WaHu Student Housing - 1000 Washington Avenue SE

[FISHMANPET]

Seems in scale to this enormous intersection.

[Wedgeguy]

I imagine Lil Dearborn is considered a historic building. I'm glad that it will stay as it ads texture and scale to the area. But I'm sure it will be dwarfed by the new apartments.

[Silophant]

Got a picture today. Silophant is correct, this thing is humongous. Also, this is very near the new Mesa pizza location, which I just discovered despite working two blocks away. That strip mall needs to be the next "victim" of the University Development Industrial Complex.

Agreed. I'd be all about another ginormous block-long building if it means taking out the strip mall and the fugly liquor store building in one go.

[Tom H.]

Looking at the aerial view of the strip mall at Washington & Huron, it looks suspiciously like it's following the line of Huron to the southeast. Is this due to some street realignment, or a utility easement perhaps? If so, that's explains the weird little lawn I used to walk across to get to Caribou.

EDIT: Looked on HistoricAerials, and it's due to street reconstruction. All the more reason to redevelop this parcel and gain back some un-utilized land.

[mulad]

The street was reconfigured when TCF Stadium went in.

[exiled_antipodean]

That strip mall needs to be the next "victim" of the University Development Industrial Complex.

Walking past there yesterday I predicted to my wife and will put it on record here: the strip mall will be gone in five years. We'll get a nice canyon of six story buildings down Washington. Why build in Dinkytown when there's easier properties to tear down in Stadium Village?

[mattaudio]

The street was reconfigured when TCF Stadium went in.

Indeed and before that the alignment of Huron was a railroad that connected the wye at Prospect Park (which I always assumed was Milwaukee Road) with the Northern Pacific #9 bridge.

[MNdible]

It appears that, at least according to Hennepin County, the property in this area wasn't replatted following the street realignment.

[mplser]

looks like an elevator shaft is 2 stories tall already (click for full width)

[mplser]

[mplser]

Wtf why is it upside down? I fail

[FISHMANPET]

Sorry, that joke's only funny in the Hi-Lake triangle thread

[mplser]

Sorry, that joke's only funny in the Hi-Lake triangle thread

Wasn't even on purpose. the sad thing is I'm a photographer

[Didier]

This one has gotten off to a really fast start. It was only a few weeks ago that the paintball store was still standing; not the whole site is prepared and that one corner has three stories of cement standing already.

[mplser]

I think it's only 2 stories plus the basement, but yeah, I'm surprised every time I pass by it! Does anyone remember when they want to finish by? before the start of fall semester 2015?

[Silophant]

That's their goal. Little longer timeframe than the Bridges, but this is also a bigger project.

[mulad]

Trying the autopano feature on my phone:


IMAG0092 by Mulad, on Flickr

[web]

I like it! Those look cool!

[seanrichardryan]

http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/p ... alton.html

[go4guy]

I like this design a lot better. This is a huge project, and it appears like two different projects and breaks it up nicely.