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It looks like the whole core of the school was removed and replaced with a parking ramp, and the outside corridors/space were kept and remodeled.

I'd rather see them tear down the Leamington ramp and build a hotel there...

Aren't there other parcels within a few blocks of the CC with more redevelopment potential than Century Plaza? I've never been in the building but it seems like a decent use compared to surface lots and suburbanesque buildings in the area. Also why would the county be doing the job of a private deve...

Since this is sort of related, anyone know why the exits on 94 don't match up with the Camden or Lowry bridges?

And St. Paul could learn something about bike lanes. Too bad we can't have the best of both cities for both cities.

Agreed with above. Compare to even downtown St. Paul, which is much more human-scaled in most parts. Most one way streets are two lanes with bumpouts, parking lanes on both sides, and more frequent use of turn lanes where appropriate. It's time to get rid of these 5-lane-width streets with 3-4 drivi...

Bummer, same time as the Strong Towns On Tap

I think we should just push for more street-level space which can be used for anything... shopping, restaurants, office, service businesses, etc. And let it organically happen. Shopping will find its place over time.

There was a Walgreens under the ramp when I worked at 414 Nicollet.

Now if only we could have some new bridges to reconnect the grid... across the Washington trench and across the 35W trench. Reconnect the grid and create incentives for air rights development fronting these new bridges at sidewalk level.

It's really sad I can't use Amtrak this weekend. I can't take off work Friday just to buffer in a day to get to Madison. Really unfortunate since if it was reliable this would be perfect for many of my trips to Madison, Milwaukee and Chicago. Do they allow last minute cancels? If so, I could buy a t...

So the Empire Builder is late quite a bit? I need to get to the Madison area on Saturday morning in time for a late afternoon wedding. I'd love to take the Empire Builder there but I don't know if I can trust that it would be on time.

The land may be a majority of single family residences whereas the population may be a majority of multi-family housing dwellers.

Anyone aware of an example when a neighborhood-hostile parking complex was retrofit to make the block more appealing to pedestrians? In some cases, it seems like housing could "wrap" ramps if there's space between the ramp and the sidewalk. In other cases, maybe there's a way to convert pa...

I think that would look awesome on the corner of 43rd and Upton.

I've never really rented other than student housing in college. I have a SFH in S. Mpls and an investment SFH in Roch. Anyone on here have a condo as an investment property? Or how does it compare to a SFH from an investment, not residence, perspective?

Related to this project, the geometry of the old west Hwy 14 interchange at 35 is bad. It squeezes ramps in to fit over the DM&E RR. There's a lot of traffic here too getting around the town. Whenever this section of 35 is rehabbed, it might make sense to put in lanes between the ramps, CR45 to ...

us northrop dwellers really are the bees knees

thought I read a couple of pints... must be Friday afternoon

I'm skeptical because of the annual conversion of the streets to defacto two lane streets during late winter. I think without obvious and permanent structures in the ROW it will not be clear which side of parking is compromised for snow storage and it will be a mess. Prove me wrong! I like either op...

Eh?