It's all clear! Go back! Go back!
It's been a little over a week now since the bridge collapsed over 35W. As late as last Friday I was hearing news reports tell people to please stay away from the bridge area so people could get the work done that needed to be done.
Well, um, we need to adjust that message a bit. It's time to go back to those neighborhoods. Not to gawk at all the river traffic and the stuff that's happening there, but to visit the businesses who are now finding themselves positioned at the ends of dead end roads. I'm talking specifically about the Seven Corners area of Minneapolis. It's on the south east side of the accident side. Still considered part of the University of Minnesota campus, it's houses buildings like the Law School and the Carlson School of Management. With school starting soon, yes, there will be more students in the area, but this is not an easy place to get to.
The 35W ramp for Washington Avenue is the main throughfare to get there when coming from the south, but with the road closed just north of that exit, there is no commuter traffic stopping by Seven Corners on their way home. Washington Avenue is still open and goes right north of downtown and into the Warehouse district, but both the downtown and the warehouse district are chock full of restaurants and business, and thus don't lose much traffic to Seven Corners. North and east of Seven Corners is the Mississsippi and the South is hamperd with an overpass. This is not an area for foot traffic. Too many major roads to cross. Logistics here are kindofa bitch.
The problem is, there are a fair amount of smallish bars and restaurants that are starting to suffer painfully from the lack of paying customers. It's not just happening at 7C, it happened in Dinkytown and Northeast, but those areas are recovering because they are residential areas that have a lot to offer. It's easy to draw people back. I'm concerned 7C isn't going to do as well. 7C has the Holiday Inn, but that is known to be the Red Cross location for victim's families and I don't know how many people are drawn to stay there right now.
If you have the chance, and are wanting to head out for a drink or maybe have some dinner, please consider Seven Corners. Jewel of India has really good Indian Food if you're down with that. Bullwinkle's is a bar there that's being hit hard. The Southern Theater has an experimental show every Saturday night at Midnight called Balls that is always really fun and interesting and last time I checked, your ticket to Balls got you a discount at Pizza Luce after the show. Go down there, spend a little money. Help em keep floating until we can work out a more permanent solution.
If you have any favorite Seven Corners businesses, let me know.
Aloha.
Well, um, we need to adjust that message a bit. It's time to go back to those neighborhoods. Not to gawk at all the river traffic and the stuff that's happening there, but to visit the businesses who are now finding themselves positioned at the ends of dead end roads. I'm talking specifically about the Seven Corners area of Minneapolis. It's on the south east side of the accident side. Still considered part of the University of Minnesota campus, it's houses buildings like the Law School and the Carlson School of Management. With school starting soon, yes, there will be more students in the area, but this is not an easy place to get to.
The 35W ramp for Washington Avenue is the main throughfare to get there when coming from the south, but with the road closed just north of that exit, there is no commuter traffic stopping by Seven Corners on their way home. Washington Avenue is still open and goes right north of downtown and into the Warehouse district, but both the downtown and the warehouse district are chock full of restaurants and business, and thus don't lose much traffic to Seven Corners. North and east of Seven Corners is the Mississsippi and the South is hamperd with an overpass. This is not an area for foot traffic. Too many major roads to cross. Logistics here are kindofa bitch.
The problem is, there are a fair amount of smallish bars and restaurants that are starting to suffer painfully from the lack of paying customers. It's not just happening at 7C, it happened in Dinkytown and Northeast, but those areas are recovering because they are residential areas that have a lot to offer. It's easy to draw people back. I'm concerned 7C isn't going to do as well. 7C has the Holiday Inn, but that is known to be the Red Cross location for victim's families and I don't know how many people are drawn to stay there right now.
If you have the chance, and are wanting to head out for a drink or maybe have some dinner, please consider Seven Corners. Jewel of India has really good Indian Food if you're down with that. Bullwinkle's is a bar there that's being hit hard. The Southern Theater has an experimental show every Saturday night at Midnight called Balls that is always really fun and interesting and last time I checked, your ticket to Balls got you a discount at Pizza Luce after the show. Go down there, spend a little money. Help em keep floating until we can work out a more permanent solution.
If you have any favorite Seven Corners businesses, let me know.
Aloha.