Raising the pane threshold on the skyway

Replacing a pane of glass on the skyway between the Government Center and the US Bank Plaza. The worker on the right is convinced I am with OSHA. The whole thing had a kind of raising the flag on Iwo Jima feel to it.

Pane management on the skyway

Replacing a pane of glass on skyway between Government Center and US Bank Plaza, with reflections of the bank interior.

Pane management on the skyway

Replacing a pane of glass on the skyway between the Government Center and the US Bank Plaza. With reflections of the interior traffic.

Day after the opener

Skyway between IDS and Gaviidae Common, 2 out of 3 people watch the Twins Fans headed for the Target Field.

The shroud of pigeon

A bird, probably a pigeon, smacked into the glass of the west skyway out of the IDS center, and left this ghostly image of itself. When I first noticed it, I thought it was a bat. On closer inspection, it looked like a small medieval demon. Finally it looked like the unfortunate pigeon that it actually was.

Twins Opener

A fan poses with the Kirby Puckett statue.

Twins opener

From the skyway, the opening of the controversial open-air Target Field was a muted spectacle. On the ground it was the State Fair without the odors. After the opening it wasn't controversial anymore.  Everyone I talked to or read loves it.  It made me realize the skyways and the ballfield are both examples of public-private collaboration that seem improbable or wrong at some point in their careers, but can have positive outcomes that defy any textbook or ideological assumptions.