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by mister.shoes
February 8th, 2013, 11:56 am
Forum: Updates - Announcements - Problems - Suggestions
Topic: New Theme!
Replies: 29
Views: 20128

Re: New Theme!

Anyone have good coding/html/php/css skills and able to help out with pulling the code for the "Latest unread post" from the old theme and adding it to the new theme. I just tried and failed quite a few times. Suggestions or help in this case would be appreciated! It's been quite a while ...
by mister.shoes
February 4th, 2013, 9:28 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Interstate 494
Replies: 103
Views: 17576

Re: Interstate 494

Up at the other end of 494, MNDot has a "plan." And yes, the Strib comments section is exactly as fun—already—as you would expect it to be.
by mister.shoes
February 1st, 2013, 8:55 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: LPM Apartments - (376' - 36 Stories)
Replies: 1522
Views: 291159

Re: Loring Park Apartments - (1368 LaSalle Avenue)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that guy is going to get a lot taller over the next several months, no?
by mister.shoes
February 1st, 2013, 8:53 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Google Maps, Apple Maps, etc.
Replies: 260
Views: 131288

Re: 3D Apple Maps

Bounded by the 494-694 beltway on the north, east, and south and MN100 on the west, roughly speaking. That's a fairly sizable amount of land, all things considered. I wonder how often they'll update. We've got a lot of holes in the ground that'll be much taller in a year.
by mister.shoes
February 1st, 2013, 4:42 pm
Forum: Anything Goes
Topic: Google Maps, Apple Maps, etc.
Replies: 260
Views: 131288

3D Apple Maps

I don't know when this happened, but Apple updated their maps of MPLS and now we have the 3D view. Kick ass. [thumbnail]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16815944/DowntownMPLS-AppleMaps3D.png[/thumbnail] Judging by the state of some exterior home improvements projects, the photos of my neighborhood were take...
by mister.shoes
February 1st, 2013, 3:19 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - North, Northeast, and Southeast / University of Minnesota
Topic: Broadway Flats - (West Broadway & Penn Avenue North)
Replies: 20
Views: 11797

Re: Broadway Flats - (West Broadway & Penn Avenue North)

...really too stupid...?
Yes. The answer is always "yes."

*sigh*
by mister.shoes
January 30th, 2013, 9:25 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Nicollet-Central Streetcar
Replies: 887
Views: 136055

Re: Nicollet-Central Corridor

I was hoping to see it get to Diamond Lake Road with stops at 50th and the Parkway, but that long bridge might be a cost-prohibitive problem.
by mister.shoes
January 14th, 2013, 3:06 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Washington Avenue (reconstruction, restriping, etc.)
Replies: 253
Views: 60675

Re: Washington Avenue

As is my map. This does make a lot more sense than trying to swap 4th and the LRT. And you gotta dig that bikeway connection from the U to DTE. Edit 1: didn't realize the [thumbnail] BBCode went away. Click to enlarge: Version 3 Edit 2: Obviously, Froggie's version of this map is better. Just updati...
by mister.shoes
January 14th, 2013, 11:57 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Washington Avenue (reconstruction, restriping, etc.)
Replies: 253
Views: 60675

Re: Washington Avenue

That makes a ton of sense. No moving of LRT tracks/bridges and no removal of buildings. I like it.
by mister.shoes
January 13th, 2013, 10:31 am
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Bicycle Infrastructure
Replies: 1800
Views: 1034521

Re: Bicycle Infrastructure

Just a little levity on this lazy Sunday...

(click)
[thumbnail]http://assets.amuniversal.com/d5796ee02 ... idth=900.0[/thumbnail]
by mister.shoes
January 10th, 2013, 7:40 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Washington Avenue (reconstruction, restriping, etc.)
Replies: 253
Views: 60675

Re: Washington Avenue

There's a tunnel, but it's blocked off. Landscaped and everything.
by mister.shoes
January 10th, 2013, 2:40 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: 3rd/4th Viaduct + Development
Replies: 22
Views: 9683

Re: 3rd/4th Viaduct + Development

So instead of getting work done this morning, I decided to entertain my fetish for modified Google Maps and take this little road/street redo beyond the 10th Ave boundary of my first whack posted above. Here's a quick hit-list of the tweakages, or just skip down to the images. 3rd/4th Street viaduct...
by mister.shoes
January 9th, 2013, 12:11 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Washington Avenue (reconstruction, restriping, etc.)
Replies: 253
Views: 60675

Re: Washington Avenue

(in the vision of a fetishized google map)
:lol:

::turns down the lights::
::fires up Photoshop::
by mister.shoes
January 9th, 2013, 12:10 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Washington Avenue (reconstruction, restriping, etc.)
Replies: 253
Views: 60675

Re: Washington Avenue

This might be crazy, but what if 5th and 4th just ran under the new stadium? What you have drawn as 4th now is just accessed from Washington and the N/S streets? Maybe it's just not even feasible, but if we're tearing out the area why not make everything line up and go right under? Then you'd get c...
by mister.shoes
January 9th, 2013, 11:56 am
Forum: Suburbs
Topic: Richfield - 66th Street - General Topics
Replies: 303
Views: 84301

Re: Lyndale Garden Center Site

For the life of me I cannot tell from those site plans if they plan to keep any of the existing structure. I drive past it semi-regularly to get to LA Fitness and they've really fixed things up lately. The glass has been cleaned and repaired and it almost looks like they're planning to reuse it. But...
by mister.shoes
January 9th, 2013, 11:39 am
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Washington Avenue (reconstruction, restriping, etc.)
Replies: 253
Views: 60675

Re: Washington Avenue

I tinkered around a bit with swapping 4th Street and the LRT. I realize that it is expensive to move LRT tracks, but this change would run just three blocks—from 11th to Chicago—and most of the work could be done without shutting down the line. Fill in the trench, tear up 4th, build the new ROW para...
by mister.shoes
January 8th, 2013, 12:49 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Washington Avenue (reconstruction, restriping, etc.)
Replies: 253
Views: 60675

Re: Washington Avenue

Ideally, the tracks would slide south to where the current street is east of Chicago, then the new street wouldn't have to be so close to 3rd... but that sounds spendy. More spendy than telling Valspar that they have to give up a portion of their newly remodeled building? (Note: I might not have th...
by mister.shoes
January 8th, 2013, 12:44 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: Washington Avenue (reconstruction, restriping, etc.)
Replies: 253
Views: 60675

Re: Washington Avenue

Sounds like the County's survey garnered a good number of responses.
http://www.thejournalmpls.com/neighborh ... ton-avenue
by mister.shoes
January 7th, 2013, 12:16 pm
Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
Topic: 3rd/4th Viaduct + Development
Replies: 22
Views: 9683

Re: 3rd/4th Viaduct + Development

...The simplest, though probably more expensive option, would have the exits intersect with Plymouth at the overpass and then proceed onto the 3rd/4th one-way couplets... That's exactly what I was trying to wrap my head around when I started goofing around in Photoshop with Google Maps screenshots....
by mister.shoes
January 4th, 2013, 1:29 pm
Forum: Transportation
Topic: Twin Cities Future Transit Map
Replies: 377
Views: 78927

Re: Twin Cities Future Transit Map

When a street is a city boundary as France is, how is it determined which city maintains and alters the street? Or is the actual boundary on one side of the street or the other?