Talk:Minneapolis/Drafts

message: The Minnesota Twins along with Hennepin County and the city of Minneapolis are currently constructing a new baseball exclusive 41,000 seat open-air ballpark (not yet named) in downtown Minneapolis in the North Loop neighborhood near the Warehouse Entertainment District and Target Center which is home to the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves. The Twins will move in to the new open-air ballpark at the start of the 2010 MLB season marking the first time the Twins will play their home games outdoors since moving from Metropolitan Stadium to the Metrodome in the early 1980's. The University of Minnesota is also currently constructing a new football exclusive open-air stadium on the U of M campus (to be known as TCF Bank Stadium) which will be located in the neighborhood known as Stadium Village not far from where storied Memorial Stadium once stood for close to several decades before the Golden Gophers moved into the Metrodome in the early 1980's. It will open in time for the 2009 NCAA football season. This is significant as it will bring the storied Golden Gopher football program and the classic energetic college football game-day atmosphere back to the U of M campus for the first time in over 25 years. The new stadium will initially seat more than 50,000 people, but its foundations and other infrastructure are being built from the ground-up to support an expected expansion in the next few years to approximately 80,000 seats. The Minnesota Vikings are also working closely and in partnership with the state of Minnesota and the city of Minneapolis on plans to construct a brand new 70,000 to 80,000 seat retractable roof football stadium on the site where the outdated Metrodome facility now stands. The primary desire for a retractable roof (primarily by state officials) is that it would allow the facility to also host several other major events such as NCAA Final Four basketball tournaments, important community and cultural events, future NFL Super Bowls, etc.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Susanlesch (talk • contribs) 01:57, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Future stadiums

message: The skyline of Downtown Minneapolis resulted from the vision of city planners starting in the mid 20th century of a modern city. To accomplish this vision, historical buildings were removed under urban renewal. This included the Gateway District, a dense nightlife and entertainment sector on the banks of the river which was razed along with (insert railroad) Union Station in the (year) to create the Federal Bank, Post Office, and by the 1960s international-style (?) condominiums. The MetLife Insurance Building built by (so and so) called forth the Greek heritage of the city's name. South of Washington Avenue are the city's main skyscrapers with ### South Sixth Street designed by I.M. Pei, Wells Fargo Tower by so-and-so, other buildings by so-and-so. Other architectural landmarks include the Weismann Museum Frank Gehry, Guthrie Theater by (that-guy), the Walker Art Center expansion and the Minneapolis Library by (that-guy). (also insert dates when applicable) Along with recent condo high-rises such as the ##-story Carlyle Condominium, the Minneapolis skyline is a blend of ice-blues and rock-colored beiges reflecting the cold weather and natural landscape of the area. 
Many significant original historic buildings built before 1920 are also preserved and still in use in Minneapolis. These include: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Washburn Fair Oaks historic mansion district, Lowry Hill mansions, armory (?), churches (notable ones), (some old downtown buildings), original Calhoun Beach Club, Fort Snelling (?), that house by Minnehaha Falls, etc.
Elsewhere in the city, born from the days of the street car system, nearly XX neighborhoods surround downtown Minneapolis offering each distinct residential and cultural amenities to the city. Typical neighborhoods are single-family homes up to four-story apartment complexes near commercial corridors of similar height. Most of the building stock in Minneapolis dates to the late 1800s and ends at about 1920 before the depression. In-fill and redevelopment have occurred in parts of the city which include 
suburban big-box and modern industrial warehouses. 
Each neighborhood's residents may organize via officially recognized citizen participation groups under the city's Neighborhood Revitalization Program. .:DavuMaya:. 05:02, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Downtown and Neighborhoods