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Tour of Fabulous Robbinsdale (Pt. 2)
Posted: January 30th, 2018, 1:33 pm
by at40man
This funny satirical video on YouTube about the ineptness of the Robbinsdale city government has been going viral. I think plenty of people here would get a kick out of it, too.
MPR: Speak no ill of Robbinsdale, employee learns
Thoughts and prayers are with the city officials of Robbinsdale, who got their feelings hurt.
Star Tribune: Satirical Robbinsdale tourism video costs student his seasonal job
Tony Langfellow's "Tour of Fabulous Robbinsdale" wasn't funny to city officials.
Sun Post: Robbinsdale college student’s video leaves him without city job
The video takes viewers on a sardonic “tour” of the town, with unflattering images and clips curated specifically to make the statement Langfellow said he had hoped to make: that the town, which brands itself as historic, has “lost some of the history” it once had.
And tweeted by Bill Lindeke:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ete4HZ3yE8
Gotta love a truthy satirical video that goes viral and stirs the pot!
Re: Robbinsdale, Crystal & New Hope – General Topics
Posted: February 27th, 2018, 9:06 am
by Anondson
Re: Robbinsdale, Crystal & New Hope – General Topics
Posted: February 27th, 2018, 5:05 pm
by at40man
Once the Robbinsdale store opens, it will undoubtedly hemorrhage customers from New Hope -- or vice versa. The stores are only 3 miles apart. Not only that, but the Cub Foods right in between them is getting a serious upgrade. That's too many large stores in a small trade area.
I suspect history is going to repeat itself...
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(Also interesting how the article notes the success of the Terrace Theatre!)
Re: Robbinsdale, Crystal & New Hope – General Topics
Posted: July 19th, 2018, 9:17 pm
by Anondson
The American Legion site at the south side of Robbinsdale has 194 market rate apartments proposed. 36th and Broadway area.
https://finance-commerce.com/2018/07/ap ... bbinsdale/
Re: Robbinsdale, Crystal & New Hope – General Topics
Posted: July 25th, 2018, 9:49 pm
by twincitizen
Quasi-related: did anyone ever ask or hear why there's no Blue Line Station planned at 34th-36th-ish? Seems like an obvious stop for the hospital area. The >2 mile gap between Golden Valley Road and Downtown Robbinsdale/42nd Ave is so big it actually violates Met Council's own stop spacing standards. It was weird to me how the idea of a station here never really came up at all in the planning process...like not even conceptually.
Re: Robbinsdale, Crystal & New Hope – General Topics
Posted: July 26th, 2018, 7:18 am
by Bakken2016
Quasi-related: did anyone ever ask or hear why there's no Blue Line Station planned at 34th-36th-ish? Seems like an obvious stop for the hospital area. The >2 mile gap between Golden Valley Road and Downtown Robbinsdale/42nd Ave is so big it actually violates Met Council's own stop spacing standards. It was weird to me how the idea of a station here never really came up at all in the planning process...like not even conceptually.
Based off the Alternative Analysis, there would have been a station serving that area if they had chosen the Penn Ave alignment, though in my opinion it is a large oversight not to serve 36th, especially with the hospital, apartments, and many single family homes in the area. I wonder if an infill station could be put here?
Re: Robbinsdale, Crystal & New Hope – General Topics
Posted: July 27th, 2018, 10:02 am
by StoJa9
Hy-Vee looks close to completion. Next month maybe?
Re: Robbinsdale, Crystal & New Hope – General Topics
Posted: November 12th, 2019, 8:46 pm
by Anondson
A nice look at downtown Robbinsdale’s boom into a foodie destination.
http://www.startribune.com/downtown-rob ... 564828542/