The 102-year-old Third Avenue Bridge linking downtown Minneapolis with northeast Minneapolis carries 20,000 vehicles per day Author: John Croman Updated: 7:31 AM CST January 4, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS If you re one of the thousands of people who cross the Mississippi River everyday using the Third Avenue Bridge, get ready for two years of detours.
The historic span is being closed to traffic beginning Monday, Jan. 4, as part of MnDOT s $130 million renovation project - an effort to make it safer and easier to use for all kinds of traffic. We know it’s an inconvenience to have that bridge closed for as long as it’s going to be closed, but we do need to take care of it, David Aeikens of MnDOT told KARE.
Fugazi, Hold Steady, more contribute tracks to help save Minneapolis club First Avenue
Avenue, which you have probably seen in Prince s
Purple Rain, celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. Like most independent clubs, though, it s been having trouble staying afloat through the pandemic. A group of concerned Minneapolis citizens have organized
First Love Project to help First Avenue, and its sister club 7th St Entry, make it through these very tough times.
First Love Project is putting together music compilations, and the first features rare tracks from
Fugazi, Drive-by Truckers, Thurston Moore, Atmosphere, The Hold Steady, The Jayhawks, Jeff Tweedy, Dessa, Soul Asylum, Har Mar Superstar and more. It s $25 for a year subscription that allows you to stream and download all the music that gets added to the project via Bandcamp. You can check out the tracklist for Vol 1 below.