Lake Harriet bandshell color creates blue debate

• A color mockup was on display at an open house on Saturday, but didn't look very blue.

Yes, but: The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board warned us this new shade wouldn't resemble the bandshell's bolder blue from the 1990s, before it was painted its current beige in 2004.

• That's because the building's cedar shingles tend to gray with age and designers believe the Bluestone color will complement them as they weather, the Park Board said.

What they're saying: Steve Brandt, who led a petition to repaint the bandshell to blue, said the paint job looked bluer when he sat it in a shop under artificial light. "We can do better," he wrote to Axios in an email.

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Of note: Renovations of the bandshell are scheduled for this year.