The Kitchen Window store used to be right where this thing is sitting.
A year ago, I would have been standing in front of the Uptown Bar looking at Kitchen Window. Now I am standing in front of the new Apple Store looking at this. Uptown is undergoing a huge change.
The Nature Valley Bike Festival was in Uptown Friday. This was the Women’s Pro race. They raced for 25 laps around the Uptown course. This was the beginning of lap 22.
Friday was the Nature Valley Bike Festival right here in Uptown! It was very cool, fun to see all the activity in town. The best part? It tied up the neighborhood for only a few hours. Thank you to the organizers for minimizing the impact on the community. They were removing all the stuff Saturday morning; very unlike the occupying armies of the Loppet and the infernal Uptown Art Fair.
I went down to watch the Nature Valley Bike Festival in Uptown Friday and was surprised to see the scaffolding gone and the beautiful glowing Apple Store all ready for business. They are having their Grand Opening today at 10:00am! If you go, take a moment to stare blankly at the rubble across the street where Kitchen Window used to be. If you look closely, you can see a reflection of the gaping hole in the side of Calhoun Square with a loader parked atop the pile, like a prize fighter proudly standing on his vanquished foe. Extra credit if you can see the bikers in the reflection too.
P.S. I just noticed that one of my photos made the cover of MPR’s Minnesota Today site!
Cell towers adorn the highpoints of Uptown.
This is Ruby. She’s very happy to be out for a walk in Uptown with her master. Her master wears Chuck Taylors. Photographers like Chuck Taylor shoes. And cute bulldogs that stick out their tongues when they smile.
Uptown in the early spring: dry, crunchy, skuffy & best served monochrome.
I love taking telephoto shots in town, the compression flattens out the scene and emphasizes the repetitive nature of the landscape. Don’t you just love her goofy backpack? with the all-black outfit, it just jumps out. Besides, did you notice? A pay phone! One of like four left in town.
