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- There are 5 posts — by 5 authors — in this topic.
- Latest post made by Bruce Johansen at May 06 20:17 UTC
Hi Bernie and all,
How about:
Franklin Avenue: River's Way
or
Franklin Avenue: Avenue of Kings (reference to
King's Fair)
or
Franklin Avenue: Neighborhood Street (reference to Franklin
as connector of neighborhoods)
or
Franklin Avenue: The Peoples' Street (many different
people live along the Avenue)
or
Franklin Avenue: Market Street (referencing
former Riverside Market and now Seward Coop)
So maybe this will help get everyone else fired up to come up with
other options.
Hope everyone is well.
Dave
Dave Gagne
3517 E. 26th Street
I add a thought here with a small caution - while Bernie was good to note that
the moniker would be used to get the conversation going and used during a
planning process - it will likely get some legs if there is to be a public
process and that means people will start to 'own' it so that changing it later,
if some better moniker turns up, could be harder - my suggestion is to try and
not capture the 'nature' of Franklin or the "marketing" approaches at this
point and assume this will emerge out of the process - if you need a moniker
for now, what if you did something simple like Franklin Ave - Main Street of
Seward
some of Dave G's suggestions would likely work this way too
thanks for those of y'all leading this
Dave Mann
Following up on your suggestion, I submit the following variation of
your simple moniker.
*Franklin Avenue, Heart of the Seward Neighborhood*
To stimulate discussion and reaction, I also submit the following
variations:
*Franklin Avenue, Main Street of the Best Inner City Neighborhood in
the Minneapolis
Franklin Avenue, Gateway to the Most Multi-Cultured Neighborhood in
the City
Franklin Avenue, Gathering Place of Many Cultures
Franklin Avenue, Gathering of Neighbors from Many Cultures*
Hey All -
Here's what I was thinking:
Franklin is - Arts Ave
Seward neighborhood's artistic avenue...
Borrowing from the Nicollet them a bit.
Here's a list of just some of the many artistically oriented businesses along
Franklin between Minnehaha and the river by category:
Visual Arts
Wing Young Huie photo art gallery
Joan of Art
Close Associate Architects
Theatrical/Entertainment Arts
Playwright Center
Movement Arts Center
Craft Arts
Hoffman Guitars
Northern Clay Center
Culinary Arts
Raja's Muhal Indian Restaurant
Himalaya Nepalese Restaurant
Blue Nile Ethiopian Restaurant
Seward Cafe
I like the Arts Ave moniker. It draws attention to the many arts-oriented
businesses along Franklin. Since I find cafes to be an important element of
any local arts scene--among other things they often double as gallery
spaces--I think it's important to add 2nd Moon Coffee Cafe, one of my
favorite neighborhood hangouts, to your list. Also, as people continue
brainstorming about all of this, I'd like to recommend Jay Walljasper's The
Great Neighborhood Book: A Do-it-Yourself Guide to Placemaking. I just
picked it up and can tell already that it could be a useful tool for
discussion--and action.
Bruce Johansen