Name this old Dayton's Location!

Can you identify this location?

I found it in a 1947 newspaper. I had no idea Dayton's set up shop there. Answer at the bottom.

In related Strib news:

That's from an ad the Star-Tribune's "What Makes a Newspaper Great?" series, which ran nationally for four years. One of the things that made us Great was the Minnesota Poll, which found all sorts of interesting facts:

13% of Minnesotans weren't happy they were born? Wonder what it's like now. I'd bet you get 96% on that question answering "Glad." Why, otherwise the world would be deprived of wonderful Us.

I'm digitizing the whole series, so expect a few more from time to time. They ran in Time, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, and other national publications.

I've no idea why.

How do you prepare to be scared, exactly? Doesn't the act of pre-fright prep diminish the amount of scaring you'll receive? It's as if NPR is making a legal disclaimer in case someone complains in the comments.

Of course, what idiot would complain in the comments about the secondary effects of a YouTube video? For example: this remarkable video has gotten 2 million hits, because people cannot believe there are people who have decided to wear Superman Emulation Machines and dive from the sky into skyscraper crevasses.

The comment section is a scrolling encomium to human ingenuity and bravery, as well as the marvels of the modern age that permit ordinary folk to have extraordinary moments - and share them with millions of people! Just kidding; the comments start out like this:

That's right: it's the fault of YouTube and the uploaders for this woman's six-year-old jumping off the roof. Well, let's take a look at the author's channel, where she posts Poser 8 recreations of the "Exorcist" movie. Just because. Why, look at what happens right here.

You didn't know the Exorcist took place in a Manhattan skyscraper, did you?

What sort of tender souls does NPR believe visits its pages?

SPRING BREAK Disneyworld update, in case you're heading to Florida:

I sigh with fellow-feeling for anyone who's there and wants warmth. Also, the Magic Kingdom hit capacity around noon and started turning away people who just showed up without tickets. It'll reopen later, as it did yesterday, but a reminder: PLAN AHEAD.

In a few years, there will be a new attraction - or rather an old one, redesigned. Disney Springs. It's an overhaul of Downtown Disney, doubling the number of shops, restaurants, and other attractions. Looks great. You'd hope that the greater number of restaurants means they'll increase capacity, but it'll probably mean the usual Disney wait. Last time we were at Downtown Disney we ate at a fish-and-chips joint made to look like a real Irish place based on Real Irish Place. After I'd ordered I got a number on a stick. 97. I watched the kitchen to see what was coming out.

NUMBER 21.

The drawings look like it'll be more "retro" than the current version, which is starting to look like a 80s "power center" outdoor mall. Can't wait, realy.

ARCHITECTURE The most brutal review of a building I've read in some time. Then again, the author appears to be in favor of buildings that "dramatically unsettle" the occupant, so perhaps he's annoyed the museum spaces aren't claustrophobic warrens with Caligari-style perspective.

It's the Perot Museum of Science, by the way, and from this story it does seem to offer inadvertent finger removal. Which would be dramatically unsettling. WARNING! Story has picture of a hand without a finger. Brace yourself. Do not click. In fact turn off the computer and go walk into a closet and stay there until the crisis has passed and the internet is over.

The architecture firm's site is intriguing; I think I disklike about everything they do. Like this. I have nightmares about things like that. With hair on the top, no less. Says the explanation:

Uh huh. I'm sure it does. They're also quite proud of this:

Lovely.

ANSWER: Of course, that's the space beneath the ramp that goes up to the Grandstand. It's unused now; the Pioneer Press had it for a few years, and I remember doing some booth work there. People came for the cool shade; people left because of the musty dankness. All that concrete holds the memories of decades of rain.