urbanMSP

Marshall from Snelling to Hamline is such a sad sight. I hope this helps because it probably can't make it any worse.

It is a rather forlorn stretch of light industrial. I'm hopeful this will inject more life into that area.

I live near this spot, and I hope it goes in. NIMBY discussion will ultimately revolve around affordable housing (read: anti-gentrification) and a few folks will wonder about parking.

Shady, indeed.

The Victory Ramp in downtown St Paul is a good example of a mixed-use ramp. From south to north, there's a little bodega, ramp entrance, small print shop, ramp exit, and a restaurant. It's the only ramp around that I find doesn't completely suck the life out of the block.

St Paul's population peaked in 1960 when it had 313,411 residents; the low point was 1980, when the number dipped to 270,230. I bet much of that dip was smaller household sizes after children grew out of the house. I think you're right. Average household size in 1960 was almost 3.5 people; today it...

St Paul's population peaked in 1960 when it had 313,411 residents; the low point was 1980, when the number dipped to 270,230.

Dunn Bros on Lake & Bryant is dunn...and is apparently now "Carley Coffee" https://www.facebook.com/Carley-Coffee- ... cation=ufi

Sounds like this one's a Dunn deal.

I haven't been by there lately. What is that land currently being used for? From what I can remember, nothing.

Ostensibly it's used for parking as they are paved, marked lots. But in my five years in Frogtown, I've never seen Target's parking overflow all the way to University.

Beautiful Frog Wound Village it is.

I can't get past the name: "rana" in Spanish is "frog," so this sounds like Frogtown to me.

I'm just going to eat somewhere around the stadium village. Got off at Victoria and got yelled at by a group saying "eh white boy go back to linden hills." While I hope this is not the case, I highly doubt that anyone around University and Victoria would urge you to return to Linden Hills. I'm of S...

Talinsday, I think you're right. Still, the dreamer in me wishes the City would withhold a couple of blocks with lot-size limits to allow for a unique, modern infill akin to the great commercial strips of old. Can you imagine a three-block stretch with four to eight small-scale buildings on either s...

Those are great pics that artistically illustrate life amid 67,000 souls per square mile.

I know what you mean, min-chi-cbus. Anything that disrupts the status quo garners a flurry of worried questions from the local culture, and the press report more on the man-on-the-street level, and less with the bigger picture in mind.

Some nice shots there!

That was a pleasant surprise!

At the same time the housing stock is very good. Compared to NE and south you get a quality home with the historic detailing intact. Demographics are shifting and perhaps the crime and business environment will improve. It's going to be slow going. Exactly! I've cleaned out many foreclosed homes in...

Yes, fotoapparatic, call signs east of the Mississippi begin with "W", and those west all start with "K."

This looks like it might stymie activity directly in front of the platform.

What lies inside the homes that line our streets is a fascinating, telling commentary on the state of our cities and towns - and on Americans' lives. I work cleaning out foreclosed homes, and what we leave behind tells a lot about who we are. Here's a sampling of unstaged images from homes I've clea...