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The Cities Blog

Saved from the wrecking ball, historic, abandoned theater may return to its roots

Saved from the wrecking ball, historic, abandoned theater may return to its roots

If not for the 1927 song “Moonshiner’s Dance Part One”, the former Victoria Theatre on University Avenue (also a former speakeasy) would probably be a parking lot. The building was scheduled for the wrecking ball in 2009, but then amateur historian Kurt Gegenhuber discovered a tune on the Smithsonian Anthology of American Folk Music was Read more →
by Curtis Gilbert

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Minnesota ‘hard water’ anglers love ice

Minnesota ‘hard water’ anglers love ice

Ice fishing is old. You’ve seen the pictures. People for thousands of years have chopped a hole and waited for a fish to take a baited hook or with their spear at the ready if they see a shadowy form move in the water.
by Dan Olson

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Northern lights: Were we robbed?

After meteorologists predicted a spectacular northern lights display, many Minnesotans pried themselves off their couches last night and headed out to check it out. The forecast included the possibility that the aurora borealis would be visible from the Twin Cities. The reports we’re seeing from social media are that clouds got in the way for Read more →
by Liala Helal

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Really? Reaction to St. Paul picked as top romantic city

Really? That’s how many Minnesotans responded as they took to Twitter Wednesday morning to poke fun at the news that St. Paul made it onto USA Today Travel’s  list of the nation’s top romantic cities. Maybe the fact that we’re the eye of the polar vortex accounts for the caustic comments and collective eye roll. Read more →
by Liala Helal

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Rybak released from hospital

Former Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak left the hospital today, three days after he had a heart attack while cross country skiing. Since entering the hospital Saturday, doctors at Abbott Northwestern Hospital performed two angioplasty procedures and inserted six stents. A statement from a spokesman says Rybak will be recuperating for the next couple of weeks, Read more →
by Nancy Lebens

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Mpls recruits cops to teach bike safety

Minneapolis officials are pushing forward their bicycling safety campaign by providing police officers with small cards they can hand out detailing laws around bicycling. The unique thing about the initiative is that it asks equal responsibility from both drivers and bicyclists for creating safe streets.
by Jon Collins

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Who pays for mayoral inaugurals?

Corporations, law firms and other interest groups are bankrolling today’s inaugural celebration for St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman. In all, they contributed nearly $25,000 to the mayor’s inauguration fund. While businesses aren’t allowed to give money to candidates’ campaigns in Minnesota, there’s nothing stopping them from supporting inaugurals. Such funds aren’t subject to contribution limits Read more →
by Curtis Gilbert

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Mayor: St. Paul Macy’s building sale falls apart

St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman says a deal to redevelop the downtown St. Paul Macy’s building has fallen apart. In an interview Friday morning, Coleman blamed what he sees as the company’s overly ambitious time table for closing the sale. “The challenge has been Macy’s has given a very compressed window for anybody that wants Read more →
by Curtis Gilbert

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