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The parking ramp is even designed to be repurposed as office space if/when we no longer need the parking space.

That's a nicely done building, inside and out.

And gotta love that bike room!

Weren't their houses "affordable" when they bought them 50 years ago? How could they deny that to other people? As you know, houses in that neighborhood are $400k+. Ha ha. A 100% affordable development. But it sounds like the fallback plan is a 6 story office building? Not sure how that's ...

Removing the affordable housing seemed almost vindictive.

Does it need to be 6 stories to support the 3 levels of underground parking? Seems like a lot of parking for being half a mile from a future light rail station.

Yep, they really ruined what used to be a pedestrian wonderland: https://goo.gl/maps/mWyJGyiV5C12 Well, at least Pizza used to be spelled right. 8-) Seriously, though, I'd much rather cross one lane of traffic in each direction, buffered by parking (that tends to slow drivers down), rather than the...

I'm surprised state DOTs aren't working with Google, Apple, et al., to have their apps follow official detours.

There was another meeting last night that I went to (I also went to the January one). Looks like the 2 alternatives from last night have not been posted yet (http://edinamn.gov/index.php?section=SouthdaleLibrarySite ) but they should be there soon. Some nice things included the fact that they are mo...

Yes, except for the 2 lanes going east on 49 1/2 Street. I wonder if 2 lanes are even needed? The turn lane isn't really needed since only a few cars ever go straight (into a parking lot) or right (they'd have taken 50th Street), and the traffic light is optimized for left turns since the opposite p...

What about bike access on 49 1/2 Street? Would it be safe & comfortable if the speed limit were simply reduced to 20 mph? Do we need bike lanes or cycle tracks?

Couldn't Columbia Heights start by making Central Avenue more pedestrian friendly? Who's jurisdiction is Central Avenue?

Here's the Grandview transportation study (preliminary) that was presented to the Edina Transportation Commission: http://edina.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/AttachmentViewer.ashx?AttachmentID=1414&ItemID=955 The first page of the document showing how Hwy 100/50th Street/Vernon have changed since...