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- September 24th, 2015, 11:50 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Holidazzle Market
- Replies: 148
- Views: 16036
Re: Holidazzle Market
I'm just happy I won't have to try and lug a stroller in and out of a terraced pit.
- September 11th, 2015, 10:33 am
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Saint Paul - General Topics
- Replies: 696
- Views: 427577
Re: Saint Paul - General Topics
http://www.startribune.com/st-paul-considers-installing-parking-meters-in-neighborhood-commercial-areas/325519021/ Coleman wants parking meters in commercial nodes. Cue neighborhood freakout with all the expected cries of "nobody will shop here anymore!", "people will just go to Rosed...
- August 21st, 2015, 7:43 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Suburbs - General Topics
- Replies: 1138
- Views: 384874
Re: Suburbs - General Topics
I'm reminded of a joke. A biologist, a chemist, and a physicist are going for a walk in the country and pass a cow. Looking for something to talk about, the biologists begins describing the evolutionary adaptations and mating behaviors of the modern cow. The chemist responds by explaining how the en...
- August 20th, 2015, 8:31 am
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: Soccer Stadium in Minneapolis (cancelled)
- Replies: 1001
- Views: 190599
Re: Major League Soccer Stadium in Minnesota
It's also worth noting that there are several flat-out inaccuracies there. McGuire, for instance, WAS with Coleman when the author claims he was talking with Hennepin County.
- August 12th, 2015, 8:06 am
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: Soccer Stadium in Minneapolis (cancelled)
- Replies: 1001
- Views: 190599
Re: Major League Soccer Stadium in Minnesota
Eric did a great job. (I ran the transportation/parking discussion groups) As for gaining steam...I don't know. We had that meeting last night because the district council desperately wants to get some sort of neighborhood feedback before it's too late. The mayor's office hasn't told us a single thi...
- July 23rd, 2015, 8:09 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Transit and Land Use Advocacy
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1922
Re: Transit and Land Use Advocacy
Anyone else organizing a National Night Out event? They are good opportunities to talk to people about land use and transportation issues. I had some good conversations about permit parking and recerting 26th/28th to two-way operation last year. What specific issues would you all like to talk to yo...
- July 21st, 2015, 12:22 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Rumors: A Historical Record of Mystery
- Replies: 1127
- Views: 204591
Re: Rumors: A Historical Record of Mystery
70 stories? That'll sure show those bumpkins in Chicago!
As soon as we build it and then sneak in and burn down Willis Tower, the John Hancock Center, Trump International, Aon Center, Aqua, Water Tower Place, and The Legacy at Millenium Park...
As soon as we build it and then sneak in and burn down Willis Tower, the John Hancock Center, Trump International, Aon Center, Aqua, Water Tower Place, and The Legacy at Millenium Park...
- July 15th, 2015, 10:36 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
- Replies: 430
- Views: 165870
Re: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
Snark aside, Cam's argument is just really weak. Governments large and small regulate all sorts of things large and small. Nobody is going to decide not to build an apartment building just because they have to hand out a notecard they're not even paying for, and as EOst says, there is a very real an...
- July 15th, 2015, 3:25 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
- Replies: 430
- Views: 165870
Re: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
Yep, it's easy. Got it. Apparently it strikes nobody else as ridiculous that we're going to force landlords to become part of our election process, so carry on. Let's start brainstorming some other simple things that we can force other people to do, because we're just trying to do good! I agree, la...
- July 15th, 2015, 12:32 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
- Replies: 430
- Views: 165870
Re: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
Won't somebody please think of the poor landlords! They're going to have to print out whole sheets of paper once in a while. This is so onerous that I'd be surprised if any apartments are built in Minneapolis ever again. Whole sheets! Sometimes a dozen! Do you have any idea how many nickels that wil...
- July 14th, 2015, 2:29 pm
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: The Vintage (Selby and Snelling)
- Replies: 136
- Views: 66232
Re: The Vintage (Selby and Snelling)
Embarrassing confession time. I can see the building from my bedroom window as I type this. I've taken a couple dozen photos of the Vintage as it's gone up at various stages, but I've been too lazy to set up an account somewhere to upload them and link here.
