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- January 27th, 2025, 3:00 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: University of Minnesota - News & General Topics
- Replies: 623
- Views: 1247674
Re: University of Minnesota - News & General Topics
Yeah that Tier 1 segment is bordered by Oak St on the west, Williams on the east, Franklin on the south, and University on the north. It certainly contains a decent amount of college students, but all the big dorms are not in that section.
- November 16th, 2023, 1:01 pm
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Xcel Energy Center
- Replies: 61
- Views: 133080
Re: Xcel Energy Center
How does someone in Medina that never goes downtown and never watches baseball benefit from the stadium?
I mean I assume the reason anyone lives in Medina instead of, say, Walnut Grove is because they derive some value from being in a metro area. It might not be directly by being a Twins fan ...
- November 5th, 2023, 8:33 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Borealis (TCMC)
- Replies: 729
- Views: 469738
Re: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Great River (TCMC)
I definitely agree that Union Depot does not feel like an Amtrak station. 95% of the hall is always used for something else and so you're shunted off to the side behind some black fabric, sitting on the floor because there aren't enough seats. Compared to any other city I've ridden in, we definitely ...
- August 10th, 2023, 3:54 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
- Replies: 967
- Views: 416678
Re: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
The Park Board should buy it and incorporate it into the park, a la Sandcastle, Lola, etc.
- June 28th, 2023, 3:14 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
- Replies: 428
- Views: 181926
Re: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
I agree the council majority screwed up, but moving the vote to next meeting would have pushed the timeline back enough such that it wouldn't be able to be placed on the ballot, so it would have died anyway. Once the meeting started, the only way would have been advancing the motion.
I don't really ...
I don't really ...
- April 13th, 2023, 5:08 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Gold Line BRT - Woodbury to St. Paul (3/22/2025) and Minneapolis (2027)
- Replies: 516
- Views: 203810
Re: Gold Line BRT (Gateway Corridor)
I don't know that anything except maybe Snelling should be included. With the Green Line a quarter mile north and the B Line a quarter mile south, it's fine to have the third line in the corridor be express service. Huron I'm ambivalent about - the U is a transit powerhouse, for sure, but it's a ...
- March 24th, 2023, 9:27 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Purple Line BRT
- Replies: 759
- Views: 408486
Re: Purple Line BRT (Rush Line Corridor)
Kind of amazing that one of the reasons for this line was "regional equity", because Ramsey County wanted fancy buses too. But it looks like all the cities within Ramsey County are pretty clearly saying they don't actually want any transit investments!
- February 22nd, 2023, 10:21 am
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Bill to limit corporate ownership of SFH for rental
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13025
Re: MN House drafting bill to ban corporate buying of SFH for rental
Also, the apartment that I rented in Dinkytown was owned by a business that managed dozens of properties (most of which were SFHs and all were in Dinkytown). They were very good to work with and charged a fair rate for their housing. They would almost certainly be impacted by this as well.
This ...
- February 12th, 2023, 12:07 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Heritage lines, excursion trains, and other railroad attractions in MN
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9446
- January 2nd, 2023, 2:58 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 3108
- Views: 880443
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
It's been a few years since there was discussion on the topic, but I've been curious - has the tech in our go-to cards changed at all? Now that we have a DFL Trifecta, it would be nice to have a universal public transportation fare payment card in MN.
Tap your card and hop on the light rail to ...
- December 14th, 2022, 7:56 am
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Saint Paul - General Topics
- Replies: 699
- Views: 472699
Re: Saint Paul - General Topics
St Paul has selected a developer for the Hamm's Brewery site. 269 affordable apartments, plus commercial and community space.
https://m.startribune.com/st-paul-picks ... 600235540/
https://m.startribune.com/st-paul-picks ... 600235540/
- November 17th, 2022, 12:15 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Southwest Minneapolis (Linden Hills, Fulton, et al) - General Topics
- Replies: 160
- Views: 133579
Re: Southside - News & General Topics
New Snow Kreileich infill planned for Linden Hills next to Settegren's hardware. Looks fantastic. https://www.southwestvoices.news/posts/new-building-planned-for-linden-hills-at-4303-upton-ave-s
The address is wrong, right? It says 4303 Upton, but that's the wrong side of the street, and this ...
- November 2nd, 2022, 2:19 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Affordable Housing
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20360
Re: Affordable Housing
Ultimately the CPC voted 5-4 (with the four I quoted above in opposition) on a motion made by Commissioner Rainville to continue this project one cycle to November 14th in order to ensure that the Marcy Holmes neighborhood (which had not submitted a letter) was consulted. On Twitter, the Marcy ...
- August 18th, 2022, 7:50 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Southwest Minneapolis (Linden Hills, Fulton, et al) - General Topics
- Replies: 160
- Views: 133579
Re: Southwest - General Topics (Linden Hills, Fulton, et al)
The Abbott
3401 W 44th Street
3401 W 44th Street
- August 18th, 2022, 6:35 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Southwest Minneapolis (Linden Hills, Fulton, et al) - General Topics
- Replies: 160
- Views: 133579
Re: Southwest - General Topics (Linden Hills, Fulton, et al)
The Abbott
3401 W 44th Street


3401 W 44th Street
- August 11th, 2022, 1:17 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
- Replies: 1822
- Views: 1153168
Re: Bicycle Infrastructure
Yeah, they clearly planned these two projects in isolation and didn't communicate.
It's not a big deal, but it doesn't reflect super well that they built those ramps on the north side, including separate colored concrete, etc. and now they are immediately made obsolete.
It's not a big deal, but it doesn't reflect super well that they built those ramps on the north side, including separate colored concrete, etc. and now they are immediately made obsolete.
- June 12th, 2022, 6:54 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)
- Replies: 433
- Views: 226326
Re: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)
Again, I too support 24 hour bus lanes, but the physical design of Hennepin will become so much improved with MAK's involvement.
MAK did nothing to make any of this happen. The plans were created before her, the only thing she did was remove the bus lanes.
So it's fine to say that even ...
- May 19th, 2022, 1:03 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: 900 Marquette - Hines Office Tower - 29 stories / 440'
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10170
Re: 900 Marquette - Hines Office Tower - 29 stories / 440'
Based on how people are reacting to a building being built within 30 feet of this music mural, people are for sure going to whine when a building goes up next to the Dylan mural.
- March 24th, 2022, 9:45 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Census / Met Council Population Estimates & Projections
- Replies: 233
- Views: 116857
Re: Latest Census Estimates and Met Council Projections
The U of M has (or had) thousands of international students pre-pandemic.
They claim to have had ~2,500 international undergrads. Another ~3,500 graduate students, but they were far more likely to stay. So yes, if 2,500 undergrads all returned home, that's a little bit, but they represent <0.2 ...
- March 24th, 2022, 9:22 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Census / Met Council Population Estimates & Projections
- Replies: 233
- Views: 116857
Re: Latest Census Estimates and Met Council Projections
I don't know that I buy the college students angle, at least for Hennepin County. Hennepin County doesn't have many colleges/universities that draw people from outstate. I doubt many people moved far away from home to attend Hennepin Tech.
Yes, there were certainly some students at the U of M ...
Yes, there were certainly some students at the U of M ...