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
St. Paul isn’t Minneapolis (and that’s a good thing)
If you were to read the City of St. Paul’s legislative wish list, you’d see a list of big projects such as: $14 million to improve the Children’s Museum $7 million for parking and transportation improvements at Como Park $32 million loan forgiveness tied to the Xcel Energy Center (in an effort to not pay … Read more
Best Late 20th/Early 21st Century New Urbanist Simulacrum of Main Street: Excelsior and Grand
For the complete post, visit http://www.Streets.MN … In what was a good ol’ fashion knock-out, St. Louis Park’s Excelsior and Grand wins 2012′s best New Urbanist Simulacrum of Main Street. The Twin Cities doesn’t have a Seaside, Kentlands or even a Celebration. That’s not necessarily a bad thing because we have an Uptown, St. Anthony … Read more
In Defense of Texting and Driving
NOTE: you can find an updated (and much better) version of this on Streets.MN. I found myself stuck in traffic last week during rush hour on Highway 62 running along the southern border of Minneapolis into St. Paul. As I was creeping along at a snail’s pace, my phone beeped. Without hesitation, I picked up … Read more
Good Garages, Bad Garages
Good garages in St. Paul (Cathedral Hill) Bad garages in Maple Grove (on Trulia) … When it’s the most prominent architectural feature. The hidden front door. The garage is bigger than the house? *Note: To be fair, I intentionally selected homes in the suburb of Maple Grove that would be equal in price to those … Read more
The Next Big Thing …
Note: Also on the Strib … (I corrected a lot of the spelling errors there, but not here -didn’t have enough time) One of the few podcast I’m still listening to on a regular basis is NPR’s Planet Money (it’s one of the few NPR shows that doesn’t put me to sleep). They have some … Read more
Meet up: Strong Towns on Tap!
Join Strong Towns on August 30th at Gluek’s in Minneapolis. The event starts at 6pm. Cash bar, free food and good times! Chuck will be speaking about his new book, Thoughts on Building Strong Towns, and the upcoming Misunderstanding Mobility report. Yes, complimentary food will be joined by an open bar. You can RSVP on … Read more
Everything you need to know about failed economic development policy
This photo, taken in 2009, should tell you everything you need to know about failed economic development policy in the United States. The stadium construction, parking lots, pedestrian overpass, shopping mall, the dozen lanes of interstate and the indoor ski slop. Yes, an indoor ski slope. While I’ve always been fascinated by indoor ski slopes; … Read more
Open Streets 2012 Photos #Minneapolis
This was a great weekend for Minneapolis. Saturday was Northern Spark. Sunday was Open Streets. Even the 90 degree weather didn’t keep people away … Free lemonade at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Obstacle course at 40th & Lyndale (slowest time wins) by Locus Architecture. People on bike. Stuff for sale. Irish jam band and freestyle River … Read more
The Northern Spark #Minneapolis #NSPK
Minneapolis was alive last night. I saw more bikes than cars. The best description of the night came in the form of a Tweet: “The #nspk crowd looks like what the state fair crowd would look like if the fair allowed bikes & beautiful people.“ You can check out the Star Tribune’s crowd-sourced images here.
