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by exiled_antipodean
May 10th, 2023, 9:26 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Southwest - General Topics (Linden Hills, Fulton, et al)
Replies: 146
Views: 90424

Re: Southwest - General Topics (Linden Hills, Fulton, et al)

Who knows if it will be NIMBYed out of existence (it seems to meet code except for dumb setback requirements), but moved to next CPC meeting
https://www.southwestvoices.news/posts/ ... -bandshell
by exiled_antipodean
April 18th, 2022, 1:08 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
Replies: 964
Views: 334397

Re: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics

People who note that a lot of the new developments in Minneapolis are studio – 2 bedrooms, except near the U, are not wrong. And to a large extent it is true that a larger number of smaller units are more profitable. But ... we're getting redevelopment of this form, rather than infill townhouses on ...
by exiled_antipodean
February 2nd, 2022, 10:55 am
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Prospect Park - General Topics
Replies: 201
Views: 128560

Re: Prospect Park - General Topics

Construction has started on the Malcolm Yards apartments. It was kinda cold, so I didn't grab a photo, but will do so soon.
by exiled_antipodean
January 29th, 2022, 12:04 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Does Minneapolis have too many stoplights?
Replies: 85
Views: 22943

Re: Does Minneapolis have too many stoplights?

With respect to the Franklin/East River Road/27th fustercluck, the situation is that in 2008/9 the county/city/park board studied things, and there were some truly insane things proposed like a two-lane roundabout, and significant engineering to cantilever the bike trail under the Franklin bridge. T...
by exiled_antipodean
January 27th, 2022, 5:58 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5248
Views: 1220634

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

I guess this whole situation is summed up by the phrase: they're in a hole and they're keeping on digging (and asking more money and time to do it)
by exiled_antipodean
January 26th, 2022, 1:49 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5248
Views: 1220634

Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT

Obviously it would be a huge embarrassment and our legal/planning system makes it even more time consuming ... but would be really curious if it would in an engineering sense just be quicker to stop the digging, refill it, take out the townhomes, and build at grade with signals to control the confli...
by exiled_antipodean
January 24th, 2022, 11:59 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Calvary Church re-development
Replies: 11
Views: 3847

Re: Calvary Church re-development

On another note, the built form district for this property is insane. Why was this designated Interior 2?
Minneapolis 2040 was pretty conservative in a lot of places.
by exiled_antipodean
January 20th, 2022, 10:50 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Calvary Church re-development
Replies: 11
Views: 3847

Re: Calvary Church re-development

Opening the packet (or Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/JKHnt1VPvavtZdLm6) it looks like the housing in the "church" is actually in the shorter to the right not in the taller worship space. Yeah, agreed, Northeast has lots of room for this to occur. I kind of get it with churches and their...
by exiled_antipodean
January 20th, 2022, 5:53 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Calvary Church re-development
Replies: 11
Views: 3847

Calvary Church re-development

Things you never imagined you'd see: a church proposing to build housing on their parking lot at 39th and Chicago/Elliot
https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/download ... liot%20Ave
by exiled_antipodean
March 3rd, 2021, 9:37 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)
Replies: 433
Views: 192951

Re: Hennepin Avenue Reconstruction (Douglas to Lake St)

My one concern is that the continuous median (mostly good) blocks turns not only into driveways, but also some streets. This is necessary to keep left turners from blocking all traffic and I understand that. The concern is that weird angles and one ways on side streets will make it almost impossibl...
by exiled_antipodean
January 20th, 2021, 1:41 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5248
Views: 1220634

Re: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)

Huge difference between lots of single track, and one point. And if they were willing to consider the radical railroad operation idea of ... checks notes ... signaling and switches they could double track it on the surface, and do the co-location idea. We are, after all, talking about at most a few ...
by exiled_antipodean
January 20th, 2021, 12:15 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Replies: 5248
Views: 1220634

Re: Southwest LRT (Green Line Extension)

Probably too late to abandon the tunnel idea, and lay the rail on the surface. We are spending more than $100 million dollars on this tunnel to avoid either * a short section of dedicated single track operation for the LRT, or * having freight rail share track in the same direction no more than 3 ti...
by exiled_antipodean
February 21st, 2020, 9:10 am
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Stadium Village
Replies: 153
Views: 145848

Re: Stadium Village

New details on the Stadium Village plans from the U
https://www.mndaily.com/article/2020/01 ... pment-plan
by exiled_antipodean
July 13th, 2019, 9:03 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
Replies: 1800
Views: 1002235

Re: Bicycle Infrastructure

Maybe I'm too cynical, but thinking things through doesn't really seem to have been a huge part of the Minneapolis approach to executing a network of safe biking streets. They literally reconstructed 15th Avenue SE 3 years ago, including curb reconstruction, and didn't put in a protected bikeway then.
by exiled_antipodean
July 2nd, 2019, 2:59 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
Replies: 1359
Views: 342603

Re: MSP Airport

One thing that will help the flight is that connecting from Europe via Dublin you do US clearance there. Not as big of a deal flying into MSP to avoid immigration as other places, but a nice thing to get out of the way.
by exiled_antipodean
June 8th, 2019, 4:05 am
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Prospect Park - General Topics
Replies: 201
Views: 128560

Re: Prospect Park - General Topics

Depends what you mean by lots, but I have seen a non-trivial number of #3 and #272 labeled Metro Transit buses on there. Plus other U traffic.
by exiled_antipodean
April 16th, 2019, 1:30 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Prospect Park - General Topics
Replies: 201
Views: 128560

Re: Prospect Park - General Topics

That's right — this was initially an effort to stop a rushed redevelopment plan that would have seen people have to leave with no right of return. The idea to historically designate was in response to that. It seems (editorial comment) to have taken on a life of its own now, which is regrettable.