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- May 25th, 2023, 3:16 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Vision Loss Resources Redevelopment - Lyndale & Franklin
- Replies: 48
- Views: 49188
Re: Vision Loss Resources Redevelopment - Lyndale & Franklin
Dare one dream that the project might have enough coattails to resurrect the tragicomedic Cheers bar across the street?
- May 18th, 2023, 4:16 pm
- Forum: Greater Minnesota
- Topic: Rochester
- Replies: 591
- Views: 473645
Re: Rochester
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mayo-cli ... 00705.html
They denied the accuracy of the leaked images, FWIW. But they obviously came from somewhere.
They denied the accuracy of the leaked images, FWIW. But they obviously came from somewhere.
- May 16th, 2023, 4:01 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: D Line - Chicago-Fremont/Emerson Rapid Bus
- Replies: 225
- Views: 85563
Re: D Line - Chicago-Fremont/Emerson Rapid Bus
It's a natural result of designing a road such that nothing can move faster than the slowest bus using it.
- May 15th, 2023, 1:09 pm
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minneapolis 2023 Elections - City Council
- Replies: 23
- Views: 31730
Re: Minneapolis 2023 Elections - City Council
More people, but still a fraction of potential voters. In a one party town with RCV, there's just no reason to let a few hundred people (who are likely not representative of the overall electorate) try to dictate who appears on the ballot.
- May 12th, 2023, 1:49 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Eden Prairie - General Topics
- Replies: 65
- Views: 50153
Re: Eden Prairie - General Topics
Sure, but digital technology has literally revolutionized their industry in a way I'm not sure even the most competent management team could have predicted, and Shutterfly's business model is very different from Lifetouch. So...
[shruggy guy]
[shruggy guy]
- May 12th, 2023, 11:34 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Eden Prairie - General Topics
- Replies: 65
- Views: 50153
Re: Eden Prairie - General Topics
I won't be able to find the article now, but I read the other reason that they're tearing it down is that it wasn't a typical office layout that would be easily leasable. It was designed for some specific type of production work that technology has since made obsolete.
Still a waste.
Still a waste.
- May 5th, 2023, 11:42 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Midtown / Phillips Community - General Topics
- Replies: 19
- Views: 24138
Re: Midtown / Phillips Community - General Topics
I'd really hope that at least the central historic portion of the Honeywell building is retained -- it's a very handsome building, it's a reminder of the history of Honeywell's development in Minneapolis, and it appears to have nice narrow floor plates (if you scrape off some of the additions to the...
- May 5th, 2023, 11:39 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northern Lights Express
- Replies: 521
- Views: 542306
Re: Northern Lights Express
Remember that diesel trains running mostly empty is expensive and bad for the environment. This isn't like increasing bus frequency on a Metro Transit route, where higher frequencies will easily unlock significant increases in ridership.
- May 2nd, 2023, 10:45 am
- Forum: Greater Minnesota
- Topic: Winona
- Replies: 28
- Views: 33240
Re: Winona
It's great when wealthy people commit to building these types of civic improvements. I feel like it used to happen all of the time, but sadly not so often anymore.
The project name could use some help, though.
The project name could use some help, though.
- May 1st, 2023, 11:41 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
- Replies: 1207
- Views: 592595
Re: Riverview Corridor Streetcar
35E sits at the base of a giant bluff line for most of its route through west St. Paul, and that's what is and has historically blocked the north-south routes.
- April 27th, 2023, 11:15 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Minneapolis Street Design
- Replies: 45
- Views: 59355
Re: Minneapolis Street Design
The problem with both Bryant and Grand was that the layouts were too precious by half, and they rolled out a bunch of "features" that were clearly going to have negative impacts in winter conditions. The revised design for Bryant seems like it's still going to work well for bikers and pede...
- April 24th, 2023, 1:19 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Minneapolis Street Design
- Replies: 45
- Views: 59355
Re: Minneapolis Street Design
If only we had, like, decades of experience to know that plowing curb to curb is actually quite difficult, and becomes impossible once snowbanks reach a certain height such that plowed snow falls back into the street. And if only somebody could have predicted that introducing all sorts of physical i...
- April 24th, 2023, 10:00 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: Minneapolis Street Design
- Replies: 45
- Views: 59355
Re: Minneapolis Street Design
Seriously, the city has been designing recent projects without any acknowledgement that it snows here, and the only reason they haven't gotten burned on it until now is that most of the substandard lanes they've built so far can cheat into painted bike lane separation zones when the snowbanks build ...
- April 20th, 2023, 1:07 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Nicollet Ave / Eat Street - Whittier, Stevens, Loring Park
- Replies: 225
- Views: 155152
Re: Nicollet Ave / Eat Street - Whittier, Stevens, Loring Park
I haven't been in there since the remodeling wrapped, but the building footprint didn't change, so the dining room is still there, right? They're just not using it? (Which they have been doing since Covid hit, I'm pretty certain.)
- April 13th, 2023, 2:22 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Gold Line BRT - Downtown St. Paul to Woodbury
- Replies: 495
- Views: 178679
Re: Gold Line BRT (Gateway Corridor)
1. This should have as few stops as possible. It's paralleling the Green Line, which already does a great job of serving intermediate destinations.
2. This should definitely stop at Huron. The UofM is a massive trip generator.
2. This should definitely stop at Huron. The UofM is a massive trip generator.
- April 12th, 2023, 11:25 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Latest Census Estimates and Met Council Projections
- Replies: 222
- Views: 97610
Re: Latest Census Estimates and Met Council Projections
It's worth remembering that a lot of the suburbs have formed cooperative agreements with neighbors or their county to provide municipal services more efficiently.
- March 31st, 2023, 2:37 pm
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Southdale Area - Edina
- Replies: 800
- Views: 305930
Re: Southdale Area - Edina
When they say first floor, I assume that they mean the ground floor with frontage facing northeast? If so, that's going to become a very congested little area, with a pretty terrible parking layout for a grocery store. Looks like the Kowalski's will be on the upper floor of the old Herberger's (fac...
- March 29th, 2023, 8:06 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Freight Rail News and Happenings
- Replies: 247
- Views: 140180
Re: Freight Rail News and Happenings
Please explain to me why these issues with privately owned infrastructure is now the responsibility of the state.
Especially since railroads have been such good neighbors and always willing to work hard and negotiate in the interest of the greater good.
Especially since railroads have been such good neighbors and always willing to work hard and negotiate in the interest of the greater good.
- March 15th, 2023, 3:13 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northstar Commuter Rail
- Replies: 959
- Views: 255864
- March 14th, 2023, 3:55 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northstar Commuter Rail
- Replies: 959
- Views: 255864
Re: Northstar Commuter Rail
I'm skeptical but hopeful that NLX to Duluth will be successful, but I'm really quite certain that Amtrak to St. Clould will somehow have even fewer riders than Northstar.