urbanMSP

Notice the cement base for the street lights on 14th. Does anybody know why they stick so far out of the ground? The light has to rest at least two and a half feet above the surface.

I had to take a picture of this faux brick because it looks absolutely disgusting. Maybe it will look better once it is all installed? Please?!

Passed by this today and got a shot of the upper floor exterior materials going on.

They have a hole in the ground and are working on the foundation.

They're going to issue special go-to cards for University people who don't have U-passes or Metropasses, which will allow them (us) to move among the University stations without paying anything. It won't be a fare-free zone in the way that the airport is - everybody has to have a valid pass. It's j...

Great news. Walking by the site this weekend I noticed fresh utility markings on both Marquette and 4th. The new markings appeared to center around the 4Marq property specifically and not the adjacent Xcel HQ project or Nic on 5th. Since they would need to mark utilities prior to any digging (and I ...

I think at this point it would be helpful to have a discussion of the facts, just so anyone interested has the chance to know what is actually being done on this project. For those interested, CPED's staff report for the Community Development Committee has a breakdown of the funding: http://www.minn...

I know -- as I suggested, the study is badly oversimplified and ignores a number of important issues in housing placement. But even given a model that is about as friendly to the central cities as you could make it, it produces a housing share for them far lower than the actual share of funding the...

Longfellow/Nokomis Messenger reports this is 70% occupied already and they are still working on the retail component.

Question: Is it better (for the residents) to disperse affordable housing to locations which lack the access to support services and high quality transit options? A great many affordable housing residents want to live in these locations. Waiting lists in the suburbs are extremely long. They have fa...

Thanks for posting this. I don't reflect here much, too many annoying armchair posters raise awful points or share absurd opinions, but at least they are saying something, free speech is far from abused here. Talk about ironic...I really don't want to start a pissing match, but I just can't resist ...

I don't mean to be cheeky, but would you be willing to share a link to similar studies in Minneapolis? Would love to learn more.

It certainly seems fair to be concerned about over-concentration of income restricted housing. When concentration of such housing is beneficial and when it is harmful, however, is not entirely straightforward. This paper provides some interesting insight into the matter: http://closup.umich.edu/file...

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