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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 5h

HOLY COW! Students -- if you're not at @MNSPJ Intern Night 2025, you're missing out on the news media networking panel of the century! Free to attend, free pizza, free "speed dating" with these editors... and more are being added! MNSPJ.org has details here: www.mnspj.org/2025/10/12/a...

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 7h

I moved to Providence, RI in 1994, the early years of “Andre The Giant Has a Posse” — which has now morphed into “OBEY”

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 7h

Just showed this to the wife and one of my kids. Very interesting! Reminds me of that DJ who never shows his face. DJ what’s his name…

Brian Quarstad @brianquarstad.bsky.social · 17h

Here is an interesting video about KAW's and a comparison of his work to Andy Warhol's. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DOX...

The Visionary Art of KAWS: Beyond the Canvas

YouTube video by Pops' Hiking and Travel

www.youtube.com

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 8h

4 uniformed police officers and 3 civilian TRIP agents on my Green Line train. Say what you will about light rail, and I’ve said much, but it has upped its game when it comes to public safety. I used to call Metro Transit spokespeople and they’d say, “Well, we have cameras…” There’s real eyes now.

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 1d

The Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL) held a mayoral forum in St. Paul last week, and here's the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTn4...

2025 St Paul Mayoral Cadidate Forum

YouTube video by Future of Us

www.youtube.com

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 1d

Riots and then McGuire himself forced Peking Garden to move, and some have never forgiven him for it. This is a mixed area. The idea that the Midway is poor and can only sustain McDonald‘s irks me. And I say that as someone who mourns the recent loss of our McDonald’s. If W7 can have Hope Breakfast…

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmm. I’m on Charles, 2 blocks from this site. I can think of probably half a dozen couples in those blocks alone that would gladly sit down for a brunch, working lunch or night out at a decent cafe. We have Gingko’s which is hopping and had Groundswell which got business before the fire.

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 1d

CLUES expands into a former First Lutheran Church building in Dayton’s Bluff…and brings in a business incubator offering 3-year contracts to 4 start-up businesses: Spanish immersion daycares www.twincities.com/2025/10/11/s...

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 2d

NEW USE FOR A CHURCH-ADJACENT BUILDING: After $1.5 million acquisition, Latino social services organization CLUES moves food shelf, four new family childcare operators into former First Lutheran education building in Dayton’s Bluff www.twincities.com/2025/10/11/s...

St. Paul: CLUES moves food service, child care into former church site

The Maria Avenue building was sold to CLUES a year ago for $1.5 million.

www.twincities.com

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 3d

TYPE-O: Negotiations with Madison Equities were a “collaborative” process, not an “elaborative process.” That’s the last time* I do phone interviews from a parked car at Babani’s while a late lunch and a mayoral candidate are waiting for me inside.

Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 3d

A downtown nonprofit with key ties to City Hall and major St. Paul employers just bought the Alliance Bank Center. Next steps could take a year: www.twincities.com/2025/10/10/d...

Downtown St. Paul: Nonprofit acquires vacant Alliance Bank Center

The St. Paul Downtown Development Corporation will spend the next year evaluating redevelopment options.

www.twincities.com

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 3d

Took me a bit but yes, Arby’s has the meats, BK has the beef, Sydney Sweeney has the bodacious blue-eyed genes and Fred has the renderings… The future Midway Diner. The four-story TreeHouse office building that will house a French bakery. A 1-acre park lined by Bailey’s Nursery flower gardens…

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 3d

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 3d

What's the future, real and imagined, of the United Village development around Allianz Field? Plans call for a French bakery, Italian pizzeria, acre-sized flower garden, lover's/family-style ice rink, modern art, and maybe a daycare, housing and more twincities.com/2025/10/10/p... via
@pioneerpress

Plans for St. Paul’s Allianz Field: A bakery, pizzeria, garden, ice rink

Regardless of what dreams may come, construction equipment is on the ground turning earth for three new structures.

twincities.com

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 3d

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 3d

What's the future, real and imagined, of the United Village development around Allianz Field? Plans call for a French bakery, Italian pizzeria, acre-sized flower garden, lover's/family-style ice rink, modern art, and maybe a daycare, housing and more twincities.com/2025/10/10/p... via
@pioneerpress

Plans for St. Paul’s Allianz Field: A bakery, pizzeria, garden, ice rink

Regardless of what dreams may come, construction equipment is on the ground turning earth for three new structures.

twincities.com

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 3d

A downtown nonprofit with key ties to City Hall and major St. Paul employers just bought the Alliance Bank Center. Next steps could take a year: www.twincities.com/2025/10/10/d...

