Yes. Pointless might be a bit strong.Is the "rail" corridor the weird pointless bridge between the UofM press and the taller warehouse type building on the north side of that lot?
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- November 9th, 2012, 12:33 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Mill City Quarter - 300 South 2nd Street
- Replies: 201
- Views: 55235
Re: Mill City Quarter - (300 South 2nd Street)
- November 9th, 2012, 12:26 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5283
- Views: 1274583
Re: Southwest Corridor (Green Line Extension)
So we shouldn't build these stations because 40 years in the future they may or may not build your fantasy system?
- November 9th, 2012, 12:18 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: Mill City Quarter - 300 South 2nd Street
- Replies: 201
- Views: 55235
Re: Mill City Quarter - (300 South 2nd Street)
If I'm remembering correctly, this is city owned land, so they should have a fair degree of control over site planning, should the city choose to exercise it. I'm hopeful that they fully express the old rail corridor through the site. The old plans that we'd seen of it didn't do a great job of this ...
- November 9th, 2012, 11:02 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5283
- Views: 1274583
Re: Southwest Corridor (Green Line Extension)
Any idea why we are planning two lines that will each have stops at Van White and Penn? Seems like overkill... one of the reasons why the now-LPA was chosen was because it supposedly served transit lacking North Mpls (even TLC was all over this lousy claim). Yet we will likely have stations on thes...
- November 8th, 2012, 11:23 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: [Archived] Uptown Retail & Restaurant News 2012-17
- Replies: 1427
- Views: 245555
Re: Uptown Restaurant News
Or you didn't get herpes?You mean, like, the bartender forgot to charge you for a drink?I'll miss Independent for sure....I got lucky there once!
- November 8th, 2012, 11:13 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: MCAD & Washburn Fair Oaks Park
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3456
Re: Washburn Fair Oaks Park
It gets a lot of use... Do you think this is true? In my opinion, WFO must be one of the most underused parks in the whole system. Hopefully the Chinese Garden, if it moves forward, is well executed and can help change this. My understanding is that they are only looking at the southeast quadrant o...
- November 7th, 2012, 2:47 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: LPM Apartments - (376' - 36 Stories)
- Replies: 1522
- Views: 294299
Re: Loring Park Apartments - (1368 LaSalle Avenue)
Well it's sort of bound to happen (the crane).....are people just surprised it's happening so fast? A tower (and a tower crane) both need pretty substantial footings, even if there's no underground parking. I'm not sure where bedrock sits relative to this site, but I'd anticipate that there will be...
- November 7th, 2012, 2:34 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5283
- Views: 1274583
Re: Southwest Corridor (Green Line Extension)
Yes, and at the rates we've been able to sell bonds for lately, the carrying costs are almost negligible. We'd be foolhardy to not take advantage of the current environment.
- November 7th, 2012, 2:32 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Northstar Commuter Rail
- Replies: 952
- Views: 233705
Re: Northstar
More than anything, this project needs the economy to turn around. That would fairly quickly drive up demand and cost for downtown parking and add more congestion to the roads. Short of that, you have to cross your fingers and hope for some more exurban sprawl.
- November 7th, 2012, 11:11 am
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: Green Line Extension - Southwest LRT
- Replies: 5283
- Views: 1274583
Re: Southwest Corridor (Green Line Extension)
Nice! In all of my excitement, I hadn't even thought of this excellent wrinkle.
- November 6th, 2012, 5:09 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: LPM Apartments - (376' - 36 Stories)
- Replies: 1522
- Views: 294299
Re: Loring Park Apartments - (1368 LaSalle Avenue)
A tower (and a tower crane) both need pretty substantial footings, even if there's no underground parking. I'm not sure where bedrock sits relative to this site, but I'd anticipate that there will be some piles or augered piers required in place before we see any tower crane here.
- November 6th, 2012, 1:14 pm
- Forum: Saint Paul
- Topic: Ford Plant Redevelopment [archive - locked]
- Replies: 124
- Views: 49523
Re: Ford Twin Cities Assembly Plant site
I just think of the status quo, where industrial sites turned into the Quarry or Midway strip malls, and I think "THIS happened with site plans and zoning" -- when will we learn from it and allow organic development that naturally follows from a place that has value? I think the projects ...
- November 6th, 2012, 12:50 pm
- Forum: Transportation
- Topic: I-35W/I-94 Commons
- Replies: 78
- Views: 23532
Re: I-35W/I-94 Commons
It's part of this "road diet" action that all of the cool kids are hip to these days.No plans to widen the tunnel? Then why do the renderings show versions with more lanes within the tunnel (or are the lanes much narrower)?
- November 5th, 2012, 5:58 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: LPM Apartments - (376' - 36 Stories)
- Replies: 1522
- Views: 294299
Re: Loring Park Apartments - (1368 LaSalle Avenue)
And then?Very much so. Today there was a crane putting together a crane, which I assume will be used to construct another even larger crane.
- November 3rd, 2012, 11:06 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia
- Topic: Soccer Stadium in Minneapolis (cancelled)
- Replies: 1001
- Views: 175469
Re: Major League Soccer in Minnesota
Also, there's nothing to say that the McGuire's couldn't be part of the Wilf's ownership structure for an MLS team.
- November 2nd, 2012, 10:52 am
- Forum: Suburbs
- Topic: The Three Nine Four - Golden Valley
- Replies: 39
- Views: 8832
Re: The Three Nine Four (Golden Valley)
Sounds like a different project on a site in the same general vicinity as the Colonnade.
- November 2nd, 2012, 9:05 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: LPM Apartments - (376' - 36 Stories)
- Replies: 1522
- Views: 294299
Re: Loring Park Apartments - (1368 LaSalle Avenue)
You may not like the way it looks, but the fact that it's crazy busy at all hours of the day suggests to me that it's filling a valuable need for the neighborhood.
- November 1st, 2012, 12:20 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: Burch Pharmacy Building - (1934 Hennepin Avenue)
- Replies: 106
- Views: 27190
- November 1st, 2012, 12:18 pm
- Forum: Minneapolis - South, Southwest, and Uptown
- Topic: The Walkway - (1312 West Lake Street)
- Replies: 467
- Views: 89394
- November 1st, 2012, 10:39 am
- Forum: Minneapolis - Downtown
- Topic: 222 & Whole Foods - (222 Hennepin Avenue)
- Replies: 577
- Views: 107317
Re: 222 & Whole Foods - (222 Hennepin Avenue)
If this is all in reference to my "dream I can't afford" line, please move along. It was just a joke -- they have beautiful urban stores (their Manhattan store at Columbus Circle is a marvel) and they charge a premium. Good for them. I choose not to shop there, but I certainly don't begrud...