urbanMSP

Personal pipe dream but I would love it if the new building, or nearby development, included enough office sq ft so that they could tear down the ugly University Office Plaza building on the north side of University and expand the park on the south side of the stadium all the way 23rd. Also Stub &am...

Being part of a larger real estate development is certainly a larger trend for many newer sports facilities but I don't think it's super likely case for either the X or Target Center. Starting with the X all indications are that the Wild are looking a renovation of the current building and not new b...

Getting off topic on this but I would be shocked if either DT is willing to give up their NBA/NHL franchises to the other along with the additional dates the arena is booked with WNBA/PWHL/concerts/events/shows/conferences/etc. I also have the impression that both ownership groups would prefer to st...

I don't think anyone's going to argue we shouldn't fix the cracks in the foundation if that's the issue. The problem is I have a feeling the issue is going to be not enough luxury suites rather than cracks in the foundations. I absolutely get where you are coming from on this, I really do. I feel l...

Correct, there is currently 0 reason to do a full scale replacement of the X. It's still very well thought of across the league, loved by fans and far superior to the Target Center for concerts. For an original construction price of $170 million the X is the best & most important invest in St. P...

They better keep the plan to have a gondola cross the river and enter the west side of the post office for its downtown terminus. This idea (rightfully) gets laughed at as a serious form of transit and public infrastructure and it's definitely not something government should get involved in financi...

Tearing down that ugly ass ramp and turning it into a park/stairs/entrance/etc. might not be the #1 on the list of single biggest land use upgrades in DT but is sure isn't far off the top of that list.

I get the complaint about how many bus routes flow through downtown but what's the route from north to south that doesn't as least graze the edge of DT? Lowry Hill, the Sculpture Garden & 394 force anything west of Lyndale on to Lyndale. On the east you have the river, I guess you could use Cede...

I went from "great project" to "it would sure be nice if they could buy and include the two apartment buildings right to the south" to "oh those are condos nevermind" real quick

I'll take the over on 2030 all day

If removal was ever really on the table, not sure it ever was, it died quickly when activists demanded it while also tacking on a bunch of progressive policy items that while mostly good had little to do with the actual issue. It gave serious and powerful people a reason to dismiss them out of hand ...

I get why LRT isn't going to happen because of the Green Line argument, I just think it's dumb. Who cares that two lines run parallel close to each other? They serve 2 very different purposes, 1 local 1 express, and there is benefit in that. I really don't find the regional equity argument compellin...

Looks like they got the full $195m talked about on the last page.

https://twitter.com/xanderosier/status/ ... 35456?s=20

I would also put the additional money to faster tracks & trains as always seems to be hard/most expensive thing to improve in the future.

Random side note to the new storage barn but I think it would be wise for Metro Transit to plan/create a new LRT vehicle drop off interchange around this area instead of solely relying on the one just north of Lake Street forever

First are we sure they are 100% going with inline middle lane platform stations like at Lake & 46th on 35W? Beyond obviously being ideal solution, they are probably the only workable solution as well that doesn't kill trip time. Dale/Victoria could make some sense as long it's part of freeway ca...

They'll consider a two-mile-long bridge to get across I-94, but grade separation anywhere along W. Broadway is right out?

While I get your larger point, I94 has to be crossed somehow & to imply grade separation in each location is the exact same set of variables is preposterous

2nd Ave is roughly 5 feet lower than 1st Ave which is definitely helpful

As somebody who almost never rides LRT into downtown, how bad is the problem actually ? And how much is it an operational problem that some dedicated tweaking of traffic signals and maybe supervision of station operations, or maybe stop consolidation, could fix? While the idea of a downtown tunnel ...

I would also speculate that that area is more likely to be used an expansion of the law school, Humphrey School or even Carlson vs medical space. A medical center expansion on the West bank would more likely be down by Riverside park, across from Augsburg or even a large demo/rebuild of the current ...

I mean it's looks like a St. Thomas building that happens to be an arena. Not sure what else anyone would expect?