Downtown St. Paul: Nonprofit acquires vacant Alliance Bank Center

The St. Paul Downtown Development Corporation will spend the next year evaluating redevelopment options.

www.twincities.com

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 3d

Endorsed by FireFighters Local 21

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 3d

Front door

Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 3d

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 3d

Could be big…

Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 3d

What's the future, real and imagined, of the United Village development around Allianz Field? Plans call for a French bakery, Italian pizzeria, acre-sized flower garden, lover's/family-style ice rink, modern art, and maybe a daycare, housing and more twincities.com/2025/10/10/p... via
@pioneerpress

Plans for St. Paul’s Allianz Field: A bakery, pizzeria, garden, ice rink

Regardless of what dreams may come, construction equipment is on the ground turning earth for three new structures.

twincities.com

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 3d

What's the future, real and imagined, of the United Village development around Allianz Field? Plans call for a French bakery, Italian pizzeria, acre-sized flower garden, lover's/family-style ice rink, modern art, and maybe a daycare, housing and more twincities.com/2025/10/10/p... via
@pioneerpress

Plans for St. Paul’s Allianz Field: A bakery, pizzeria, garden, ice rink

Regardless of what dreams may come, construction equipment is on the ground turning earth for three new structures.

twincities.com

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 3d

A downtown nonprofit with key ties to City Hall and major St. Paul employers just bought the Alliance Bank Center. Next steps could take a year: www.twincities.com/2025/10/10/d...

Downtown St. Paul: Nonprofit acquires vacant Alliance Bank Center

The St. Paul Downtown Development Corporation will spend the next year evaluating redevelopment options.

www.twincities.com

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 4d

I just picked my kid up from school on a Metro Transit bus and now I’m heading to Allianz Field on a Metro Transit bus. Ask me anything.

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 4d

The vote was not unanimous. Regent James Farnsworth, who represents the district, called the arrangement “convoluted” this week and opposed transferring ownership outside of the university itself.

Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 4d

The historic Eastcliff house in St. Paul — the U of M president’s mansion — will be sold to a nonprofit foundation for $2.2 million, and then leased back rent-free to the U of M. Here’s how that works, and what the U gets out of it: www.twincities.com/2025/10/09/u...

UMN regents vote 9-2 to transfer Eastcliff to the university foundation

The $2.2 million sale will allow the foundation to lease the 20-room structure back to the university on a 40-year lease, rent-free.

www.twincities.com

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 4d

The historic Eastcliff house in St. Paul — the U of M president’s mansion — will be sold to a nonprofit foundation for $2.2 million, and then leased back rent-free to the U of M. Here’s how that works, and what the U gets out of it: www.twincities.com/2025/10/09/u...

UMN regents vote 9-2 to transfer Eastcliff to the university foundation

The $2.2 million sale will allow the foundation to lease the 20-room structure back to the university on a 40-year lease, rent-free.

www.twincities.com

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 5d

The St. Paul Federation of Educators have just weighed in: facebook.com/SPFT28

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Frederick Melo, Reporter (TwinCities.com, Pioneer Press) @frederickmelo.bsky.social · 5d

With violent crime falling toward a 10-year low, Brooke Blakey, the first director of St. Paul's Office of Neighborhood Safety, to step down. www.twincities.com/2025/10/07/b... Story by @MaraGottfried

First director of St. Paul’s Office of Neighborhood Safety stepping down

Brooke Blakey says it’s time to pass the baton.

www.twincities.com

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