Playing Downtown Minneapolis Parking Roulette “You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?'” –Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry The confusing, contradictory parking sign — make that signs — might as well have been hieroglyphics (or maybe an especially sadistic SAT question). But the choice parking spot directly in front of Black Sheep Pizza (in the...Read More
“Penny $2.50 Wise, Pound Foolish” To raise truly piddling amounts of revenue — I paid $2.50 to park for 90 minutes* or so the other week — downtown Minneapolis merchants are easily foregoing 3x or even 10x times that in sales revenue (my very conservative estimate). So, instead of navigating the maddening system of remote...Read More
8th Time is the Charm?No, downtown Minneapolis doesn’t literally have “Keep Out” signs posted on its perimeter. But it might as well have. I just returned from a (thankfully rare) appointment downtown, and spent double the time it took me to get downtown, about 10 minutes, looking for parking once I got there. Thanks to...Read More
