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- August 17th, 2023, 2:36 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
- Replies: 964
- Views: 347767
Re: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
Yeah, not sure what the office vacancy levels are like in St. Anthony Main, but I could definitely see some of that space getting converted to a boutique hotel.
- August 17th, 2023, 2:32 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5276
- Views: 1262495
Re: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
Does anyone know if they are building out all of the track junctions/switches needed for BLRT as part of the SWLRT project? Although BLRT will now go up 7th rather than Olson, it was always proposed to leave that track junction and cross 7th/Olson at grade. I have to imagine some of that was includ...
- August 4th, 2023, 1:16 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
- Replies: 964
- Views: 347767
Re: Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis - General Topics
Heaven forbid people are able to sit at a bar or restaurant and enjoy a view of the river.
- August 4th, 2023, 1:13 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 343
- Views: 143709
Re: Interstate 94
I have no idea about actual vehicle counts, but when 35W was under construction through south Minneapolis (not fully closed), the traffic impacts were very significant on all of the parallel surface streets. It was a major relief for the surrounding residents to have that work completed.
- August 3rd, 2023, 5:29 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 343
- Views: 143709
Re: Interstate 94
Not to mention all of the impacts to other traffic that you generate by removing the grade separation. Traffic lights are more frequent and cycles are longer, and the impacts ripple across the area. It really does boggle my mind that people think pushing this amount of traffic (or even a fraction th...
- July 28th, 2023, 10:38 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: The Dayton's Project
- Replies: 354
- Views: 256922
Re: The Dayton's Project
Only if they're able to work out air rights with the adjacent property owner to cut in some more windows on the back side of the building.
- July 26th, 2023, 11:23 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Chanhassen - Chaska - Carver County
- Replies: 119
- Views: 118236
Re: Chanhassen - Chaska - Carver County
I don't think the Dinner Theater is any sort of trouble, at least not by outward signs. I've seen decent crowds there and they seem to advertise heavily whenever a new show comes out. I didn't mean to suggest that they were in trouble financially, only that they're sitting on a big piece of land th...
- July 25th, 2023, 9:27 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: Chanhassen - Chaska - Carver County
- Replies: 119
- Views: 118236
Re: Chanhassen - Chaska - Carver County
Makes you wonder how much longer the dinner theater will be able to hold on.
- July 20th, 2023, 10:17 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Interstate 94
- Replies: 343
- Views: 143709
Re: Interstate 94
I still think that it's profoundly silly that we're even discussing removing grade separation here. If you can't even get half of the people on this forum to agree that it's a good idea, just imagine how this will play in broader constituencies.
- June 29th, 2023, 11:39 am
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
- Replies: 430
- Views: 149801
Re: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
Yes, and it sounds like the proponents also could have moved to table the motion, but they didn't. Here's the Strib's write-up. This chunk towards the end of the article seems particularly damning, almost as if the arch-progressive block was more interested in using the issue as an election wedge is...
- June 29th, 2023, 7:09 am
- Forum: Local Politics and Governance
- Topic: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
- Replies: 430
- Views: 149801
Re: Minneapolis City Politics General Discussion
Frey was absolutely going to veto this, and the council definitely didn't have the votes to override, so it was dead either way.
- June 28th, 2023, 12:00 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
- Topic: Bassett Creek Valley Redevelopment
- Replies: 47
- Views: 46045
Re: Bassett Creek Valley Redevelopment
Based off of the renderings, I'm pretty confident that TAB is right.
https://bkvgroup.com/projects/shelby-commons/
Note also that the Border Avenue extension to Glenwood is located right next to this project. If that's still a thing?
https://bkvgroup.com/projects/shelby-commons/
Note also that the Border Avenue extension to Glenwood is located right next to this project. If that's still a thing?
- June 15th, 2023, 11:56 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: MPS Comprehensive District Design
- Replies: 39
- Views: 45563
Re: MPS Comprehensive District Design
$976 million budget for 28000 students? If my calculator is to be believed then they are spending 34,857 per student. I have no idea what the typical student costs but that strikes me as a bit high (especially so given student performance in MPS). Not sure how that jibes with this quote from the ar...
- June 15th, 2023, 10:58 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 353911
Re: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
I looked it up because I was curious, and I was honestly really surprised how few flights were happening at St. Paul -- around 40k per year, which is about 1/3 of what's happening at Flying Cloud. That said, I think that the nature of the flights out of St. Paul is a different mix than the other rel...
- June 14th, 2023, 2:25 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 353911
Re: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
I think that the St. Cloud airport is just a little too far out. They've tried for years to market it as an option for people living in the Northwest suburbs, but it's never caught on. Paine Field near Seattle is trying to develop itself as a back up airport option with some success, but it's much c...
- June 13th, 2023, 1:14 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - General Topics and Citywide Issues
- Topic: MPS Comprehensive District Design
- Replies: 39
- Views: 45563
Re: MPS Comprehensive District Design
Hard to believe that was the outcome, when the teacher's union was negotiating against a board made up of stern capitalist pencil pushers... [checks notes] endorsed by the teacher's union.
- June 13th, 2023, 9:54 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Twin Cities' National and Global Image
- Replies: 1024
- Views: 226977
Re: Twin Cities' National and Global Image
I also really appreciate the graphic design of it. I'm not sure that putting a snowflake on the flag so conspicuously is what Meet Minneapolis would recommend, though...
- June 8th, 2023, 1:31 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 353911
Re: MSP Airport
I feel like I've heard talk about FIS moving to the third level near the existing location, so that might be the plan. I also understand that both of the existing trams are approaching the end of their lifecycle, so there may be more ambitious plans for those when they get replaced. With the extensi...
- June 1st, 2023, 4:36 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: MSP Airport / Metropolitan Airports Commission
- Replies: 1359
- Views: 353911
Re: MSP Airport
They're no longer proposing the taxiway connector at the southeast end of the parallel runways -- that's a change that could have eliminated a lot of taxiing the long way around the terminal and simplified ground operations significantly.
- May 31st, 2023, 9:02 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Latest Census Estimates and Met Council Projections
- Replies: 221
- Views: 84290
Re: Latest Census Estimates and Met Council Projections
Looks like Minneapolis added mostly single person households.