- The world’s longest skyway crosses 28th Street and ends at Abbott-Northwestern–823 feet!
- Allina Health’s new building is 10 stories — 174 feet. Two times taller than the building at 27th & Chicago Ave which was to be the maximum for new buildings in the original Covenant with the Neighborhoods. Institutional Memory and Compliance is so short!
- The City of Mpls spends 250K clearing encampments annually.
- Meanwhile Children’s Hospital MN has four large buildings vacant on the entire block west of Block 5 that could have been used temporarily for housing while preparation is made for demolition and future site planning.
- The Ebenezer building at 26th & Portland was used temporarily by Our Saviour’s Housing while their building was being expanded; using creative partnership & financing.
Meanwhile:
- Allina Health has been purchased by Sutter Health from CA pending federal regulatory approval.
- Hennepin County Health Center, many small metro clinics, and out-state clinics and hospitals are struggling to stay open due to federal funds being withheld!
