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I've always thought the double block bounded by Hennepin, Lagoon, Humbolt and Lake would be the perfect spot for a KC Live style spot here. Keep the Uptown Theater at the NE corner, add a complimentary theater at the SE corner, tear down the 2 story retail building in the middle leaving it as the ...

A rail connection to Rochester needs to be viewed as the first step in a HSR line to Chicago. There should absolutely be a regional component to any line but it needs to be envisioned and built to a true HSR standard, ideally 200 MPH.

I really like idea of using of focusing on 5th but to me the Alliance Bank Building is the one that needs to go, including the awful bridge/parking extension over Cedar. Rebuild the missing skyway connections along Cedar & 6th then leave the block as a very simple grassy park. Work on improved ...

I think it's way to easy too blame DT STP struggles strictly on 1 bad landlord. While he almost certainly does have an outsized influence on where DT STP is at, he isn't the only cause. Solely blaming Madison Equities leaves out a lot of context of larger economic forces outside of anyone's control ...

If the Wild leave for a new arena DT MPLS with the Wolves and the sudden the X is the second best concert venue in the market they might as well start looking at the cost of bulldozers....

First images I've seen of the proposed renovation of the X, et al. Assuming all the images are accurate and up to date here is what I'm seeing going through each image

Looks like a full rework of the entrance at 7th and Kellogg, including relocating the ticket office and possible a restaurant with ...

Man, this forum hates St Paul!


I, for one, love Minneapolis' biggest suburb.

In all seriousness, I think historically a lot of bad decisions and good money have been spent maintaining the idea that Saint Paul is literally a twin (and not just geographically a twin city) and deserves to have ...

I mean what are we even doing here, 8 years and $450 to $550 million for what amounts to a aBRT route with some dedicated lanes. I never wonder why people oppose transit funding when they are presented with idea like this

Another body blow for DT St. Paul

https://www.yahoo.com/news/st-paul-alli ... p_catchall

I would add that the distance between MSP & Denver, roughly 850 miles, is so great that it would almost be impossible for a HSR link to complete with air travel time wise or even cost wise. If everything was absolutely perfect you could possibly get an express train in about 4:45ish. Flights are ...

I really wish they could rotate the building 90 degrees so that the main 2 level facade is facing Washington. My grand vision would be to tear basically the entire 1 level part of the building but leaving the facade and building a Neo-Classical Carlyle sized condo tower in the center of the block ...

Maybe, hopefully some movement on a new Central Station development per Fred Melo https://www.yahoo.com/news/downtown-st-paul-flaherty-collins-213400716.html

Nothing spectacular but really solid from a developer out of Indianapolis. 20 stories of apartments on the NE corner and 6 stories along 4th ...

I would guess that pretty much any concept moving into the old Betty Danger's space was going to have to embrace the ferris wheel at least and maybe the mini-golf. Removing either of those two things would probably be expensive and why take away a revenue generators vs maximizing the potential

2 things worth noting that any redevelopment is going to have to overcome 1. the building is on the National Register of Historic Places and 2. it's named after Paul Wellstone and there will absolutely be loud complaints from some corners based on that as ridiculous as it sounds.

The first step ...

I'm usually the guy who rips public bodies for not thinking and planning 3 steps ahead on stuff like this so when they do it plan and design ahead to prevent future problems I will give them the credit they deserve.

Getting this done would be a great move by the Council I hope they get it done in ...

I think 6 cents on the dollar means it lost 94% of its value, not 99.94%. But in any case, I still maintain that the value was lost awhile ago, it's just only being realized now. It is indeed terrible that we're losing such property values, but it's a done thing at this point - optimizing among ...

I mean it absolutely could have been a worse outcome but an asset losing 99.94% of it's value in less than a decade is pretty fucking terrible no matter the large forces around it.

So, uh the Ameriprise building sold for 6 CENTS on the dollar vs 2016. So that's the exact opposite of fun.

- That same mayor's favorite constituency is the downtown business community who equate "I can see a poor person from my office" with "crime is out of control."


I generally appreciate your point that you are trying to make here but comments phrased like this are completely unhelpful and ...

Whispers, it's only about 12 miles from Bloomington Central Station to EP Town Center Station mostly via American.