urbanMSP

Downtown St Paul has good bones. It could be a great river town if there were some hard charging visionaries. What I find lacking is little vision with what DT St Paul can be. Mayor Carter where are you? In Mpls, mayor Frey at least has been working towards making DT a mixed use 24/7 area ...

Amid office urban flight, some companies trade suburbs for downtown Minneapolis. https://www.startribune.com/urban-offic ... 600371455/

I agree that leaving it open for car traffic is good thing. A lot of people drive in to visit Eat Street. It's inconvenient to come off 35W to Lake then meander around several side streets. Good urban design is about connectivity with major streets. Concerns are that drivers that normally take 1st ...

Emerson Uptowner wrote: May 9th, 2024, 8:26 pm Dunn Bros. at 34th and Hennepin is now closed. It had been there a long time. So sad.

They are under new ownership. Closed for remodeling. Re-opening TBA.

Remodeling

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but when ever looked into the history behind the blue line, Jessie Ventura's name pops up both self claiming that he's the reason why it got built despite the GOP and DFL digging in their heels and that there would of been more lines built if he had gotten a second ...

I like the idea of allowing the subdividing of lots. It's practical. One could build a small house for a young couple or senior. They get the amenities of the neighborhood without the larger lot. It would be more palatable to the neighborhood.