Category: Uptown

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Chino Latino Shimmers

The shimmering wall over Chino Latino in uptown.

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Not an Apple Store Gets Glass from Germany

On the property that used to be the famous Uptown Bar and Grill, they are building a secret, yet-to-be-announced retail location that is definitely not an Apple Store. The contractors installed giant panes of glass last Friday that came from Germany. The not an Apple Store has an all-glass front and blue steel pillars on both sides. We chatted with the contractor a bit and, besides not telling us that it was going to be an Apple Store, he said that the Suburban World Theater that is just to the south of the property has a structural problem... The wall is bowing out seven inches and the engineers had to change the design of the not an Apple Store to accommodate the problem. He didn't seem concerned, so it must not be threatening, but still, what a headache.

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Secret 'Fruit Stand' Gets Big Windows

You didn't hear it from me, but the location of the rumored new Apple Store in Uptown Minneapolis is really starting to look like an Apple Store. I wonder what FirstTech thinks of this?

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Uptown Alley

Every so often the mundane shocks me with its beauty.

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Urban Landscape with Blue

So blue, so blue...

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It's Even Creepier Half-melted

This gnome-like kingish where-the-wild-things-are-looking sculpture from the Loppet got really creepy just before face-planting. Alas, a week of rain washes away all the evidence.

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Luminary Loppet Sculpture

The cross-country ski race known as a "Loppet" is coming to Uptown on Feb 6&7. That Saturday night they light up ice sculptures with candles all around the lake. This is the beginnings of the sculpture at the Northwest corner of Isles. It's quite the sight to behold and to take photos of. If you are interested in coming down to take photos, leave a comment and let me know, there's a group of us locals planning the best locations and techniques.

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Il Gatto at Hennepin and Lake

Figlio is gone, Il Gatto is now open. I haven't tried it yet, but it's a Parasol restaurant, so it should be safely interesting. I keep meaning to try it for lunch but I keep walking one more block to Cowboy Slim's for the Tatertot Hotdish: I need to stop bringing Dan with me.

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Lake Street Winter Dusk

I've seen this view dozens of times and never could get it right — until now. I've even tried to shoot it with a bigger lens from across the lake. Hennepin is on a ridge and the neighborhood banks away from it. The curve is nicely obvious from Lake Calhoun.