urbanMSP

As much as I despise General J's, isn't it kinda nice to have affordable spaces for thrift stores, convenience stores, and ethnic restaurants to run their businesses? Amen to that. Spaces that are unique, and sometimes even a little gritty, are an essential part of what makes a city a city (rather ...

Also, how would they feed both a two way E Hennepin and First Ave across the Hennepin Avenue bridge? I keep thinking about it, but I just can't imagine what kind of interchange would be needed. Can anyone provide a similar example? This was just a quick visual thought experiment before I hit the ha...

For my part, I've got no quibble with the historic-preservation folks. But when it comes to the most extreme of the NIMBYs, I'm really surprised that no one's ever just *frank* with them: "You live in a city. If you want absolute, guaranteed peace and quiet at all times, please consider Lakevil...

I wasn't at the meeting -- would it be correct to assume that the retail spaces originally proposed for under the stairways would have been significantly smaller than are traditionally seen? And wouldn't such a space, with its lesser total cost, have been just the prescription for the challenges tha...

You might in other cities -- just not here in Nimbygrad. What is it about MSP that causes such a high proportion of even its core urban population to panic at the thought of any less-than-Norman-Rockwellian land use? Perhaps the most egregious example for me was the way many Golden Valley residents ...

I said absolutely nothing in blame of the victim. The crash was an absolute tragedy, and like everyone else, I hope the driver is brought to justice. My objection was directed at phrasing that seemed to make this individual's tragedy into an issue of transit users (collectively) versus drivers (coll...

That's an interesting way to frame it. I suppose if the victim had been hit while walking down the street toward her parked car, the incident would somehow have been less tragic?