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- May 25th, 2017, 7:21 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Subsidized and/or Affordable Housing
- Replies: 326
- Views: 96247
Re: Subsidized and/or Affordable Housing
Great article by Richard Reeves at Brookings on the impact of exclusionary zoning on inequality. I know many here are already deeply familiar with these ideas, but the piece is a very succinct and cogent synthesis that could help the uninitiated understand why fighting development or up-zoning somet...
- May 4th, 2017, 6:12 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Mozaic (all phases)
- Replies: 581
- Views: 98168
Re: Mozaic (all phases)
The white material on the southwest side looks like a match for the material used on the parking ramp. Can't imagine that getting much praise from people on this board (including me) once it starts going up. If Opus is constructing this, then it would fit perfectly with their (lack of) style. I do t...
- March 30th, 2017, 6:46 am
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Saint Paul - General Topics
- Replies: 694
- Views: 412867
Re: Saint Paul - General Topics
The old mid-century Woolworth's building at 428 Minnesota is finally going to get some love. http://www.twincities.com/2016/04/27/st-paul-woolworths-building-mad-men-makeover/ Interesting to note, it was STILL leased. Wahh? Woolworth’s long-term land lease expired last year, giving the building own...
- December 22nd, 2016, 7:18 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: East 38th Street & 38th St Station Development
- Replies: 248
- Views: 133410
Re: 38th Street Corridor & 38th St Station/Lander Development
There was an excavator tearing apart the garage building on the 38th St side of this site yesterday.
- October 7th, 2016, 9:25 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: 309908
Foundry Mixed-Use Development - 115-125 1st St N, 128 2nd St N, 128 1st Av N
The following is noted in the Community Development Committee's meeting packet for City recommendations on brownfield funding: "Foundry, The (115/117/119/121/123/125 1st St. N., 128 1st Ave. N., 128 2nd St. N.) Projected DEED Request: $489,775 Projected Metropolitan Council TBRA Request: $397,0...
- September 20th, 2016, 11:26 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: North Loop Office Building - 419 Washington Ave N / 420 N 3rd St
- Replies: 122
- Views: 29016
Re: 419 Washington Ave N - 10 story office
Staff is recommending approval with the condition that any part of the building facing a primary street be lined with an active use (e.g., office) instead of with parking. This would make it better, although I agree that since the street level is relatively active and the parking might not be too ob...
- May 21st, 2016, 8:04 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Road Crime
- Replies: 430
- Views: 69642
Re: Road Crime
Strib actually has a relatively decent piece discussing pedestrian safety in the metro: http://www.startribune.com/in-crashes-that-kill-pedestrians-the-majority-of-drivers-don-t-face-charges/380345481/ No discussion of how the built environment affects pedestrian safety (other than what is implied b...
- May 21st, 2016, 6:37 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Stadium LRT Station, Ped Bridge & Plaza (MSFA block)
- Replies: 466
- Views: 79876
Re: Stadium LRT Station, Ped Bridge & Plaza (MSFA block)
There are some specs related to tge plaza on the msfa rfp website. My (non-expert) reading of them is that there will be a raised concrete plaza on top of the underground ramp with stairs down to the street. Not so sure about the precast concrete forms on the other side of the lrt platform. Could th...
- May 4th, 2016, 10:45 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Alia Tower - 200 Central - 483' / 40 Stories
- Replies: 897
- Views: 198012
Re: Alatus St. Anthony Tower (Washburn-McReavy Site)
The neighborhood != the district. You can look at the map here . I recommend it! The district has two towers. Those towers are the reason the district was created. Wait a second...what am I missing? According to the map, the Carlyle (~2006) is in the district and the district was created in 1971. A...
- March 1st, 2016, 12:34 pm
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Pioneer Endicott Building - (141 East Fourth Street)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12957
Re: Pioneer Endicott Building - (141 East Fourth Street)
This building is on fire. Flames shooting off the roof. Spfd is here en masse.
