowledgable person to write something explaining what the heck is going on. :) Lequis (talk) 15:25, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sprawl 

message: People call it "BNorm?"  Look, my friends and I call it "Normington," but we do not expect Wikipedia to reflect the opinions of like five people out of hundreds of thousand.  Is there a source for the stupid claim that anyone uses this term?  Seriously, "Blo-No" is bad enough, and yet there is something worse? 174.31.156.72 (talk) 07:17, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  BNorm?  Really? 

message: BNPTS has rebranded itself as Connect Transit, effective august 2012.  I edited the text to reflect the change.
98.215.82.253 (talk) 02:45, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bloomington Normal Public Transit System (BNPTS) ==> Connect Transit 

message: I am not sure if the museum still offers the tours listed. I will double check and remove that information (or add updated information) unless there are objections. Stephaniepier (talk) 18:12, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Information is correct as of today Stephaniepier (talk) 19:20, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: McLean County Museum of History

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