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Get back to us when she says the same thing to a business or apartment proposal in her ward, where she has to deal with the fallout from constituents.

She has not shown the same attitude towards relaxing parking minimums, to my knowledge.

Lake Street bar sues city over citations it calls malicious

Who can correctly guess which bar before clicking the link? I did!

Hint, it's stretch to call this Uptown, but whatevs

Dr. Levinson shared this link on his recent Streets.mn/MinnPost commentary about Dinkytown. If you're already reading this thread, you will find it interesting.

How tall can wood-framed buildings go and still be safe?

Well this makes my day! ha ha ha. The reduction in height and floors was a mistake. The original 34 story proposal with the cantilevered crown was a much better design. The new crown actually looks better for the building's shorter height in some ways. But the big problem is there is no clear archi...

MN Daily reports: Small business Dinkytown gem closes The developer that bought the site, GEM Realty Capital, plans to recycle parts of the building’s gym floor, light fixtures and cabinetry to incorporate into the new building. [The former owner] said this homage made it easier to let the building ...

Eden Prairie's thoughts on the DEIS Some interesting bits on O&M facility location, integration with Southwest Transit buses, getting Town Center Station closer to the mall (currently planned to be beyond reasonable walking distance) and the desire for little to no P&R space at Town Center ...

Well it's a thing we have people like you to put us in our place.

I think it would be good to not clutter up the map with too many "could be" transit lines. There are plenty of fantasy transit lines on this board for that. I think it would be more useful to see this be a map of what we could reasonably expect to be operational in the next 10 years. I ag...

Yes, it is interesting that David thinks NoMi "deserves" a direct connection to the southwest suburbs, while Uptown does not, despite actual geographic proximity. Are the working class neighborhoods in southern Anoka County similarly entitled to a direct LRT connection to jobs in Eagan? An...

Unfortunately no, that space is currently being used as staging space for a big Met Council sewer project (if that's still going on). The most recent proposal by Bigos never gained any traction and the site is again in limbo. I imagine a new proposal will come forward soon though. Personally, I feel...

I assume the developer is still proposing at least 1 parking space per unit, and somehow that won't enough for the neighborhood. Looks like the initial proposal called for 48 units with 47 parking spaces, seven of those being tandem stalls (presumably for the seven 2BR units). Also included a car-sh...

A demand for it to be quiet, by the incumbent city councilmember in that area!

Curious indeed. That extra ramp is completely duplicative, unless I'm missing something too. If the NW corner can be made useful for development, why not eliminate that extra ramp and stick with the standard folded diamond? I wonder if they considered other alternatives for the Mtka Blvd exit, such ...

http://www.startribune.com/local/blogs/182065071.html The Strib has posted a nice blurb about the vacant Suburban World Theater in Uptown and mentions El Lago in Lyn-Lake. Bonus content: a comment by thatchio I figured that this was topic-worthy, since if there ever is a redevelopment proposal, we'l...

Anyone from here going on Saturday?

Haha, yeah it predictably went south. One person claimed that all these projects received government funding, then all of the sudden it was true because this is the internet.

Yes, Whittier is quite diverse. It also has excellent transit coverage. North Minneapolis does not. Um, what? You have a problem with the uber-frequent 5 and 19? Sure, frequency on the 7, 14, and 22 could be better, but not every bus line in south is hi-frequency either. Not to mention the whole th...

Some neighborhood members dug in their heels and threw away all their leverage. I think it's a fairly good development but it could be a lot better if some people had been a bit more reasonable. I believe it! In my short time on a neighborhood board I witnessed people waste all their time and lever...

Is this the journal article? http://www.downtownjournal.com/index.php?&story=19132&page=65&category=92 Yep. I couldn't find it online earlier, when I was holding the paper copy in my hands. It is missing the sidebar about Ward 7 though. Maybe I just saw a window to complain about The Jo...

foto - yes, I agree that the particular proposal for TJ's was really terrible, and the location was even worse. I'm glad it was defeated, even though I probably would've been shopping in that TJ's twice/week. Unfortunately, the Councilmember's rationale does matter, and her "we don't do spot re...