The new Vikings stadium & the psychology of sports fans
Reblogged from Thoughts on the Urban Environment: It looks as if Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton is pushing the Vikings to look downtown Minneapolis. While I’m not going to dive into my thoughts and opinions on the stadium proposal, I wanted to share a diatribe that really explains what is driving the public and policy makers … Read more
New Minnesota Vikings Stadium Reactions
Reactions were mixed tonight upon the unveiling of the new $1 billion Minnesota Vikings football stadium. Here’s a selection of Tweet reactions on the design. Pretty cool #Vikings!Too bad pull tabs have yet to even pay for that cool fly thru video… — Hal Kimball (@kimballhal) May 14, 2013 New #Vikings stadium very mega-churchy. I … Read more
1st Annual Minneapolis Bike ‘n’ Brew Tour
Whatcha’ doing this Friday night at 5pm? Nothing? Oh, that’s cool. Kinda. Join local urban and transportation celebrity bloggers on the 1st Annual Minneapolis Bike ‘n’ Brew Tour. The route is a simple 8 (eight) miles that start at Harriet Brewing Company at 5pm. The route will then progress up through Northeast as the night goes on. Here’s the line-up: Harriet Brewing … Read more
Detroit is the place to be
“The place was pretty in its way, as much as it could be, like a daisy in a field full of rust.” – Charlie LeDuff I’ve just finished reading two great books on Detroit and I can’t stop thinking about it. I can’t help but observe that people who grew up in Detroit have more character … Read more
Photos from Costa Rica
The streets of Costa Rica …
Anthropologie: a storefront not worthy of Grand Avenue
Reblogged from Thoughts on the Urban Environment: What was once a neighborhood coffee shop, high-end camera shop, kitschy nick-knack decor shop and Birkenstock storefront is now a high-end boutique clothing store (See: The Onion, “Report: Nation’s Gentrified Neighborhoods Threatened By Aristocratization”). The clothing store Anthropologie recently renovated a corner of Grand Avenue’s Milton Mall and … Read more
The Streets.MN Rundown
What’s happening around the Twin Cities and Minnesota … Bipartisan support for I-94 Expansion between Maple Grove & St. Cloud [Star Tribune] You know what we need? More lanes on I-94 to St. Cloud. “Republican U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, backed by a bipartisan cohort of about three dozen lawmakers, local elected officials and business folks, … Read more
Let’s End “Entertainment Districts”
I spent a weekend visiting a friend in the Old Market Warehouse District of downtown Omaha. Believe it or not, Omaha has some good urbanism. There is a solid urban form, nice architecture and it’s all intertwined into a historic fabric. Minus the excessively large one-way streets, most urbanists would be very pleased to replicate … Read more
Lowertown Parking Challenge
I attempt to park on Mears Park in Lowertown in St. Paul on Monday through Thursday evenings. Read about it on Streets.MN … The longest it took me to park was 3 minutes and 41 seconds. Most of the time was sitting at stop lights and not searching for parking. The farthest I had to … Read more
Strong Towns: Infrastructure for the sake of jobs? [New Post]
You can read this at Strong Towns – In fact, it’s encouraged that you head over there and check it out! We shouldn’t build infrastructure for the sake of creating jobs. “Jobs and growth are the results of a productive system, not a proxy for one. Until we reconfigure our places, sustained prosperity will remain … Read more
