The People’s Pitstop: Cycling Gestalt and the Midtown Bike Center
The Midtown Greenway moves a million people a year, but a trail without a place to shower, fix a flat and grab a coffee isn’t a commute — it’s a hobby. Meet the Midtown Bike Center.
Author: Cole Hanson
The Ghost on the Corner: A History of the Midway CVS
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 Community Defense Meets Public Streets: The Cedar Avenue and Hamline Park Blockades
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.
How We Ride in the Dark
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: The Midway’s Accidental Success Story
North of University represents everything the south side is not — adaptive, tight-knit, walkable — despite being Midway’s less organized, less polished side.
Why the Midway’s Suburban Design Is Killing Its Commercial Future
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.
Transit Will Fail Until We Address Homelessness, Opioid Use
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.
Freeways and Freedmen: A Familiar Story from Canada’s Rondo
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 […]
Where the Sidewalk Ends: What Comes Next for Indian Mounds Park
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 […]