From a contested 2007 construction to boarded windows, looting, legal fights, and a city-forced demolition — the story of one building that became a symbol of everything Midway has struggled with for two decades.
When our safety depends on it, we have the right — and the responsibility — to defend our communities together, even if that looks like celebrating National Night Out while in a parka.
Thieves are stealing more than wire from Twin Cities streetlights: They’re stealing our safety, our choices, and our ability to live car-free.
North of University represents everything the south side is not — adaptive, tight-knit, walkable — despite being Midway’s less organized, less polished side.
The Midway’s retail crisis isn’t just about vacancy — it’s about suburban design choking transit-accessible land with parking lots and car-oriented stores.
Metro Transit ridership is up, but it hasn’t returned to pre-COVID levels. And it won’t on light rail until trains feel safe.
Rondo was part of a roadmap which detailed the ways in which black folks across the United States could be removed from their homes and property in order to build the Eisenhower freeways. The Guardian has written about this process, alongside the Atlantic, ThinkProgress, the New York Times, and plenty of other outlets. But these […]
I’m proud to say I’m a second-generation St. Paul resident – not that I’ve known that for a long time. I was introduced to St. Paul when I started my bachelor’s degree at Hamline University, nestled comfortably in the Midway. It was only then my father first told me stories of his childhood growing up […]