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High Line

New York’s “High Line” vs. Minneapolis’ “Low Line” (aka Midtown Greenway)

KIX Field in South Minneapolis The most impressive thing (to me) about KIX field in South Minneapolis wasn’t the throng of kids and families on the field last night. And it wasn’t the brilliant bank of lights illuminating the field after dark, or the  lush playing surface. What most impressed me was that the field...
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Left, But Not THAT Far Left

Manhattan Politics (Or Not) If you didn’t know, the most liberal cities in America (besides 99% Democratic/Green Minneapolis) include Berkeley, Cambridge, Beverly Hills, and Manhattan (odd group, that). Within Manhattan, the most liberal neighborhood is quite possibly the village (as in “Greenwich Village”). So, while strolling the High Line earlier this week and taking in...
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Street Theatre vs. Street AS Theatre

Manhattan’s High Line There is street theater. And then there’s “street as theater.” My favorite part of the eminently satisfying High Line — Manhattan’s answer to the Midtown Greenway (and then some!) — is an area with five rows of stadium seats, all looking towards a stage with a transparent, plexiglass curtain behind it. On...
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