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Lake Elmo and the Misconceptions of “Growth”
nmhoodCritics say Lake Elmo’s anti-growth bias is obvious when you look at what’s happened in neighboring cities. Those neighbors have eagerly welcomed malls, factories, offices. [Pioneer Press, Jan....
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Big roads, big clinics, entertainment districts and Class A office towers
nmhoodWhat’s happening around the Twin Cities and Minnesota … Here is the Streets.MN Rundown!Bipartisan support for I-94 Expansion between Maple Grove & St. Cloud [Star Tribune]You know what we...
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Reconsidering the Nicollet Mall redesign
nmhoodThere is a $20 million sum of state money that may be dedicated to redesign Nicollet Mall. While $20 million could bring some impressive changes to the pedestrian mall, these funds would...
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St. Paul is the place to be
nmhood“Minneapolis is booming. St. Paul is … growing.”Minneapolis is booming. Development is almost everywhere: Downtown. Loring Park. The University. Uptown.Yes, Minneapolis is the place to be. Check...
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Pedestrianize Nicollet Mall? or: Is transit in the heart of Minneapolis?
nmhoodAlmost fifty years ago, the City of Minneapolis actually did something for its residents who use transit. It created an exclusive guideway for buses down the center of the main shopping street...
View ArticleTarget Center renovations, by the numbers
nmhoodDear Residents of the City of Minneapolis -The Minnesota Timberwolves and out-going Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak are looking to rehab the 23 year old Target Center Arena. The arena has been a thorn...
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What is the value of closing a street?
nmhoodWe 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...
View ArticleShould the Dorothy Day Center relocate?
nmhood“I hate being reminded how unequal things are in this city that I love. I hate that I’m forced to confront how little I’m doing about it. And I hate what my lack of generosity says about me,...
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Demand better urbanism today! Stop the new Senate office building
nmhoodWe don’t get it.The new State of Minnesota Senate Office Building is proof: we have an incoherent approach to urban development and continually fail at creating vibrant spaces.The architecture....
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