Uptown - LynLake - The Wedge - News & General

[grant1simons2]

Wells Fargo appealing the parking variance maximum of 17 spaces, they want 36.

http://minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/pub ... 171597.pdf

25 spaces will be allowed

[seanrichardryan]

^ This one is also R2B https://goo.gl/maps/NTig6xb7RK22 Wife and I toured it when looking for a place almost 2 years ago. Though I'm not sure if it was converted to residential before or after the zoning change.

That was Schulo's Grocery Store. Family owned it and lived above for a few generations if I remember.

[David Greene]

This is one of my favorite residences in the Wedge:

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9519445 ... 56!6m1!1e1

That's a greenhouse behind all that...er...greenery. I always think there's a pot operation going on there when I walk by.

[Nathan]

I'm not sure that's a residence... ?my band used a record studio in that building for our final album. But that was a few years ago, and the greenhouse just had a bunch of storage and equipment in it unfortunately

[David Greene]

It's a residence now.

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[MNdible]

It's this, right?

http://www.flowersstudio.com/

Still appears to be a going concern.

[Nathan]

Yeah that's it, still operating there. Maybe the owner lives there too?

Located in an extensively redesigned florist’s warehouse, Flowers makes great use of the building’s architectural assets. The large control room, 3 iso booths, and 28′x33′x20′ main tracking room accommodate ensembles of varying sizes in bright, naturally-lit spaces. Clients can often be found between takes relaxing in the 20′x70′ greenhouse patio located directly outside the control room.

[David Greene]

Huh. Maybe I'm wrong. I'm going on information from neighbors who said they know the residents.

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[twincitizen]

The Scary Tale of Le Parisien on Lyndale: http://www.southwestjournal.com/news/ne ... rehab-work

[MNdible]

Sad, but there is nothing surprising in that story.

[clf]

Le Parisien was a train wreck from the start

[seanrichardryan]

Ned Abdul bought the former Walker library and plans a redevelopment, according to this locked F&C article.

http://finance-commerce.com/2015/01/abd ... velopment/

Finally, and application for something:

http://www.minneapolismn.gov/www/groups ... 173476.pdf

[seanrichardryan]

I wish that staircase was getting restored. It's awful.

[twincitizen]

Hindsight 20/20 and everything, but man, why didn't Hennepin County just move the library back here (making the necessary ADA improvements, etc.) and sell off the other library parcel? It's a gorgeous building that really ought to be a civic use.

[David Greene]

Back when the new library was being conceived, I posted about buying the old property and putting a tunnel between them. I'm not convinced the old building could serve all the purposes the new building does, but together they could do even more.

Yes, I know that's an expensive and disruptive proposition but as you say, civic investment is important.

[twincitizen]

New 'Turkey Guys' 4-plex at 2424 Lyndale Avenue S: http://apps.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/PIApp/ ... 2924140031

The old house (built 1893) already appears to be divided into a multi-unit building - it is listed as a duplex on Hennepin Co records. Appears to have been vacant since late 2013 and there was a big list of correction items from the point-of-sale inspection last year. I'd guess the large amount of deferred maintenance is what led to the decision to tear down & replace. OR2 zoning allows them to go higher/bigger than simply replacing with another duplex.

[EOst]

Too bad. It's a lot cuter on the outside than what will probably replace it.

[seanrichardryan]

The inside was supposedly stripped for salvage a while back.

[RailBaronYarr]

https://streets.mn/2016/02/15/a-history-of-downzoning/

Certainly tells a different tale (often in the advocates own words) than the claims that Wedge residents & homeowner heroes have advocated for density along the edges of the neighborhood. R4 allows a FAR of 1.5 and maximum height of 4 stories, which most would call the "missing middle" zoning overlay rather than "high density."

[David Greene]

Also reinforces the notion here that "gentrification" = "change I don't like," in that some people don't like downzoning and conversion to SFHs.

It's good history to know, nonetheless.