- July 14th, 2015, 2:26 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: Soccer Stadium in Minneapolis (cancelled)
- Replies: 1001
- Views: 190599
Re: Major League Soccer Stadium in Minnesota
Free? As I understand it, the Met Council has every intention of getting fair market value for their parcel. That was my understanding as well. I'm not necessarily opposed to the stadium going in at the bus barn site, but I'm also not super comfortable with the argument that a currently tax exempt ...
- July 11th, 2015, 11:04 am
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: Soccer Stadium in Minneapolis (cancelled)
- Replies: 1001
- Views: 190599
Re: Major League Soccer Stadium in Minnesota
My completely uninformed guess would be that it's closer to double than 10% just because of the amount of weight the piers would be carrying, but I don't know that for sure. I'd love to see a freeway cap there (in fact, it's something that some of us have been pestering UPDC and MNDoT about at Snell...
- July 10th, 2015, 8:05 am
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: Soccer Stadium in Minneapolis (cancelled)
- Replies: 1001
- Views: 190599
Re: Major League Soccer Stadium in Minnesota
Are you talking about building it over 94 or on the other side of 94? The former is cost prohibitive, and the latter wouldn't work for several reasons. First, it's too far from the northern and western portions of the redevelopment for potential tenants to feel comfortable. Second, the western side ...
- July 10th, 2015, 7:04 am
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: Soccer Stadium in Minneapolis (cancelled)
- Replies: 1001
- Views: 190599
Re: Major League Soccer Stadium in Minnesota
I'm not sure I'd call those "superblocks" either. Google Earth tells me blocks around Lynlake are .12 miles on the long side. Almost nothing in the Midway plan would be that long between intersections (the only exception being that long, skinny southern block, which would presumably now be...
- July 10th, 2015, 5:47 am
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: Soccer Stadium in Minneapolis (cancelled)
- Replies: 1001
- Views: 190599
Re: Major League Soccer Stadium in Minnesota
Thinking outside the box is great when you aren't the one spending money (or losing it). I'd love to see a clearcut approach, but it's simply never going to happen. RK Midway needs to make money, and this project is only ever going to happen over time. Big Top and the bank will be redeveloped long b...
- July 9th, 2015, 3:29 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: Soccer Stadium in Minneapolis (cancelled)
- Replies: 1001
- Views: 190599
Re: Major League Soccer Stadium in Minnesota
As a reference for plans that have been discussed by the involved parties, a rough vision of new street placement can be found on page 35 of the UIG TOD study: http://stpaul.gov/DocumentCenter/View/73774. The Spruce Tree extension across Snelling and the creation of a city road where the thru-way cu...
- July 6th, 2015, 3:34 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: Soccer Stadium in Minneapolis (cancelled)
- Replies: 1001
- Views: 190599
Re: Major League Soccer Stadium in Minnesota
In St. Paul you have plenty of room on both sides of the freeway that can be utilized for redevelopment. They may eventually have to widen the sidewalks on the Snelling avenue bridge to better accommodate the crowds who are walking and parking south of the freeway. Similar to walking across 394 to ...
- June 25th, 2015, 10:23 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
- Replies: 1803
- Views: 1099929
Re: Bicycle Infrastructure
As a St. Paul resident, the biggest obstacle to me shopping in Dinkytown is the lack of a decent connection between the River Road and the greenway/University Ave. that doesn't require either drastic elevation changes or cutting through the Mall area and dodging students around the athletic complex....
- June 25th, 2015, 10:18 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Road Crime
- Replies: 430
- Views: 70997
Re: Road Crime
I still wonder that. As categories, cyclists and drivers (if we want to assume they're distinct) are both sets of people that break traffic laws and people that don't. I try not to treat all drivers the same just because many of them roll stop signs, turn right without checking crosswalks, etc. I tr...