How Mixing Bikes And Pedestrians On Lyndale Feels
What would it feel like to use a shared-use path on Lyndale? Hear from participants in the "Stroll & Roll" rally. Read »
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Caucus to Convention: A First Timer’s Experience with Minneapolis Endorsements
A Minneapolis resident recounts her journey of getting involved with the process for Minneapolis elected office endorsements Read »
Hatching A Plan For Minnesota’s Most Popular Fish
We sat down with "the Queen of Walleye" about fish harvesting, hatcheries, and all things restocking lakes. Read »
A 125 Year Legacy In the North End – Part 1
Meet a woman with 125 year roots in the North End and how the neighborhood successfully fought unwanted industrial development. Read »
Walking All the Streets of the North Loop, Day 1
The mix in North Loop is no less eclectic than it once was, with lofts, sports, public facilities, a farmers market and supportive housing. Read »
Join the Streets.mn Board in 2026!
Hello, Streets.mn readers! We need you to help support our organization. We’re always looking for new volunteers and contributors, but this time of year we’re kicking off board recruitment for the 2026-2027 term! Then this is the place for you! Streets.mn is working toward big goals through our volunteer board. We continue to strive toward better racial equity in our board, content […] Read »
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9 Ideas to Help Implement Rochester’s Destination Medical Center Visions
Rochester is lousy with plans. We have vision documents and planning studies all around us. Yet we are mired in the weeds trying to figure out how we can possibly implement much of what is depicted in these prognosticating documents. 9 | ACCEPT THAT ROCHESTER IS NOT SOMEPLACE ELSE Rochester suffers, in some respects, […] Read »
Classic Articles
“Downtown is For People” Fifty-five Years Later
I discovered Jane Jacobs rather late. It was 2003 a few years after college. Due to insufficient funds, I’d recently moved home from New York City, into my mother’s basement back in Saint Paul, and was spending much of my time reading books. The way I remember it, I was reading through a book of […] Read »
“Transport for Suburbia” applied to Minneapolis / St. Paul
Even if the entirety of suburbia is the worst urban planning move in history, one thing is for sure: suburbs aren’t going away. I live in a suburb, in a cul-de-sac even! Believe you-me no one is about to tear down all these houses and start over. So we’re going to have to learn to […] Read »
2013 Best Rural Trail: Superior Hiking Trail
As urbanists, many of us love us some Minneapolis and some Saint Paul, and even some Duluth, Rochester and Mankato. But there’s nothing like getting out of town and looking at some stars, maybe a moose or two, and leaving bus routes far behind. For our readers, the top place to do this is the […] Read »
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Newsletter: Midway’s Suburban Design Trap + A Call for Pitches on Highway Equity
In this issue of the Streets.mn newsletter: why Midway's suburban design trap, a history of 35th/36th streets in MPLS, a call for pitches, plus the latest events! Read »