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The Northern Spark #Minneapolis #NSPK
Northern Spark: Minneapolis skyline at night, as seen from the Foshay Tower Observation Deck Minneapolis was alive last night. I saw more bikes than cars. The best description of the night came in the...
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Open Streets 2012 Photos #Minneapolis
This road sign should read: “ROAD OPEN” 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...
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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,...
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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,...
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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...
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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:...
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In Defense of Texting and Driving
The joy of rush hour 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...
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Best Late 20th/Early 21st Century New Urbanist Simulacrum of Main Street:...
For the complete post, visit 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...
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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...
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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....
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The Politics of Dumb Infrastructure [@ Streets.MN]
We have a political situation in the United States where Democrats are too eager to build anything if it creates a job and the Republicans are too willing to call a project a boondoggle without first...
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Dinkytown: How a city ought to grow
Great places evolve over time. This is a healthy and historic form of urban growth. The events that unfolded during the House of Hanson debate tell us a lot about Minneapolis. It uniquely touched on...
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Marathon & Your Town
What’s the best way to see a place? Run a marathon. There is no better way to experience a city than running through it. Okay – so I used to play A LOT of Sim City. Thanks Jordan. I appreciate the...
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Target Center, by the numbers
Dear Residents of the City of Minneapolis - The Minnesota Timberwolves and your out-going Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak are looking to renovate the 23 year old Target Center Arena. The arena has been a...
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Value of Closing a Street? 31 Percent.
We need to move beyond Open Streets. Open Streets closes down auto-oriented streets in Minneapolis and St. Paul along major corridors and opens them up to pedestrians, cyclists, strollers and skaters....
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Lyft: Coming soon to Minneapolis & Some Thoughts
On Thursday, Minneapolis will be one step closer to joining the 21st century. After months of dragging its feet, the City opted to do the inevitable: allow Lyft drivers to pick-up people within its...
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What if Minneapolis enacted a moratorium in 1895?
Minneapolis didn’t go from single-family homes to towering skyscrapers overnight. It took incremental growth over the course of 160 years to get it where it is today. But, what would Minneapolis look...
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