Munsingwear is now owned by Perry Ellis. They closed their plant here due to high labor costs. They kept their corporate HQ here for about 10 years after the plant closed. It was in the warehouse district, in the 7xx block on N. 1st St., and the Remnant Room was on Industrial Blvd.
There used to be a lot more pizza around campus. Remember the "slices always ready" place at Washington & Ontario? And who remembers Shakey's? They only had one store in the city, at Oak & Washington. But they had at least seven others in the suburbs. Now the only Shakey's in Minnesota is in Rochester, and that restaurant is doing quite well. What I will add to the list are our two grandiose bank branches -- the marble interior of the Midland Bank at 4th St. and 2nd Ave. S. (marble hasn't been disturbed, although it's now offices) and the paneled interior of the U.S. Bank (formerly F&M) at 6th and Marquette (yes, it's still a branch, but just in the past four years, they've disrupted the marvelous view from the balcony). Does anyone else think that partitions and cubicles have wrecked classic interior design? And I miss Zantigo at 8th & Hennepin! Tony Hill Logan Park _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
