Talk:Uptown, Minneapolis

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  • "Southwest Minneapolis" refers to a specific part of Minneapolis, more so than "southwestern Minneapolis." Not that it's a big deal, so I'm not going to change it back. Mikepjones 16:31, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I get what you're saying, but there isn't any reason for "Southwest" to be capitalized in that term. There is no neighborhood designation known as Southwest Minneapolis; it's not even thought of as a hugely distinct area, like South Minneapolis (or, maybe even better yet, North Minneapolis), which arguably should or could be capitalized (though I wouldn't personally). By "Southwest Minneapolis," you're really saying the southwest quadrant of Minneapolis, or the southwestern part of the city. Since "southwestern" is the adjective form of "southwest," I think it's most correct. I'd be open to any comments. Moncrief 01:20, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)
    • I disagree. Southwest is a very particular designation for a large part of the city. It's not a quadrant. It's a collection of neighborhoods. It's referred to all the time, with caps. For example, here's one of my favorite papers, the Southwest Journal. dfrankow 00:38, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
      • It isn't referred to often in all caps. That is the title of a community newspaper, so by definition it is in caps (it's a title). Rarely in thoughtful literature is "Southwest" capped when referring to that area of the city. Moncrief 03:33, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Anyone from Uptown? I used to live there and try to make it back whenever I can. I was thinking that maybe we could take some pics of the area to post on the article. THX-1138

This article really needs help.. like some pictures of the area and actual links to the websites for some of the local businesses. I added several today. I don't have a user ID here yet, though. 12/18/2005.

Geographic Boundaries. I have lived in Minneapolis both in and near Uptown for 15 years. I don't think that anybody who actually lives in Minneapolis refers to the geographic boundaries of Uptown as broadly as they are described in this article. (at least to the north and east) The area mentioned covers many other well established neighborhoods like The Wedge, Lyn-Lake, and Kenwood. People who refer to Uptown this broadly are not from the area usually. I am going to edit that part of the description.

[edit] Business listings

Why are there so many businesses listed in this article? Rx StrangeLove 19:14, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Unless someone strongly objects I'm going to take most of them out, they don't serve any purpose and we're not a directory...Rx StrangeLove 19:25, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neighborhood or commercial district or area/place? And those who don't live there versus those who do

Okay, I consider myself Mpls savvy so let me propose this idea to mess up the article. Uptown is not an official neighborhood and those who OWN (not rent) in the proper neighborhoods (Lowry, Whittier, etc) don't consider themselves really part of an Uptown n'hood but identify closely to that of the actual neighborhoods. Let me be bold and say that the Uptown "neighborhood" is an idea perpetuated by the business association and unbeknowest Twin Citians and not the residents nor long-time Minneapolitans themselves. In this case, Uptown should only be referred to as say a "commercial district" or a "popular area" WITH a mention that people frequently confuse Uptown as a neighborhood because they do not understand the centuries-old history of Minneapolis neighborhoods. This is so that people on Wikipedia are not confused by the fact that our NRP has no mention of Uptown and realize Uptown is a creation of suburbanites. The wording such should be changed to reflect this. Similarly I've done this to the Lyn-Lake article which again is an admitted creation of their business association in order to get suburbanites more familiar with the area. I have nothing against district-identity (ie: Eat Street (Whittier), Broadway (Near North), Warehouse District (North Loop) but this is an important distinction to make. Davumaya 19:56, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Proposal to change it to "Uptown is a district of Minneapolis" Davumaya 20:01, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
  • I'm not so sure that Uptown is a "creation of suburbanites"; the Uptown Theater has been named as such since 1929, so the concept of Uptown has been around for awhile (it's also possible that the surrounding commercial district was named after the theater, but this would've occured long before postwar suburbanization). However, I have no problem with referring to uptown as a district; anybody that looks at the neighborhood map on the city website knows that Uptown isn't an official neighborhood (four different neighborhoods meet at Hennepin/Lake, often considered the heart of Uptown). Other articles on commercial districts in Minneapolis should be updated as well. Eco84 | Talk 16:34, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Apologies, I meant to say that today, the Uptown "neighborhood" is what mostly non-Minneapolitan proper people would call the area, not knowing of history. Yes I understand the Uptown area has existed for a long time, the uptown is a location of many major cities referring to a district just outside the CBD and generally up a slope. I live in Prospect Park and am miffed when people just generalize the entire area as the "University neighborhood" or an extension of Stadium Village. Anyway I (or you or whoever) will go ahead and edit the text. Davumaya 08:47, 26 August 2007 (UTC)