[Mpls] Hooters to Block E?

[Mike]

Thank you Loki!
Block E was razed years ago because some people felt uncomfortable there.
Those people were not forced to be there. It was just another case of the
tyranny of the minority in my opinion. I'm a small person, physically
speaking, and I never had a problem on that block as it was before it was
razed. I miss Moby Dicks, The Best Steak House, Rifle Sport, Bradys,
Shinders, the Italian restaurant on the 7th St. side that I cannot remember
the name of now. 
When the block was destroyed, it was with the expectation that crime, and
"unsavory people" would disappear. What happened was that they just moved.
Jerseys on Lake St. and Sunnys on Chicago are two places that got much worse
as far as I know. I live on the South side. I can't tell you about other
parts of town, but it was obvious here. City Center also had their share of
problems.

Obviously, I'm not saying that there weren't problems on Block E, but the
way it was dealt with was silly in my opinion. 
They tore down a couple of bars, a game arcade, a bookstore, a hotel, some
restaurants, and what did they put up after years of focus groups and
experts giving their all?
A couple bars, a game arcade, a bookstore, a hotel and some restaurants.
Oh, but they're all beige just like the suburbs. That makes it OK.
Has anyone else noticed the crime map in the Downtown Journal?
It seems that there's a trend toward assaults outside the Hardrock Café.
Where's that? 
Block E, or as I call it, Block Eh.

Mike Nelson
Central neighborhood
Peoples Republic of Minneapolis




-----Original Message-----
From: mpls-bounces at mnforum.org [mailto:mpls-bounces at mnforum.org] On Behalf
Of Loki Anderson
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 12:26 PM
To: Mpls Issues List
Subject: RE: [Mpls] Hooters to Block E?

The objection to this particular business being in Block E is pretty silly.
Yeah, it's tacky to have a bar whose main claim to fame is its waitresses in
short shorts and tight t's, but within two or three blocks of Block E you
have two heterto-male-oriented strip clubs (the Skyway Lounge and, Natalie
Johnson-Lee's favorite, Augie's) plus a couple gay clubs that regularly
feature male dancers dressed only in thongs. 
 
Note to the Council: Hennepin Avenue is already tacky with or without
Hooter's.
 
Loki Anderson
Downtown

richard carney <carneyra at comcast.net> wrote:
I did enjoy CM Goodman's quote that "Hooters is just so tacky".

This is "Block E" we're talking about...right?


Richard Carney
St. Paul (still waiting for the ESPN Zone to open)


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