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by Andrew_F
February 8th, 2014, 12:19 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Saint Paul Union Depot
Replies: 374
Views: 79185

Re: Saint Paul Union Depot

The bus did indeed stop at the terminal proper.
by Andrew_F
February 7th, 2014, 1:51 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Saint Paul Union Depot
Replies: 374
Views: 79185

Re: Saint Paul Union Depot

I guess I haven't been keeping up with this thread, as I was caught totally off guard when the driver of the Megabus I'm sitting on announced that the Saint Paul stop has moved to SPUD (aka "Saint Paul Transit Center", but hey, at least we're not going to "Minnessippi" this time....
by Andrew_F
February 5th, 2014, 7:55 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Stadium Parking Ramp Development Site - 25 stories / 294'
Replies: 1070
Views: 262452

Re: Stadium Parking Ramp Air Rights Development

It's tough to make a call without knowing some more details on the cancelled Ryan buildings fronting 3rd. I think it's probably a good bet that if Ryan can't build over the ramp, we'll see those units on 3rd sooner rather than later. It's probably also a good bet that a midsize hotel will pop up wit...
by Andrew_F
January 6th, 2014, 9:13 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Borealis (TCMC)
Replies: 625
Views: 391329

Re: Intercity rail to Chicago

Also, I wonder if at some point it would make sense to terminate the Empire Builder at SPUD and then through-connect passengers to Chicago. The EB's segment west of MSP is notoriously unreliable from a timetable perspective, and if a train got in late they could connect those passengers on the next...
by Andrew_F
January 2nd, 2014, 8:58 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Foundry Lake Street - (3118 Lake Street W)
Replies: 152
Views: 34444

Re: West Calhoun Tower Proposed (Tryg's Site)

Tough to beleive it makes economic sense to tear down a building that was so thoroughly renovated less than 10 years ago where there are tons of surface lots within just a couple blocks.
by Andrew_F
January 2nd, 2014, 8:38 am
Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
Topic: Elan Uptown
Replies: 422
Views: 65364

Re: Elan Uptown Phase II - (center and west blocks)

A crane for the north building popped up over the last week.
by Andrew_F
December 19th, 2013, 2:59 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: DTE: Wells Fargo, Radisson Red, Edition Apts & Millwright Building
Replies: 2909
Views: 447891

Re: Star Tribune Blocks

Thanks, twincitizen. Per that document it looks like the building fronting 4th in front of the parking ramp is also not proposed as part of Phase I.
by Andrew_F
December 19th, 2013, 2:26 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: DTE: Wells Fargo, Radisson Red, Edition Apts & Millwright Building
Replies: 2909
Views: 447891

Re: Star Tribune Blocks

I appologize for being a little behind here, but does anyone know which of the 6 residential buildings are actually proposed to be built concurrent with the office towers? Obviously all six residential buildings total much more than the 400 units that keep getting mentioned, but even the 400 unit nu...
by Andrew_F
December 19th, 2013, 10:57 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Green Line / Central Corridor construction thread (archive)
Replies: 1597
Views: 355130

Re: Green Line (Central Corridor LRT)

Even now, with the line unopened, I think that University feels like a much more welcoming place to be. The streetscape is fantastic and much more enjoyable as a pedestrian, and while I haven't driven through during peak times, traffic has been, in my limted antecedal experience, no worse than it wa...
by Andrew_F
December 18th, 2013, 1:53 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: B Line Lake St Rapid Bus, Midtown Rail Transit
Replies: 720
Views: 217002

Re: Midtown Corridor

Another thing to think about re:interlining and double track is the possibility of a future Nicollet/Central connection. I understand MNdible's argument regarding not spending too much money on trying to future-proof for things that aren't going to happen for certain yet, but I think even in the mid...
by Andrew_F
December 13th, 2013, 4:10 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: DTE: Wells Fargo, Radisson Red, Edition Apts & Millwright Building
Replies: 2909
Views: 447891

Re: Star Tribune Blocks

Yeah, I don't think this project is "tower in the park" by any stretch of the imagination.
by Andrew_F
December 13th, 2013, 10:57 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Mall of America - Bloomington
Replies: 996
Views: 240914

Re: Mall of America - Bloomington

There are severe FAA-imposed height restrictions on the property to the east of the MOA. This is also why the old DoubleTree hotel tower was demolished about a decade ago, because it was within the runway exclusion zone.
The Thunderbird!
by Andrew_F
December 12th, 2013, 2:01 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Amtrak: Empire Builder and Borealis (TCMC)
Replies: 625
Views: 391329

Re: Empire Builder

My westbound train last Friday, which left Chicago 2 hours late, ended up sitting just outside Midway for 40 minutes while we waited for the 16-hours-behind eastbound to do their layover. Good thing we have three platforms at Midway, so we can make one train wait outside the station for 40 minutes o...
by Andrew_F
December 12th, 2013, 12:56 pm
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Mall of America - Bloomington
Replies: 996
Views: 240914

Re: Mall of America - Bloomington

A few new tidbits in that article that hadn't been mentioned before (at least to my knowledge):

--There will be a 2-story parking garage below the 1C expansion.

--The office building pictured in all the renderings is not actually being built at this time.
by Andrew_F
December 11th, 2013, 11:25 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: POLL: Fare free zone on campus or make the U-Pass mandatory?
Replies: 26
Views: 5379

Re: POLL: Fare free zone on campus or make the U-Pass mandat

I think it's ridiculous that the U doesn't require U-passes yet. Most of Chicago's urban universities require them (at double Metro Transit's price), and I've heard very few complaints. I would argue that transit has the potential to be almost as valuable at the U (at least after the Green Line open...
by Andrew_F
November 13th, 2013, 11:36 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Video Games
Replies: 158
Views: 74310

Re: Video Games

I still have it in Steam as well, though I haven't played it in a year or so.
by Andrew_F
November 5th, 2013, 10:18 pm
Forum: 2013 Minneapolis Municipal Election
Topic: 2013 Minneapolis Municipal Election
Replies: 219
Views: 70934

Re: 2013 Minneapolis Municipal Election

13th Ward might be the first instance of ranked-choice voting turning a race. Perry tails Palmisano by 400 first-choice votes, but has 300 second-choice and 400 third-choice on her. Will be interesting to see how this one shakes out.
by Andrew_F
September 25th, 2013, 4:05 pm
Forum: Cities Around the World
Topic: Chicago
Replies: 158
Views: 69066

Re: Chicago

There are system maps in the vast majority of stations, usually just inside the fare zone and on the platforms. Route maps and timetables are typically by the ticket machines outside the fare zone, and also on platforms at transfer stations, as well as some non-transfer stations... You can transfer ...
by Andrew_F
September 25th, 2013, 3:36 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: LPM Apartments - (376' - 36 Stories)
Replies: 1522
Views: 291209

Re: LPM Apartments - (1368 LaSalle Avenue)

The tower might, but that base would be a huge waste of suave. It would have to go eat of Michigan, west of Wells, or north of Chicago.