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by TWA
July 3rd, 2013, 6:23 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Future Cars: Electric and Autonomous Vehicles
Replies: 545
Views: 196363

Re: Future cars

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681942/we-m ... y-far-away

"We May All Be Driving Electric Cars In The Future, But That Future Is Really Far Away"
by TWA
June 25th, 2013, 8:44 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Red Line (Cedar Avenue BRT)
Replies: 538
Views: 223445

Re: Red Line (Cedar BRT)

there is the political/diplomatic angle to consider as well. If suburbanites don't feel they have a stake in transit, why would they support spending money on it? Really well said. Everyone wants to be in on the party. Issue is that there are so many commercial nodes around town it makes it difficu...
by TWA
June 25th, 2013, 7:31 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Saint Paul Streetcar Study
Replies: 88
Views: 14963

Re: Saint Paul streetcar study

^ Would they make that route a direct DT St Paul to Uptown line with a transfer to go up snelling? Or you think it would be a forced transfer at snelling as the "midtown" line would end there?
by TWA
June 25th, 2013, 7:12 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Elan Uptown
Replies: 422
Views: 65364

Re: Elan Phase II - (2828 Dupont Avenue South)

Imagine how much different the construction industry must be warm weather cities where work can easily be done year-round...
by TWA
June 20th, 2013, 7:24 am
Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
Topic: Open Streets
Replies: 20
Views: 4282

Re: Open Streets

In the most positive light, they are being rude. They are using an existing event/organization as a platform to promote their own ideas. Sure they have free speech, and they have a right to be on a public road. But they didn't go through the hassle of raising the money, getting the permits, plannin...
by TWA
June 19th, 2013, 9:09 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Tunnels!
Replies: 157
Views: 57436

Re: "Cut and Cover"

http://railsystem.net/cutandcover.htm

Breakdown of what the cut and cover construction process involves.
by TWA
June 19th, 2013, 8:56 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Mozaic (all phases)
Replies: 581
Views: 94494

Re: Mozaic

After reading the vague design points- 3 buildings going E-W. Northernmost building 3 stories, middle is 6 and southernmost building 8 stories. I hope it's not just 3 flat-sided rectangles. Especially from the south looking north, all you would see would be the broad side of an 8 story office buildi...
by TWA
June 14th, 2013, 9:37 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Speed Building
Replies: 20
Views: 4440

Re: Speed Building

Semi related: growth in China and India.

"China will build the equivalent of New York every other year for the next 20 years"

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682111/the- ... magery#-13

Cool article
by TWA
June 14th, 2013, 6:07 am
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Rampton Apartments - (201 2nd Avenue Southeast)
Replies: 63
Views: 16093

Re: Rampton Apartments - (201 2nd Avenue Southeast)

Can I just say that this may be my favorite project in town? I just mean from the stance of covering up a ramp and the creativity of it all. These are the types of projects we need in the future.
by TWA
June 13th, 2013, 8:50 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Mozaic (all phases)
Replies: 581
Views: 94494

Re: Mozaic

Sounds promising and I second the opinion that the building massing in the second phase should be smaller than the behemoth first. Also, so many of the developments in Uptown now are so large (1/2 block at least) it's nice for some variety. On the hotel side, I think that a smaller boutique hotel wo...
by TWA
June 12th, 2013, 5:53 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Minneapolis & St. Paul Fantasies and Speculations
Replies: 445
Views: 71731

Re: Minneapolis & St. Paul Fantasies and Speculations

The trend for vacancy rates downtown is extremely promising and all developers know that. For all we know, some out of town developer has a project in the works already. They know it takes almost 2 years for a project to fully come on line. However, lenders and developers are wary of pure spec build...
by TWA
June 11th, 2013, 11:00 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Hampton Inn & Suites - (19 8th Street North)
Replies: 274
Views: 106686

Re: Mortenson Hotel - (19 8th Street North)

that's cool. Hampton Inn is a good brand.
Hampton Inn ( in recent years) has attempted to do pretty good designs for their urban hotels, so hopefully we'll see a decent looking building here.
I feel like they love the faux-historical brick-heavy design.
by TWA
June 10th, 2013, 11:55 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Mozaic (all phases)
Replies: 581
Views: 94494

Re: Mozaic

Giving this thread a bump.

Last I had heard, there was supposedly a meeting a couple months ago- anyone heard anything about this?
by TWA
June 10th, 2013, 11:38 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: The Walkway - (1312 West Lake Street)
Replies: 467
Views: 88079

Re: The Walkway - (1312 West Lake Street)

I was at stella's on Saturday- the view of downtown was blocked. The hostess even complained to me about how their view was gone.
by TWA
June 10th, 2013, 8:26 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Institutional Anti-Urbanism
Replies: 38
Views: 4033

Re: Institutional Anti-Urbansim

"Why Conservatives Hate Citi Bike So Much, in One Venn Diagram"

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/20 ... -bike.html

They had me at "vaguely french"
by TWA
June 10th, 2013, 8:23 am
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Speed Building
Replies: 20
Views: 4440

Re: Speed Building

I recently taken on a tour of our hvac company's shop where they are now building 3d models of the entire utility systems for new buildings and pre-fabricating whole wall sections with the utilities in them already. The sections I looked at were for a medical facility- so it wasn't just electrical, ...
by TWA
June 10th, 2013, 6:46 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Solhavn - (815 2nd Street North)
Replies: 87
Views: 21929

Re: Solhavn - (815 2nd Street North)

looks like a 6 story shoe box. I know it's hard to judge a building at this point, but I must say there is almost no architectural detail on this at all. Hopefully the skin will look nice.
by TWA
June 10th, 2013, 6:37 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: North Loop Neighborhood
Replies: 1096
Views: 495168

Re: North Loop Neighborhood

Do you think the city is waiting until a lot of construction is done before they re-surface any roadways? I'm not sure how the city prioritizes roadworks projects, and also don't know how construction effects roads to be honest. It always seems to me like it would cause a beating on a new surface.
by TWA
June 5th, 2013, 9:20 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: MSP to Rochester High Speed Rail
Replies: 516
Views: 173180

Re: Zip Rail to Rochester

Just seems cheaper and easier in every way to terminate at SPUD and using existing transit modes to get to MSP and downtown Minneapolis (Green Line, Route 94, 54/Riverview). I don't think the value of having a single seat ride to Minneapolis Interchange outweighs the cost (capital or operating) whe...
by TWA
June 5th, 2013, 7:10 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Twin Cities Premium Outlets - Eagan
Replies: 80
Views: 34976

Re: Paragon Outlets - Eagan

Are they going to open this in phases or all at once?