James H. Lindau was a mayor of Bloomington for 11 years, from January 1977
to December 1987. He was instrumental in getting the Mall of America
developed. On June 7, 1999 he was honored for his MoA work when they renamed
a portion of 81st Street near the MoA to Lindau Lane.
I drive by the Lindau Ln exit almost everyday (I exit at Killebrew) and it
took me a few days to realize they had renamed the street. I have often
wondered about how, or if, cities go about notifying other governmental
entities of street name changes. But then, it really is up to the map making
companies to keep abreast of all this. I hardly see any reason for the City
of Minneapolis to be concerned if Bloomington changes a name of one of its
streets. At least, I am not aware of the City of Minneapolis providing maps
of other cities.
Scott McGerik
Hawthorne
Minneapolis
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Barbara Nelson wrote:
> Speaking of airplane noise, who is this Lindeau person for whom one of
> the exits to the Mall of Gargantua is named? What happened to good ol'
> 81st Street and leaving well enough alone? Is it all a plot so that
> when we unsuspecting Minneapolitans leave the city limits we can no
> longer find our way?
>
> Between dodging the potholes on Hwy. 77 and the speeding cars through an
> unsafe number of entrances and exits in too short a distance at the MoA
> site, and looking for 81st Street, I had to go down to Old Shakopee exit
> and turn around once I realized that 81st was no longer amongst the
> living. Oh well. Anybody got an explantion for why these changes
> within the metro area don't get publicized throughout the many cities so
> that those of us who do try to keep our shopping within our city's
> limits, when we are occasionally forced to venture forth, don't get
> stymied?
>
> Ever notice how small things seem to take the most words?
> Barbara Nelson
> Seward
>
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> What lies behind us and lies before us are small
> matters compared with what lies within us.
> -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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