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Macy’s furniture store to be redeveloped with housing and offices.

Quite overdue. https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... loped.html

My son commutes to the U from Hopkins and transfers at Uptown. His review: “this sucks now because all the people I most want to avoid are now standing around outside with me trying to talk at me and I have nowhere to avoid them”.

Summit bike accommodations get positive backing of the Summit Hill district council.

https://www.startribune.com/st-paul-dis ... 600259227/

Strib also on it.

https://www.startribune.com/metro-trans ... 600259102/

My memory of the elevated bike bridge was that Minneapolis Parks vetoed it because there would be elevated views into the back yards. It was only needed for the stretch between Lake St and Burnham Re. Otherwise there was enough space.

I can’t imagine demolition. I seemed to recall it is on a historic registry and that was a major factor in the design of the extra long LRT bridge over Excelsior Blvd requiring the bridge to touch down where it does so construction would not impact the historic building. I admit, I once would walk o...

A bit of progress on a high speed rail tunnel between London and Birmingham. https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/new ... -amersham/

On a side note...is this area an old River bed or something from thousands of years ago? I recall from an old university course on the geography of the Twin Cities that this area has the geology of an old glacial runoff area. Filled with a soil that makes building on it difficult because of the sof...

The proposed elevating the trail over the LRT was between $50-100M. Bike tunnel though… can’t think it would need to be as deep but strengthening to support the weight above…

It’s been covered in the Beltline Station Area thread in the Suburbs forum.

Fascinating story about the use of software by landlords to set prices for their unit. https://www.curbed.com/2023/01/nyc-real-estate-covid-more-apartments-higher-rent.html The story investigates why rents never dropped despite New York City having large numbers of residents leaving during the pande...

Snelling redesign from 4 to 2 lanes between Ford and Montreal.

https://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/proje ... index.html

Didn’t think I ever see this.

Asking for feedback on reduced, consolidated, relocating stops on route 17.

https://www.metrotransit.org/route-17

The Rosalyn station of the DC metro is a little more than 100 feet deep.

I remember it being one long 3 minute single escalator ride. It also has banks of elevators to get you down in less than 20 seconds.

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2023/01/31/vetrotech-saint-gobain-faribault-sageglass.html The US HQ for global glass giant Saint-Gobain is moving from Washington state to Faribault. Remarkable! I’m just far outside these industries to know anything that insiders might be aware of but I...

I’m sure it will be helpful to be able to explain why the storm water can be tunneled, like is currently being reconstructed, but a train carrying tunnel takes different geologic concerns.

I heard MPR report this last night and had a quote from you!

Comments are always wild but this got a laugh.

It’s a good letter to the editor. Glad Nick wrote in!