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- March 29th, 2024, 5:57 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: City living trends and predictions
- Replies: 133
- Views: 79932
Re: City living trends and predictions
Ha, yeah, I guess you could call it Urban Bearpath. And, yeah, I wouldn't want that to be city-wide. For a lot that many developers would exclaim,"I can't build on a triangular lot!", I'd rather have Urban Bearpath than a gas station or carwash with parking or a drive-thru coffee shop. But...
- March 28th, 2024, 1:33 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Zoning, building codes, enforcement in the courts
- Replies: 40
- Views: 8503
Re: Zoning, building codes, enforcement in the courts
Would this help create more infill on smaller lots, like having a small 5-story missing middle housing development that's *not* a full block long & deep?
- March 28th, 2024, 11:43 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Suburbs - General Topics
- Replies: 1138
- Views: 348409
Re: Suburbs - General Topics
Is that what all exurban development looks like? The privatization of all amenities (park, pool, dog walk, etc.) rather than having public parks & plazas? Not much different from "amenity decks" in urban & inner suburban development. Whatever happened to public space? Is privatizat...
- March 28th, 2024, 10:42 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Richfield - 66th Street - General Topics
- Replies: 304
- Views: 84430
Re: Richfield - 66th Street - General Topics
Kudos to Richfield for upzoning the city.
(Sorry, it's been a while since I've visited.)
(Sorry, it's been a while since I've visited.)
- March 28th, 2024, 10:42 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Hopkins - General Topics
- Replies: 368
- Views: 130785
Re: Hopkins - General Topics
Does Hopkins have any plans to build more streets like the bikeway from Mainstreet to the LRT station?
- March 28th, 2024, 10:41 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: West End area - St. Louis Park / Golden Valley
- Replies: 205
- Views: 86609
Re: West End area - St. Louis Park / Golden Valley
The West End would probably do better if the site across the street wasn't an ode to 1970s suburban design and 2020s giant gas-powered SUVs (with not only a Costco, but a Costco gas station). When will Costco put in EV charging stations at the store , and reuse or sell the gas station for something ...
- March 28th, 2024, 10:12 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Grandview District - Edina
- Replies: 122
- Views: 77492
Re: Grandview District - Edina
Not really, it was pretty terrible from both a planning perspective and a resident perspective. The plans for the neighborhood (from a decade ago) called for mixed use, multistory buildings with underground parking. The overall project was a senior co-op (good, in theory, but more later) and a 2-sto...
- March 28th, 2024, 10:02 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Uber/Lyft
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2874
Re: Uber/Lyft
Yep, that's pretty much it. But even without drivers, it does nothing to reduce VMT, wear & tear on streets, congestion, etc. Transit, biking, & walking are the future. Cars should have a much, much reduced role to play in transportation, even if they're EVs or autonomous or rideshare or wha...
- March 28th, 2024, 9:56 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Highway Transitway Corridor Study
- Replies: 84
- Views: 22302
Re: Highway Transitway Corridor Study
Highway BRT should replace freeway car lane(s) , otherwise it's just free money for the construction industry with little effect on modal usage. MNDOT and counties have climate action plans with goals to reduce VMT (vehicle miles traveled). If we're not replacing car lanes with bus lanes, we're not ...
- March 28th, 2024, 9:50 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: City living trends and predictions
- Replies: 133
- Views: 79932
Re: City living trends and predictions
Honestly, a rather small footprint, triangular, personal 5-over-1 with retail on the first floor is fine. The real post-apocalyptic, fuck-you-I'm-rich story is the conclusion to the article: "Matthew Segal and his wife moved into the [adjacent 2,900-square-foot, five-story single residence], wh...
- March 28th, 2024, 9:40 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Introductions
- Replies: 161
- Views: 71368
Re: Introductions
Welcome, angrysuburbanite. Awesome name.
As hard as urbanism is to do in cities, it's twice as hard in suburbs. Welcome to the revolution.
As hard as urbanism is to do in cities, it's twice as hard in suburbs. Welcome to the revolution.
- March 28th, 2024, 8:03 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Southdale Area - Edina
- Replies: 798
- Views: 243375
Re: Southdale Area - Edina
Billionaires be billionaires. Having the Galleria & Southdale Mall compete for the many luxury retailers is good. Now if only they could treat the many workers and residents in the area with respect by (a) having a legit transit station on the county library property as part of its redevelopment...
- June 15th, 2020, 10:39 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Subsidized and/or Affordable Housing
- Replies: 331
- Views: 88910
Re: Subsidized and/or Affordable Housing
That’s good, but this seems suspicious: “The agency opened itself up to the private funding through the federal Rental Assistance Demonstration program, which transfers ownership of public housing buildings to a private entity. The private investors qualify for tax credits.” How does that benefit so...
- June 15th, 2020, 11:48 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: St. Louis Park - General Topics
- Replies: 557
- Views: 227541
Re: St. Louis Park - General Topics
Judging by the people I see in Microcenter and the products the store sells, the patrons seem to be above average wealth. There's a substantial overlap between people of above average wealth and those… … living in bright, shiny, new, expensive apartments & townhomes in Transit-Oriented Developm...
- June 15th, 2020, 11:38 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Chanhassen - Chaska - Carver County
- Replies: 119
- Views: 114560
Re: Chanhassen - Chaska - Carver County
It makes you realize Costco’s profitability depends not on bringing inexpensive food to the masses, but rather encouraging the well to do to overspend on giant quantities of “bargains” that they transport in their oversized vehicles (justifying owning or leasing them) to store in their oversized hou...
- June 15th, 2020, 11:11 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Street, Road and Highway Projects
- Replies: 1388
- Views: 604214
Re: Street, Road and Highway Projects
As always, it's wild when you compare the scale of the asks for highways versus the scale of the asks for transit, bike, and ped. Yeah, and is roadway capacity ‘strategic’ anymore? Should it be? Let’s #defundMNDOT and create a Multimodal Transportation Department instead. Too much baggage for MNDOT...
- June 15th, 2020, 10:58 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Hopkins - General Topics
- Replies: 368
- Views: 130785
Re: Hopkins - General Topics
After further inspection, a couple more things: 1. “Bicycle friendly”. Why not “bicycle/ped/transit prioritized”? 2. Seems a shame there’s going to be so little retail. I get that Site C doesn’t need retail, but the frontage on Excelsior & Blake should have it. I know, I know: “retail is dead”. ...
- June 14th, 2020, 10:07 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
- Replies: 2909
- Views: 702271
Re: Public Transit News / Current Events (MN only)
To support startup firms trying to privatize transit, I can see Republicans supporting micromobility or self-driving cars/Uber.
It would be a fantastic change of heart to see them support BRT or LRT.
It would be a fantastic change of heart to see them support BRT or LRT.
- June 14th, 2020, 10:02 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: St. Louis Park - General Topics
- Replies: 557
- Views: 227541
Re: St. Louis Park - General Topics
I don't see Micro Center choosing a smaller space. Especially not if the rent is higher and especially not if there's not lots of free surface parking. A lot of times the store is packed at it's present size. And the size is part of the attraction. Live in Chaska and need a new laptop? Drive in and...
- June 14th, 2020, 9:58 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Hopkins - General Topics
- Replies: 368
- Views: 130785
Re: Hopkins - General Topics
I agree about way too much parking. But when Hennepin County has too many lanes on adjacent roadways (Blake & Excelsior) with no dedicated bus lanes, this area will continue to be all about cars, much like the next station down at 36th & Wooddale. High density, but fast, wide lanes for cars ...