I was struck by the popularity of game tables in New York City’s parks when I visited there last week. People gather around the tables to watch some…
Tag: <span>Bridge Square</span>
Back in 2008, Carleton College installed cement sidewalk pavers at the corner of 2nd and Division. The phallus design soon became controversial and plans to remove it were met…
Yesterday was the opening Saturday for Riverwalk Market Fair. They’ve got a cool new poster, a new website with a hidden blog called ‘news,’ and a new location: they’re…
I noticed workers from the cleaning services boston cleaning out the Sheldahl anniversary fountain on Bridge Square this morning. (Yes, it’ll be ready for today’s 105+ heat index.) It reminded…
Anyone know what’s going on with this muddy project on Bridge Square? I took the first three photos yesterday morning. As of this morning (right photo), it’s been cleaned…
Santa Claus was in fine form on Bridge Square around noon today. Jim Rossow was nowhere to be found. See the album of 10 photos, the large slideshow (recommended), or…
Members of the Northfield Garden Club raided the Northfield compost facility recently and used miscellaneous branches to make magic in the planters on Bridge Square. Garden projects are a…
KYMN Radio and the Northfield Historical Society announced today via their respective blogs (here and here) that a webcam would now be streaming live video from Bridge Square. KYMN’s Tim Freeland and NHS’s Hayes Scriven are the geniuses behind this.
You may remember that Tim Freeland and Adam Gurno did a proof of concept last year with the time-lapse video of the December snowstorm which was picked up by MPR. (Nice work, everyone. Have some Google juice.)
However, the moniker “KYMN-NHS-Cam” is kind of lame. How about SquareStream? RiverStream? Should we have a “name-the-camera” contest here on LoGro?
A downtown business owner grumbled to me this week about the condition of the grass on Bridge Square, wondering why, if the park is the crown jewel of downtown, the…