urbanMSP

It would be hilarious (and dumb as shit) if we end up with basketball in the burbs and freaking USbank stadium downtown. An all-time bungle.

but the Shapiro building could possibly be converted to housing or hotel. I'd guess the privately-owned Life Sciences building at 700 10th Ave S will remain in place.

Is the Shapiro building the old Swedish hospital?

Yes

like actual pedestrian destinations absolutely. car and bus free. and they have to be cool/an actual draw

Are you from some sort of alternate reality? lol. Good to see they are going with the best of the proposed layouts. As an anti car head I don't mind the street being open to car traffic. I think in this city car traffic is a reality, and the focus should not be on car-free zones rather on calming t...

https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2024/04/15/downtown-minneapolis-skyscrapers-demolition-teardown-ameriprise Hadn't really thought of this, but as its laid out it makes sense, unfortunately. That said it wouldn't be a massive loss, but id rather they implode the sleep number HQ (which just mig...

They probably don't look at it like this but electric is a million times better for doomsday crowd. You can charge it with a simple solar panel setup. Fuel goes bad, and runs out.

ehh on that. Obviously some of these design decisions are bad, but I think the design is a mixed bag compared to other trucks. Not sure what the result will be but it easily could be safer for pedestrians compared to other big ass trucks. -significantly lower and sloping hood line which should help ...

The diagonal path option is the obvious winner, its the only choice that creates spaces remotely interesting/inviting.

2415 Emerson S 6 stories. 32 units 3k of retail space replacing a single family home. https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/download/Agenda/5120/2415EmersonAveSStaffMemo2.pdf/87582/4138/2415%20Emerson%20Ave%20S%20Staff%20Memo Also, its not retail-- rather a floor of small offices. And lastly, while im not...

Looks great. Somewhat unrelated, as I was looking at satellite imagery around here, i had the thought--
whats the worst thing you see in this image?

(especially so given student performance in MPS).

Also, as an aside, this comment is exactly wrong in my opinion. The same kids who score poorly on testing are the same kids who cost more money to educate.

The per pupil costs are always just general fund expenditures. This is true across the board... The $976 million for MPS includes everything-- capital projects fund, debt service fund, food service, etc. So yeah MPS is spending more than other districts, but not nearly to the extent that's being imp...

In case anyone is curious how this is going:
https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/06/1 ... volvement/
(for the record I think the article itself is poorly done, doesn't even mention CDD or charter schools)

I mean, duh.

Or else we could fund the police enough that they can make traffic violations illegal again and go back up to 90,000 traffic stops a year.

who's "we"?

It opens up the bike lane to parking/CenturyLink trucks/moving vans/whatever. That's really my only concern.

The only way this street works well in a *bad* winter is with priority snow removal.

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lol, just read this again, it was supposed to be a -1

oh i see its a forum gimmick

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lol, just read this again, it was supposed to be a -1

I’d choose the east of 94 alignment and 21st Ave transitway options. There’s so much more development potential between 94 and the river than along that particular stretch of Lyndale, not to mention serving a higher number of jobs that exist today. That and the neighborhoods along Lyndale not wanti...