Twin Citian

Downtown Minneapolis honoring hometown, music legend - Prince

Minneapolis Skyline - Then (1977) and Now (2015) Downtown Minneapolis 2016 35W leading to Minneapolis by Jamie Hiner, on Flickr

2016’s Best & Worst Cities to Find a Job - WalletHub https://wallethub.com/edu/best-cities-for-jobs/2173/ Minneapolis ranks #14 and St. Paul #30 The Top 10 Public Transit Cities of 2016 - Successful Meetings http://www.successfulmeetings.com/Strategy/SM-Top-10/The-Top-10-Public-Transit-Cities-of-2016/?cid=eltrTop10 Minneapolis ranks #9 The Best Job Markets for 2016 - ZipRecruiter https://www.ziprecruiter.com/blog/the-best-job-markets-for-2016/ The Minneapolis – St. Paul area ranks #8

Downtown Minneapolis - University of MN (East Bank) and University of MN (West Bank) Photo by Bordner Aerials

by George Bordner via Twitter

Minneapolis Ranked 9th Best US City for Public Transit in 2015 https://www.redfin.com/blog/2015/12/transit-score-2016.html#.VnHIckqDGkr Minneapolis - St. Paul Ranked 8th Best Metro Area for Women To Start a Business http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/small-business/women-entrepreneurs-small-business-loans/ Minneapolis - St. Paul Ranked 9th Best Metro Area for Accumulating Wealth http://www.bankrate.com/finance/savings/what-makes-cities-good-for-building-wealth.aspx?ic_id=promo_next_what_makes_cities_good_ Minneapolis Ranked 7th Greenest City in America. St. Paul Ranked 13th https://wallethub.com/edu/most-least-green-cities/16246/

Minneapolis is the 5th Best Large College City in America https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-college-cities-and-towns-in-america/8974/#citysize-rankings Downtown MPLS's North Loop Neighborhood Ranked in Fodor's Top 25 World Destinations http://www.fodors.com/news/photos/fodors-go-list-2016?ref=4CDDF6747BF7#!20-north-loop-minneapolis

Downtown St. Paul (looking NE) Photo by Mr. Moment, on Flickr

Minneapolis, St. Paul, and the metro area as a whole have been getting a lot of positive press over the past few years. I figured why not start a thread. I'll start with this recent ranking: Minneapolis Ranked No. 1 Absolute Top City in the US to Live In http://www.patchofearth.com/travel/10-top-cities-in-the-us/

Downtown MPLS (looking south) Photo by AboveTheNorm, on Flickr Downtown MPLS (looking west) http://Eerie Minneapolis skyline by bergy680, on Flickr

http://Minneapolis, Minnesota by AboveTheNorm, on Flickr Lines by Jonathan Miske, on Flickr

Thought I would start a photo thread dedicated to the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Downtown St. Paul in foreground and downtown Minneapolis in background. Photo by Punchup on Flickr Cathedral of St. Paul and downtown MPLS. Photo by Access on Flickr Looking East: downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul Photo by Jamie Hiner on Flickr

Is your friend from Minneapolis KS or Minneapolis MN? It it's the latter, Minneapolis has the Wells Fargo tower, which was also designed Cesar Pelli, and definitely holds its own against BofA. Even the IDS and Capella hold their own. They are not as tall as BofA, but height isn't what makes a building great. BTW, looking forward to seeing this project completed and in person.

What's your issue with Minneapolis? There is a lot more going on in the Twin Cities area than most US metropolitan areas, including Nashville.

Reading about the newly formed American Airlines elsewhere led to this discussion. Just to clarify a bit regarding the Lindbergh Terminal (Terminal 1), one tram (train) is elevated and runs along concourse C. It connects concourse D (northwest), the terminal's mall (west) and concourse A (east). The underground tram takes people from parking ramps, rental facilities, the Transit Center and onto the terminal and back. From the Transit Center, people can access the Hiawatha station (light rail), which is 70 feet underground. Concourses A and B are connected by a short tunnel. Concourses G and C are connected by a concourse connector (moving sidewalk). Concourses G, F, E & D can be reached by foot.

As of 2012, downtown Minneapolis had a population of 36,500. Neiman Marcus is gone and will more than likely be part of Mall of America's expansion. There is a Saks Off Fifth outlet store though. Other downtown retail include Target, Marshalls, Banana Republic, Gap, Gap Kids, Ann Taylor, Talbots, Brooks Brothers, Men's Wearhouse, etc.. There are also the specialty stores including Hubert White, LD Blues, Martin Patrick 3, Len Druskin, and Allen Edmonds. Other needs are being met such as full-service grocery stores. A Lunds grocery store opened last year and Whole Foods is opening within a month or two. I'm assuming more retail will come with all the current residential construction and rebound in downtown's workforce (now over 165,000). Downtown shopping isn't what it used to be due to the likes of the Mall of America, which is only 9-10 miles from downtown MPLS and a change in shopper demographics and preferences. MPLS leaders realize this so instead of trying to land the likes of a Neiman Marcus, they are encouraging the smaller, boutique stores. Funny I came across a thread mentioning MPLS. I will be onsite at a Charlotte client next week so, I thought about checking out this site for things to do. That said, any suggestions?

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