Talk:Bloomington, Minnesota

1980s onward
I think this article needs more content about the period 1980s onward. Besides the construction of the mall, what other milestones are important in Bloomington's history during this period?

Some ideas for discussion

1. Construction of Blue Line (Hiawatha LRT)

2. Development of Normandale Lake Office Park

3. Development of Bloomington Central Station

4. Development of arts organizations in Bloomington

5. Retention of airport in current location

6. Growth of hospitality industry as important factor in city economy

Beyond development focus, what other changes/events during that period are meaningful/illustrative?

1. Bloomington's involvement in workplace smoking restrictions

2. Controversy over Muslim Community Center — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevep001 (talk • contribs) 12:51, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Pictures
I'd like to take some photos for this article, but I'm not sure where to get a good shot that would typify Bloomington. Any suggestions..? All I've got so far is views from the top of the Mall of America parking ramp or from the Cedar Avenue bridge. --Patteroast 22:25, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

1. Facing west from western Mendota Heights along 494.

2. 106th Street Bridge over the creek.

3. Facing north across Normandale Lake at 8x00 towers.

Umm as someone who grew up in Bloomington east near Lyndale & 82nd, a picture of the Normandale towers would not be a good overall representative of the city. My suggestion is:


 * 98th and Lyndale (cloverleaf mall/oxboro)-- I always saw this as the downtown even before they replaced the clock tower and beautified.
 * Anywhere near West Old Shakopee would also be very Bloomingtonesque, ie stretch of road with old city hall and Nile Mile Creek in the pic.
 * I always remembered wetland-looking ponds and lakes to be a common sight anywhere in the city. Bush Lake with the beach would be a fair picture tho without the million dollar homes.
 * What outsiders see as B-town is probably more related to the 494 interchange with 35W.

MOA is not exactly Bloomington in what most of us would think of it as and especially after they widened and reconfigured the 494/Cedar interchange when it was built. Bloomington was a populous city even before MOA came along, it was sort of like icing on the cake. Tho I imagine it's the most prominent. But consider when u go to MOA do you ever even see a house or anything. .:DavuMaya:. 16:33, 10 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The new boardwalk by normandale collage? Twineeea (talk) 22:46, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Old Town Hall
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The 1892 building still stands (at least it did the last time I drove past it). The 1964 building was demolished and they're building condos there. The 2003 building is the sprawling structure with the blue roof. Of course, I've been wrong before. On a daily basis. --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 04:42, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Maybe I just don't know which building is which, lol. I know the condos are being built where the old city hall used to be; I live next door to it. But I'm not sure if there's an 1800s "town hall" nearby. There's a building across from Oak Grove Church (Gideon Pond), but I thought that was just a museum.--Stonesour025 07:40, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

The museum is in fact the old town hall. Check out

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Bloomington political
(discussion copied from User:Appraiser's talk page) I don't think too many people are going dispute Ramstad is a moderate Republican, I am more curious what makes that particular study so authoritative. Plus are we going to have every political group/cause/interest group that ranks members of congress as either being conservative or liberal pro or con to their agendas listed as well. I believe saying that he is a moderate Republican is fine. I doubt someone will come along and ask for source or citiation for that Smith03 02:42, 12 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I am not particularly married to that particular study which ranks Ramstad as 20% progressive. When looking for evaluations of representatives based on voting records, I found two: the aforementioned one, and another, run by a conservative group.  It ranks Ramstad as 79% conservative.  So, they essentially agree.  People don't argue much about Ramstad, but they do argue voraciously about representatives like Kline and Ellison.  I make a point not to write anything that may be controversial without adding a reputable citation or two.  And if the evaluations varied much between these two sources, I'd try to find another in order to avoid unsubstantiated claims and maintain NPOV.  In order to be somewhat consistent with all of Minnesota's reps, I've cited the reference, even for the uncontroversial Ramstad. --Appraiser 16:15, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

"restore citation justifying the word "moderte" - it indicates where the city is on the political spectrum) " Also your logic is a bit off in sense it show where the city is on the political scale as Ramstad is elected by the whole 3rd district not just Bloomington. Also a conservative Republican is  going to vote him over a Democrat. A better indication would be to look at the state house and senate. As someone who lives in Bloomington I would say that Bloomington as a whole is pretty moderate the east tend to vote Dem and the west tends to vote GOP. We are pretty purple, but then you have to keep in mind there is a difference between social and economic conservatives/liberals. I would state the east side is probably more liberal on economic issues but more conservative on social issues. The West is probably more conservative on economic and maybe more split on social, but that is my assumptions based on people I know from around town. Smith03 02:42, 12 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I think all of the major city articles should have a Politics section. I agree that it would be better to talk about the politics of the state legislators, but I have yet to find a source that has evaluated them in the same way.  Your analysis of the variations between east and west Bloomington would be a fine addition, if you have a reliable source to back up whatever claims you want to make.  In the meantime, I don't see any reason to delete a citation on a statement that some reader in the future may doubt.  What is you agendum in doing so?--Appraiser 16:15, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

History improvements
I've been taking out some minor points and combining them into more comprehensive text. Still a little unsure how to characterize Bloomington in the later 20th century whether development is merely because it's really close to Minneapolis with a big highway (aka natural growth) or whether Bloomington really did anything special for itself. .:DavuMaya:. 21:46, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

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Skyline?
I went to high school in Bloomigton but I never knew it to have a "skyline"! Sca (talk) 19:26, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * LOL, Bloomington is very spread out. Where the "skyline" is also the part of Btown that doesn't have any houses and no reason for you to go there. And you can only see it from a distance, that is the best view is from south of the river. I always thought our "skyline" was all those tall buildings near 494 and near the Edina border. .:DavuMaya:. 16:49, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

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