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Huge difference between lots of single track, and one point. And if they were willing to consider the radical railroad operation idea of ... checks notes ... signaling and switches they could double track it on the surface, and do the co-location idea. We are, after all, talking about at most a few...

I'm worried that the new strain will make the reopening something we look back at with regret.

The now demolished Walgreen's on east lake st was a good example of chain store actually embracing storefront windows. There were no shelves against them and you could actually see products and customers inside. Turned out to be good for ingress and egress, as I observed the day before it burned...

Without arguing one way or another re: this building, I really want to push back on the idea that the Gateway District doesn't deserve preservation because the buildings don't suit contemporary tastes. That is exactly the justification people used 60 years ago to demolish the original Gateway Distr...

Vetaw announced in Ward 4 in the "listen and put to residents' voices first" lane.

Apparently Yellow Tree has a project on the 4200 block of Nicollet (under construction already) that I didn't know about. They seem to up out of nowhere without much controversy somehow.

Conservatism, even fiscal conservatism doesn't mean don't spend government money on anything more any more than liberalism equals the government takes control of everything in full blown socialism / communism. I can't go out and buy streets, roads, and freeways, so it's the role of the government t...

Well said. My issue isnt with having it be a long term goal its that proposing it right out of the gate would gain almost no political traction. You need to do smaller projects that build towards that until one day people look around and see that its no longer needed/gone in its current state. Inve...

It's been kind of surreal watching that place build out, especially with brand new glass, while there were so many messes nearby...

Empty retail/street level means fewer eyes on the street and more crime/vandalism. Relative to what? A lightly used gas station, some empty lots and a few houses? I'm trying to understand what is good about this level of density who's benefitting from it? People who want places to live? Hiawatha (u...

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2020/12/16/fredrikson-byron-leaving-u-s-bank-plaza-for-60-s.html "The Minneapolis-based firm said it expects to move into its new 178,000-square-foot office at RBC Plaza, located at 60 S. Sixth St., in June 2023. The lease for the new 9-floor office space...

120 units replacing the gas station and 2 duplexes, 54 units across the street at MN46, Lowa 46 phase 1 has 148 units, Lowa phase 2 another 144 units, 80ish units in the Shale, Portico at the Falls another 30ish. Where's the traffic and cars supposed to go? Both 46th and Hiawatha are truck routes a...

Looking at this purely via self interest, if they are going to make the 14 every ten minutes, that would help offset my disappointment that the Cedar line won't get this far south. Outside of pure self interest, it should still connect to the new development at the 4700 block of Cedar and once it do...

Yeah, I don't think it's correct that there is a question of "if" it gets built or that building it will wait for a future phase (not sure what that means), just that they will build it outside of main construction and after decisions have been made about what the intersection is going to look like....

Seems to make sense. The outflow of young couples starting families and wanting private yards and private bedrooms for their kids rather than a condo or loft downtown is still going on. But the influx of young singles just graduating from college or moving out of their parents house and replacing t...

It's been reported quite a few police officers have left the force or there is a lack of applications for new officers. Can you blame them? Again - not saying there aren't bad cops out there or that reform isn't needed with the police department, but there are good cops out there too. Yes, I can bl...

There are a large number of cops on leave right now which is an issue. Which is why the city had to call in extra help from the burbs and park police. I think that's a sign of being overwhelmed given the number of active officers . I do agree that the reconstruction of Hennepin ave has moved alot o...

I believe that the numbers do not truly reflect the amount of crime that is going on out there. Even within my neighborhood there are many instances where people who are victims of crime are not calling the police because they know that they will not get a response or they feel like it's a waste of...

Hmmmm - the increase in violence downtown has been mounting for several years - warehouse district/Hennepin Avenue late at night/early mornings, aggressive panhandling and public intoxication on Nicollet...all increasing before COVID and before everything shut down and left downtown. Some of these ...

The idea we can abolish or reduce the size of the police department is insane. So is the idea that policing doesn't need reform. There are too many bad people, and too many bad cops. Something like a licensure board requirement for police, increased education requirements and an increased salary se...