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I hadn't heard about shifting the buses to Lyndale, although that probably makes sense. Would this also pull the 18 buses off of Grand? Both of these routings are vestiges of the old streetcar routes, and probably no longer make a lot of sense. Both Grand and Bryant have some modest commercial nodes...

That's certainly true, but you are able to lock in the mortgage portion of your housing costs, and of course you're building equity in a way you wouldn't with renting. Also worth noting that a significant portion of the association fees are costs that a SFH owner typically need to carry beyond their...

The huge phased proposal for 6600-6800 France was not approved at planning commission last night.

PDF of the submittal here.

I think there's a misconception that only rich people buy condos downtown. While the only projects going up right now are super-luxury, there's a lot of existing stock that actually ends up being pretty affordable. In many of these older buildings, the mortgage plus association fees will be less tha...

Is there anything that would prevent the Twins from taking a partial ownership share in the Saints? It seems like that's the only scenario where it make sense for the Twins to cover the $20m MiLB buy in required.

Also worth noting that the City Council essentially blew up their standard public process, and was asking the Charter Commission to do the same, in order to rush it through and get it onto the ballot for November.

It's difficult to find a location for a *new* liquor store, and this is due partly to a need to find the right zoning, but primarily due to spacing relative to other existing liquor stores. It should be relatively easy to relocate an existing liquor store to another spot that's close to their curren...

Right, I just thought it was strange (and probably confusing, for anybody trying to navigate) that google maps was using that name instead of Third Avenue.

So, I just looked this location up on google maps, and I noticed that they've renamed Third Avenue as "Clarissa Rogers Walker Way". I thought that typically these renamings are only honorary, and shouldn't actually change people's addresses, etc. Right?

My recollection is that the Sundial site was created as part of the development of the building that Butter is in. I believe the original plans had shown a row of townhouses on the site.

Yeah, I know. I was just being difficult because I think it's a stupid name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Points,_Manhattan

There are Five Points in other cities, too. Pretty sure Atlanta and Denver have one.

Naming a project "seven points" when it sits at a standard four way intersection is just another example of the destruction of our societal norms.

[audible gasp, faints]

Lots of discussion over in transportation regarding the bonding bill, but there are many other interesting projects in there. Full list of projects here (PDF, a couple of days old so possibly some minor tweaks).

Republican Senate Majority Leader Gazelka says he expects it to pass, per the Strib.

I believe that the solid portion is granite facing, so I'd say that's better than any paint they might cover it with.

Yes, fingers crossed on this one. It's such a beautiful, prominent building. I worry about it, because while it may superficially resemble the Minneapolis City Hall, a building we're probably more familiar with, it's got some key differences. Especially relevant to long-term preservation, while Minn...

Southwest is adding service from MSP to Houston Hobby. Great news for anybody that flies Southwest, because Hobby is a major hub for access to the rest of their network, especially into Latin America. (Southwest pretends they don't have hubs, but they're lying.)