I agree. Unfortunately, the Church had no business opening all of those parishes just so chaplains coming home from the war would have somewhere to serve. They were pretty much invented for the baby boomers and now that that wave is long over, most of these post-war parishes are closing. Yes, there is certainly decline in involvement, but at least a good chunk of the shrinking parish size is simply due to overbuilding and the population trends resetting.I think this will add to the neighborhood a lot, but it will be sad to see the old Most Holy Trinity building be razed. It really is a great example of an old urban-style school building, ]
St. Louis Park - General Topics
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That was my grade school! An interesting note on that building...it was initially built with just the basement level, and the church operated out of that for some time before the rest of the building was built.
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I wonder why they aren't just converting the school into condos. That has been a successful model with classic brick buildings. A school in my neighborhood was proposed for senior co-op conversion/expansion before it ended up being sold to a charter school. Even Red Wing has a condo conversion similar to this one: http://www.redwingcondos.com/index.html
On a related note, it would be great to reconnect Wooddale Ave across Hwy 100 to tie the 36th St redevelopment area together with Excelsior on Grand.
On a related note, it would be great to reconnect Wooddale Ave across Hwy 100 to tie the 36th St redevelopment area together with Excelsior on Grand.
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The city has looked at the cost of doing it primarily as a way to improve response times from the fire station to the southeast corner of the city. Two issues, first saved a minute at most in the worst traffic congestion on Excelsior. Second, the neighborhood by Aldersgate Church is extremely against bringing traffic through that tiny stretch that would pass them, EXTREMELY.On a related note, it would be great to reconnect Wooddale Ave across Hwy 100 to tie the 36th St redevelopment area together with Excelsior on Grand.
The cost would involve raising the frontage roads elevation or dropping TH 100 lower to give a bridge enough clearance, and that wasn't cheap.
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Re: St. Louis Park - General Topics
Proposed $30–50M community center moving forward ... again.
http://sailor.mnsun.com/2014/05/17/st-l ... s-forward/
http://sailor.mnsun.com/2014/05/17/st-l ... s-forward/
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Is this the one with the proposed skyway over W 36th St?
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Re: St. Louis Park - General Topics
Not sure about the final design but the site talked about is adjacent to the current Rec Center by Wolfe Park.
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Hopkins did this decades ago with their old downtown junior high school.I wonder why they aren't just converting the school into condos. That has been a successful model with classic brick buildings. A school in my neighborhood was proposed for senior co-op conversion/expansion before it ended up being sold to a charter school. Even Red Wing has a condo conversion similar to this one: http://www.redwingcondos.com/index.html
http://goo.gl/maps/nCrwt
A picture of the old school is here:
http://hopkinsmnhistoricalsociety.org/c ... &gallery=7
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Re: St. Louis Park - General Topics
I thought that was senior living?
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There really isn't a general West End thread, maybe there could be one to consolidate the apartment and entertainment developments into one ... Regardless ...
A 43,000 sq. feet "mega entertainment complex" signed a lease planning to open in early 2015. Bowling lanes with luxury seating (like Pinstripes?), arcade, comedy stage, restaurant, bar, all in one.
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n ... l?page=all
Impressed.
A 43,000 sq. feet "mega entertainment complex" signed a lease planning to open in early 2015. Bowling lanes with luxury seating (like Pinstripes?), arcade, comedy stage, restaurant, bar, all in one.
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n ... l?page=all
Impressed.
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Eliot Park Apartments - Saint Louis Park
The city of Saint Louis Park mailed out this letter to residents. The purchaser of the Elliot School property has applied to demolish the buildings and proposed 138 apartments on the site on Cedar Lake Road.
image by xeoth, on Flickr
Starts this Summer. Just down the road from West End but closer to the slightly dilapidated Cedar Lake and Louisiana.
image by xeoth, on Flickr
Starts this Summer. Just down the road from West End but closer to the slightly dilapidated Cedar Lake and Louisiana.
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Re: Elliot Park Apartments (Elliot School) - Saint Louis Par
That's actually a really cool mod school from the 40s with steel casement windows and glass block.
Q. What, what? A. In da butt.
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Re: Elliot Park Apartments (Elliot School) - Saint Louis Par
Yeah, I'll be a bit sad to lose it. I'm guessing the city's past experience repurposing historic schools as apartments/condos (the Brookside conversion on Vernon) leads them to be more forgiving of tear downs. Brookside's conversion ran expensive though I think it suffered from the downturn.
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Re: Knollwood Mall - St. Louis Park
There is a Five Guys across the street which is much better than Smashburger. Not even close.
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as if.There is a Five Guys across the street which is much better than Smashburger. Not even close.
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Re: Knollwood Mall - St. Louis Park
Nordstrom Rack coming.
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n ... -park.html
Feels like a good fit for the change in focus for the former "mall".
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n ... -park.html
Feels like a good fit for the change in focus for the former "mall".
Re: Knollwood Mall - St. Louis Park
IT would certainly compliment DWS shoes that is already in the mall. Will be good to hopefully pull in a few more major names into the development.Nordstrom Rack coming.
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/n ... -park.html
Feels like a good fit for the change in focus for the former "mall".
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Re: St. Louis Park - General Topics
The former Nestlé factory will be getting subdivided and occupied. Not getting redeveloped into a new purpose truly, but food distributors are being eyed at occupying the new spaces.
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/b ... s-new.html
In a way it's too bad this won't allow for some sort of improved connection to West End.
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/b ... s-new.html
In a way it's too bad this won't allow for some sort of improved connection to West End.
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Re: St. Louis Park - General Topics
Too bad no more cocoa smell.....Nestle left awhile ago I guess, but when I was young I went to Northwest Gym in what is now a Lifetime Fitness and the smell of sweet cocoa filled the air (which is dangerous after a big workout!).
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