[Mpls] Library Choices

2003-07-10 Thread WizardMarks
There is a piece of the library puzzle that has been missing from this list for awhile. When the MPL board went to the mayor and council to propose the referendum for a new central library, they did so because there was no way it was going to wind up on the ballot without that support.

[Mpls] Domestic abuse.

2003-07-10 Thread NESIMONS
Booker Hodges wrote: ~ Message: 11 From: "Booker Hodges" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 09:10:58 -0500 Subject: [Mpls] Abused Women If you are a woman who is being abused, you can call the national

[Mpls] Mpls libraries spared, but hours cut

2003-07-10 Thread List Manager
Some community libraries will be open three days a week http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3980142.html David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject

Re: [Mpls] Old Minneapolis

2003-07-10 Thread Peter T Schmitz
Riverview Theatre, at 38th Street and 42nd Avenue, has been operating for at least fifty-five years. It's one of my absolute favorites along with the Parkway Theatre between 48th and 49th on Chicago. Peter Schmitz CARAG TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious

[Mpls] State estimates Minneapolis, St. Paul lost population since 2000

2003-07-10 Thread List Manager
Reversing '90s gains...Met Council disagrees. (Story talks about Minneapolis job losses - 5 percent of the workforce! - but I didn't see any specific population numbers on a quick read.) http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/business/6268490.htm David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER:

[Mpls] Old Minneapolis

2003-07-10 Thread Emilie Quast
Hmmm-- Well, the Market BBQ is certainly an old one. I'm not sure if that's what anyone wants to read right now. Savitts Paint--Hirschfield's major competitor for decades and decades. When I was trying to match woodstain in an 1917 apartment building, one of the older fellows behind the desk

[Mpls] Home for Nan's Restaurant Mural

2003-07-10 Thread Amy Draeger
An article in the June Audubon Neighborhood Association (ANA) newsletter states the ANA is attempting to find a new home for the streetscape mural (artist, Gary Stout) housed in the former Nan's restaurant. The owners of the building are willing to donate the mural to a community organization

[Mpls] Minneapolis Growlers

2003-07-10 Thread Steve Brandt
A further check with liquor licensing indicates that Sen. Higgins is correct. Minneapolis will treat sale of 64-oz growlers of beer as an off-sale license application. Every application must also be approved by the state. The first application, from Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, has been

[Mpls] Old Minneapolis--two more

2003-07-10 Thread Emilie Quast
Mannings in SE Grill and sportsbar at 23rd and Como and Mannings Service at 24th and Como For those who remember, Jerry Manning retired 18 months ago, so Mannings' Service is now being run by the third generation. Emilie Quast SE Como TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious

RE: [Mpls] Minneapolis population drop, Strib version

2003-07-10 Thread Anderson, Bruce
As someone who lived in Waite Park and Camden and now lives in Blaine, I can speak on this from my perspective. I love where I live. It's a great neighborhood with great neighbors, good schools and, yes, we have a .5 acre lot. My bride loves to tinker in the yard and she has lots of room to try

[Mpls] Population loss/Mpls businesses

2003-07-10 Thread Steve Brandt
Two topics: Problems with census estimates and the Rainsvilles, in business since the 1880s From my experience, it's wise to take the census estimates of a Minneapolis-St. Paul population loss with a grain of salt. As the Pioneer reported, and both papers did when the 2000 census numbers

[Mpls] Old Minneapolis

2003-07-10 Thread Karen Forbes
Robert's Shoes at Lake and Chicago has been around since at least the 50's probably longer. Then across the street there is the Vend-a-Wash. That has been around since 1956. Karen Forbes Central TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like

Re: [Mpls] Old Minneapolis

2003-07-10 Thread WizardMarks
Portland Lake Motors, 45 years. Layman's Cemetery, since 1857 Boyd Warehouse, 4th and Lake, late 1800s Tackle Shop, 4th and Lake, very long time Parent's Garage, 36th and Lyndale, long, long time Welna Hardware, 25th and Bloomington, since before god was born Finer Meats, 38th and Nicollet, who

[Mpls] Books vs. Toilets

2003-07-10 Thread Terrell Brown
Someone forwarded a message from Friends of the Library to another list that I'm on. Are the library cuts really devastating? We haven't closed a single library, the libraries will still perform their core misson of providing reading and research materials. Sure, it might not be as convienient

[Mpls] City Council Mtgs on NRP Phase II

2003-07-10 Thread Cameron A. Gordon
FYI This month the City Council will formally consider NRP Phase II On Friday July 18 there will be a study session beginning at 9 am. This will not be a public hearing although it is open to the public to attend. Then on the following Monday there will be a Special Joint Committee Hearing on

Re: [Mpls] Books vs. Toilets

2003-07-10 Thread Jason C Stone
Let the kids have their tutors... I'll hold it 'til I get home. I wouldn't want my relief to get in the way of evolution. Regards, Jason Stone | Hale --- Terrell Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone forwarded a message from Friends of the Library to another list that I'm on. Are the

Re: [Mpls] Old Minneapolis

2003-07-10 Thread David Wilson
Friedman's Department Store on West Broadway. I suspect it will outlast Target Department Store. TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.)

Re: [Mpls] BOYCOTT MARKET BAR-B-QUE (The e-mail)/Pig roasting fun

2003-07-10 Thread PennBroKeith
In a message dated 7/10/03 7:04:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Where is the evidence that Market BBQ, as a company, is at fault? ---SNIP If this family hasn't even tried to get satisfaction from the owners, then I can in no way support a boycott. Just because 1

Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis population drop, Strib version

2003-07-10 Thread Dyna
No great surprise... On Thursday, July 10, 2003, at 11:21 AM, List Manager wrote: Strib's take: 4,000 fewer people in 2002 than in 2000 - the 10th biggest dip in the nation. Local officials dispute it. Here in Hawthorne the population loss is probably in the double digits percentage wise.