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- September 19th, 2023, 3:35 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Uptown - LynLake - The Wedge - News & General
- Replies: 1498
- Views: 612203
Re: Uptown-LynLake-Wedge - News & General Topics
Interesting that this parcel still has an Emerson Avenue address -- in its current configuration, it certainly feels like a Hennepin Avenue property. That parking access seems problematic -- I wonder if they could get an easement to share the existing curbcut of the building to the north.
- September 7th, 2023, 1:21 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
- Replies: 964
- Views: 364212
Re: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
Given the interest rate issues that you've mentioned, and the current wave of apartments downtown hitting the market, it might be that they're just willing to sit on the site for a bit until the market is ready to pay top dollar for the land.
- September 6th, 2023, 10:59 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Foundry Mixed-Use Development - 115-125 1st St N, 128 2nd St N, 128 1st Av N
- Replies: 128
- Views: 310000
Re: Foundry Mixed-Use Development - 115-125 1st St N, 128 2nd St N, 128 1st Av N
That's a bummer, if not terribly surprising. This project always looked to be very expensive on a per square foot basis, so I'm impressed they made it as far as they did. Hopefully this can get sorted out quickly.
- September 6th, 2023, 10:55 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Better Bus Routes - Metro Transit
- Replies: 34
- Views: 66956
Re: Better Bus Routes - Metro Transit
Yeah, the obsession with killing the downtown hub-and-spoke in favor of a cartesian grid is truly baffling to me. You're benefiting hardly anybody, and hurting lots of people who do want to go downtown (or who would like to make a different connection there).
- September 5th, 2023, 12:51 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Better Bus Routes - Metro Transit
- Replies: 34
- Views: 66956
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
I think I've asked this before, but does the 4 layover at the Gateway Ramp?
- August 21st, 2023, 9:29 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1306068
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
That's interesting. If you look at google maps for what has been built so far, you can see that they've left space to widen the LRT bridge next to HERC to the north, so that must be the plan.
- August 18th, 2023, 11:07 am
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Hennepin County Commissioner Districts 1, 5, 6, 7 (2020)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12197
Re: Hennepin County Commissioner Districts 1, 5, 6, 7 (2020)
That's fine, we'll just deduct the extra costs of the special election this will require from his paychecks over the next year.
- August 17th, 2023, 2:36 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
- Replies: 964
- Views: 364212
Re: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
Yeah, not sure what the office vacancy levels are like in St. Anthony Main, but I could definitely see some of that space getting converted to a boutique hotel.
- August 17th, 2023, 2:32 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5289
- Views: 1306068
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Does anyone know if they are building out all of the track junctions/switches needed for BLRT as part of the SWLRT project? Although BLRT will now go up 7th rather than Olson, it was always proposed to leave that track junction and cross 7th/Olson at grade. I have to imagine some of that was includ...
- August 4th, 2023, 1:16 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
- Replies: 964
- Views: 364212
Re: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
Heaven forbid people are able to sit at a bar or restaurant and enjoy a view of the river.
- August 4th, 2023, 1:13 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 356
- Views: 151700
Re: Interstate 94
I have no idea about actual vehicle counts, but when 35W was under construction through south Minneapolis (not fully closed), the traffic impacts were very significant on all of the parallel surface streets. It was a major relief for the surrounding residents to have that work completed.
- August 3rd, 2023, 5:29 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 356
- Views: 151700
Re: Interstate 94
Not to mention all of the impacts to other traffic that you generate by removing the grade separation. Traffic lights are more frequent and cycles are longer, and the impacts ripple across the area. It really does boggle my mind that people think pushing this amount of traffic (or even a fraction th...
- July 28th, 2023, 10:38 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: The Dayton's Project
- Replies: 354
- Views: 265498
Re: The Dayton's Project
Only if they're able to work out air rights with the adjacent property owner to cut in some more windows on the back side of the building.
- July 26th, 2023, 11:23 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Chanhassen - Chaska - Carver County
- Replies: 119
- Views: 125025
Re: Chanhassen - Chaska - Carver County
I don't think the Dinner Theater is any sort of trouble, at least not by outward signs. I've seen decent crowds there and they seem to advertise heavily whenever a new show comes out. I didn't mean to suggest that they were in trouble financially, only that they're sitting on a big piece of land th...
- July 25th, 2023, 9:27 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Chanhassen - Chaska - Carver County
- Replies: 119
- Views: 125025
Re: Chanhassen - Chaska - Carver County
Makes you wonder how much longer the dinner theater will be able to hold on.
- July 20th, 2023, 10:17 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 356
- Views: 151700
Re: Interstate 94
I still think that it's profoundly silly that we're even discussing removing grade separation here. If you can't even get half of the people on this forum to agree that it's a good idea, just imagine how this will play in broader constituencies.
- June 29th, 2023, 11:39 am
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
- Replies: 430
- Views: 156604
Re: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
Yes, and it sounds like the proponents also could have moved to table the motion, but they didn't. Here's the Strib's write-up. This chunk towards the end of the article seems particularly damning, almost as if the arch-progressive block was more interested in using the issue as an election wedge is...
- June 29th, 2023, 7:09 am
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
- Replies: 430
- Views: 156604
Re: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
Frey was absolutely going to veto this, and the council definitely didn't have the votes to override, so it was dead either way.
- June 28th, 2023, 12:00 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Bassett Creek Valley Redevelopment
- Replies: 47
- Views: 48555
Re: Bassett Creek Valley Redevelopment
Based off of the renderings, I'm pretty confident that TAB is right.
https://bkvgroup.com/projects/shelby-commons/
Note also that the Border Avenue extension to Glenwood is located right next to this project. If that's still a thing?
https://bkvgroup.com/projects/shelby-commons/
Note also that the Border Avenue extension to Glenwood is located right next to this project. If that's still a thing?
- June 15th, 2023, 11:56 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: MPS Comprehensive District Design
- Replies: 39
- Views: 47954
Re: MPS Comprehensive District Design
$976 million budget for 28000 students? If my calculator is to be believed then they are spending 34,857 per student. I have no idea what the typical student costs but that strikes me as a bit high (especially so given student performance in MPS). Not sure how that jibes with this quote from the ar...