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Bill Lindeke

Bill Lindeke

Bill Lindeke, Ph.D., is an urban geographer and writer who focuses on how our environments shape our lives. He teaches at the University of Minnesota in the Urban Studies program.

For Twin Cities downtowns, it’s evolve or bust

By: - June 13, 2022

The Dayton’s Project was announced to great hoopla in 2018, promising to bring life to one of downtown Minneapolis’ most iconic properties. A developer team was going to rehab the 120-year-old building into a mixed-use office, retail and food hall, marking a resurrection for the mothballed department store. It was welcome news because Dayton’s holds […]