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by nate
September 27th, 2013, 5:07 pm
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: Lowertown Shed "panned"
Replies: 4
Views: 1170

Re: Lowertown Shed "panned"

Doesn't the Penfield have the same siding? 8-)
by nate
September 27th, 2013, 9:06 am
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: The Vintage (Selby and Snelling)
Replies: 136
Views: 67874

Re: Selby and Snelling

The Villager has a somewhat contradictory pair of articles on the development in this week's edition. The first talks about things going along smoothly, with approvals for zoning changes and conditional use permits granted, with minimal public comment. The second has a headline that implies a brewin...
by nate
September 24th, 2013, 2:05 pm
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: Wabasha Center (Former Macy's) - Downtown St. Paul
Replies: 211
Views: 63268

Re: Former Macy's Site

So after looking at the map, there is less open developable space in the central core of St Paul than I thought - I forget the CCLRT is cutting across a block. Other surface parking lots, like the one next to Metro Square, are somewhat on the edge of the core, not in the middle of it. So maybe a dev...
by nate
September 24th, 2013, 9:07 am
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: Wabasha Center (Former Macy's) - Downtown St. Paul
Replies: 211
Views: 63268

Re: Former Macy's Site

The arrival of Burlington Coat Factory tends to signify that a dying mall has "jumped the shark". I am in constant awe of slow-witted Dave Thune: City council Member Dave Thune has taken a dim view of the idea of a new office tower or apartments. In a June 7 email to Bedor, Thune asked th...
by nate
September 17th, 2013, 9:06 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Nicollet Mall
Replies: 1469
Views: 600959

Re: Nicollet Mall

^^^ Agree completely.

Also, pedestrianizing the mall would create the opportunity for really exceptional street/skyway connections, instead of tiny staircases shoehorned into the sidewalk.
by nate
September 9th, 2013, 7:11 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: LPM Apartments - (376' - 36 Stories)
Replies: 1522
Views: 305063

Re: LPM Apartments - (1368 LaSalle Avenue)

Image
If that's the 'wide' side of the tower, it's still going to look pretty slender when its done. Can't wait.
by nate
August 30th, 2013, 11:07 am
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: Lowry Hotel Building
Replies: 11
Views: 3314

Re: Lowry Hotel Building

The window assemblies on the at the corner have sliding door components, so I would guess a restaurant would be the target tenant. I walked by this morning and it truly does look far, far better. This corner really has great potential.
by nate
August 29th, 2013, 2:00 pm
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: Lowry Hotel Building
Replies: 11
Views: 3314

Re: Lowery Hotel Building

There's a lot of vacant street level retail space on this block. Hopefully it gets filled with something worthwhile. Hopefully it gets filled with something. :|
by nate
August 19th, 2013, 1:56 pm
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: Lost Project
Replies: 16
Views: 3955

Re: Lost Project

Downtown needs more visually appealing skyscrapers. It's no wonder that Saint Paul has such a poor, vacant CBD in comparison to Minneapolis. I recently spent the day in the Wells Fargo Center in Minneapolis, and what struck me is that just having a view of other attractive buildings is a status sym...
by nate
August 13th, 2013, 1:50 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line / Central Corridor construction thread (archive)
Replies: 1597
Views: 372938

Re: Green Line (Central)

I can't wait to see the ridership numbers once the line opens -- if nothing else, it will give us a real-world baseline to evaluate the engineer's projections. A lot of those numbers seem pretty low, to me. But I'm only going by gut instinct.
by nate
August 7th, 2013, 9:54 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Saint Paul Streetcar Study
Replies: 88
Views: 16460

Re: Saint Paul streetcar study

It’s been mentioned on this thread already, but a roughly U-shaped Rice-Payne or Rice-East 7th line really makes the most sense to me. It serves transit-dependent populations and hits areas of the city that could really use new development. It would also complement the Green Line quite nicely, for i...
by nate
July 25th, 2013, 9:05 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
Replies: 538
Views: 246736

Re: Red Line (Cedar BRT)

According to the Metro Transit schedule, there are 65 runs, each way, on a weekday. 130 runs, total.

6.13 riders/run.
by nate
July 18th, 2013, 12:32 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
Replies: 1360
Views: 392205

Re: MSP Airport

Are there capacity issues at MSP? This is the first I've heard of that, if so.
by nate
July 16th, 2013, 8:54 am
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: The Vintage (Selby and Snelling)
Replies: 136
Views: 67874

Re: Selby and Snelling

I've heard rumors that Whole Foods will be the grocery tenant, which makes sense to me. The current store is tiny and crowded, and the parking lot is almost always full and probably only has 50-60 spaces.
by nate
July 6th, 2013, 2:08 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
Replies: 1360
Views: 392205

Re: MSP Airport

The sultan's jumbo jet is parked by the Delta hangar at 494 and 24th. I was driving by earlier and couldn't think of a reason such a plane would be in town....thanks, Internet!
by nate
June 21st, 2013, 8:55 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line / Central Corridor construction thread (archive)
Replies: 1597
Views: 372938

Re: Green Line (Central)

University looks far, far better now than it did in 2006, when I moved here. The LRT is a huge factor, but so is the street reconstruction and sidewalk improvements that accompanied it. Even the much-maligned (by some people) walls between the tracks and the driving lanes make the street look more u...
by nate
May 15th, 2013, 11:33 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Vikings Stadium Miscellaneous Discussion
Replies: 1660
Views: 233018

Re: Vikings Stadium

Regarding the potential for shadows on the field - The Indianapolis and Houston stadiums have issues because the field isn't lit evenly - there are patches of very bright sun and very dark shadow that are very close to one another. TV cameras can't adjust to it, therefore its difficult to watch. I'm...
by nate
May 8th, 2013, 6:58 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Car Sharing / Rental (Car2Go, HourCar, etc.)
Replies: 235
Views: 58352

Re: Car Sharing

http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/05/car-sharing-services This seems like a good advancement on the car-sharing idea. With the reliability and flexibility of a system like this, I could imagine individuals ditching a private car entirely, or families going from two to one car. That would ...
by nate
April 26th, 2013, 8:25 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: 4Marq - 400 Marquette Ave (313' - 30 Stories)
Replies: 835
Views: 192562

Re: 4Marq - (400 Marquette Avenue)

I went to Seattle for the first time this January. They have terrific density and very active street life, but I don't think any given piece of architecture is noticeably better than what is being built here. I also think they way they relate to the Puget Sound shoreline is not nearly up to the leve...
by nate
March 1st, 2013, 11:08 am
Forum: Saint Paul
Topic: The Vintage (Selby and Snelling)
Replies: 136
Views: 67874

Re: Selby and Snelling

Ayd Mill Road would seem the logical candidate. It seems to have a lot of spare capacity but is difficult to get to from I94.