- January 26th, 2016, 12:22 pm
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: 333 on the Park / Sibley Square
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7148
Re: Sibley Square
I saw a sign in the skyway today saying Sibley Square would be closed to through traffic from 1/22/16 to 3/2017 due to construction. Maybe this is finally happening?
- December 11th, 2015, 3:40 pm
- Forum: Greater Minnesota
- Topic: New Ulm
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5026
Re: New Ulm
And there hasn't been a grocer there for decades...since before I was born (1980). I'm not sure it ever has. According to my father (my family has been in New Ulm since 1854), prior to the large format grocers with massive parking lots they have now (and for as long as I remember), all of the grocer...
- December 11th, 2015, 3:09 pm
- Forum: Greater Minnesota
- Topic: New Ulm
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5026
Re: New Ulm
So was the downtown retail that preceded it. (Chronicled on the New Ulm Now and Then Facebook page) I'm not a huge fan of big box retail, but I grew up in New Ulm in the '80s and '90s and downtown today is at least as full of successful retail establishments as I remember it back then. So, I'm not ...
- December 10th, 2015, 8:42 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: The Link at Prospect Park - 2929 University Ave SE
- Replies: 202
- Views: 49705
Re: RISE at Prospect Park - 2929 University Ave SE
Here's the count:
Studio: 92 (27%)
1 Bed: 99 (29%)
2 Bed: 102 (30%)
3 Bed: 20 (6%)
4 Bed: 23 (7%)
Studio: 92 (27%)
1 Bed: 99 (29%)
2 Bed: 102 (30%)
3 Bed: 20 (6%)
4 Bed: 23 (7%)
- November 25th, 2015, 8:12 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Montage (Nye's redevelopment) - 116 E Hennepin Avenue
- Replies: 581
- Views: 88388
Re: Nye's Redevelopment - 116 E Hennepin Avenue
Staff recommend approval with the condition that no fiber cement is allowed. Also, they want the sixth floor color on the addition to more closely match (or resemble...for lack of a better word) the color of the proposed brick for the addition. Another improvement recommended by staff is use of bric...
- November 4th, 2015, 4:28 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) Clinic Expansion
- Replies: 124
- Views: 108856
Re: Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) Clinic Expansion
Hennepin County board approved funding for this yesterday and it looks like jersey barriers are going up today. The parking lot on this block (bordering Chicago) has been empty for the past few days. I'd say demolition/construction are imminent.
- September 30th, 2015, 7:56 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Black Lives Matter, The Police, etc.
- Replies: 671
- Views: 80065
Re: Black Lives Matter, The Police, etc.
You're not really arguing anything. I'm arguing that these responses - why aren't these people doing what I think they should be doing - are symptom of the problem. Sometimes, they are a deliberate strategy to deflect from the issues being raised. Other times, they are innocent reaction that has th...
- September 30th, 2015, 2:59 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Black Lives Matter, The Police, etc.
- Replies: 671
- Views: 80065
Re: Black Lives Matter, The Police, etc.
Regardless of your take on BLM's strategy and tactics overall, it seems this event in particular may be more harmful to the cause than supportive. Which is what people said about the Fair protest. And every other protest. From the outside, I think it's important to be very careful about substitutin...
- September 30th, 2015, 10:43 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Black Lives Matter, The Police, etc.
- Replies: 671
- Views: 80065
Re: Black Lives Matter, The Police, etc.
Oh please. This is no different than any other event, be it sports, the winter carnival, the state fair, music festivals or any number of civic and/or celebratory events The marathon is not different. It only seems different to those heavily invested in it. Note that this is not the same as saying ...
- September 16th, 2015, 1:40 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Downtown Minneapolis - News & General Topics
- Replies: 2032
- Views: 826386
Re: Downtown Minneapolis General Topics & Development Map
His point is that people have always been marketing a different kind of living. Also your first statement implies that basically everyone in the suburbs is by default racists means that yes, you do in fact hate people that live in the suburbs. I'm not sure there's much value in discussing fairness ...