Update on the Southdale facade work, the mystery that's gripped the nation:

Sources tell me there's signage going up for a new restaurant. It looks as if the entire half of the old Dayton's store will be sheathed with a new front. What's left of the original design besides this? The stone around the ground floor of Herberger's, and some marble trim on the north side. That's how it goes; cities are in constant metamorphosis, to state the obvious. Consider this 1930 aerial view of Minneapolis:

The numbers were removed in 1941, and used for the war effort. It's from this new U of M site, which lets you study aerial views from decades past. The views of downtown can be mystifying, if you don't know what was there long ago; so many landmarks are gone. For example: this monster has been absent for decades. Its replacement is beautiful, so you can't lament its loss too much.

Related: photos of London in the 80s. Sad and tatty leftovers.

TECH If you're using a non-Google browser, this might make you switch to Chrome. Ars Technica:

Thank you. Now everyone do this please. I'm not a fan of ad block software, for obvious reasons; it pays the bills. But autoplay videos that start up after you've had the window open for a minute or so are the Speech of Satan.