A very positive sign to get the ball rolling on this critical redevelopment project
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A very positive sign to get the ball rolling on this critical redevelopment project
LOLKmart is a retail powerhouse with well stocked, lovely stores in the East Coast market, a far cry from our neglected sh*thole on Nicollet. A renewed store would likely draw additional retail traffic by appearance alone.
I can confirm this. The first time my wife and I went to NYC, we took the train in from NJ to Penn Station. We got a little turned around trying to find public bathrooms underground, but found our way to the street by way of a multi-level Kmart. It was hectic, yes, but a totally different Kmart experience than that which we have here.It is hard to believe based on their presence here. I was skeptical, too, but this is no joke. I just googled "kmart new york" and there are apparently a couple of kmarts in Manhattan (and many more throughout NYC). They have a much better street presence than any urban Target I've seen (which only includes MPLS and DC).
The section of Eat Street is basically 3 lanes and dominated by autos. When they rebuild those sections, 28th to Lake, they can do what every they feel they have the money to do. Make wider sidewalks, have bump outs to have setback parking, or put in bike lanes.They basically have all the ROW that they want to use as there is nothing stopping them as far as buildings constraining how wide they can go.I still don't understand the desire to have Nicollet "open" -- I want to see it reconnected, but that's not necessarily the same thing. Having the block between the Greenway and Lake be for transit/bike/ped only would really help keep the feel of Eat Street, where Nicollet is more of a space shared by all users rather than dominated by the automobile.
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