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We Read the Parking Meter Comments, So You Don’t Have To

By on October 21, 2015 in Cars, News, Parking, Shopping

When controversy happens… when tempers flare…we read the comments, so you don’t have to. This week, there was a contentious meeting in St. Paul concerning proposals to implement parking meters on Grand Avenue. The meeting was “heated,” to use the words of the Pioneer Press. It featured a crowd willing to heckle those speaking. Will […]

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Shop Closer to Home

By on September 30, 2015 in Bicycling, Carfree, Shopping

I’m trying to get a new theme working, doing only posts with a thesis short enough include in a four word title. The good news is, you can stop reading now, because you already know what I’m going to say. For those of you not heeding my advice and plunging headlong into the next paragraph nontheless, I’ve been thinking […]

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Rosedale Expansion is a Great Opportunity for Roseville

By on September 17, 2015 in Bicycling, Development, Shopping

The City of Roseville has a great opportunity available. If they take advantage of it. Jones Lange LaSalle, the owners of Rosedale Mall want to add a 140,000 sq ft addition to the NW side of the mall along with developing two or more out lots or pads. To make up for the loss of […]

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Fresno: A City Reborn – Rare 1968 Documentary by Victor Gruen Associates

By on May 10, 2015 in Architecture, Downtown, Shopping, Suburbia, Urbanism, Video

After having invented the modern American shopping mall with his design of Southdale in Edina, Victor Gruen spent much of his career working to reverse the population movement from core cities to sprawling suburbs across the U.S. This short film covers his work in Fresno which includes many parallels to Minneapolis-Saint Paul in that freeways were […]

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No Outlet: A Review of Twin Cities Premium Outlets

By on March 30, 2015 in Shopping, Suburbia, Transit

Last year, to much fanfare, Twin Cities Premium Outlets were opened. While the center has recently encountered some controversy about the atrocious treatment of black shoppers, this post is about the design (recognizing its isolating design and nature as private property may have some relationship about how shop managers and police think about the presence of […]

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Destruction for Appetite: The Loss of Corner Stores

By on February 19, 2015 in Cars, Development, History, Neighborhoods, Shopping

Technology holds the promise of raising living standards for all. Yet, history shows that even with innovations as humble as cellophane, the results are often uneven. Today’s urban “food deserts” can be traced back to technological changes that began in our neighborhoods over a century ago. Winkler Foods, Lindour Meats, Lieb Bakery, Constance Candy. These […]

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Urban Living is Good for Your Health

By on January 20, 2015 in Carfree, Shopping, Walking

I’ve got a totally earth-shattering revelation for you: moving more is good for your health. Related news: not moving at all might be really bad for it. Okay, now that you’ve gotten over the shock, I suppose I’d better warn you that this post is not going to contain any meaningful research or science. So, […]

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A Corner Store Classic

By on December 23, 2014 in Architecture, Development, Neighborhoods, Shopping, Urban Design, Urbanism

There are certain urban designs that cannot be improved upon. One of them is the neighborhood store with its doorway opening onto the corner. I recently discovered that one of the best examples was repeated a dozen times throughout the Minneapolis neighborhoods that developed in the 1920s. All feature the same decorative brickwork, including a white […]

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What’s German for Bah Humbug?

By on December 12, 2014 in Fairs, Parks, Shopping

So it seems our little Holidazzle Market has some critics. Apparently, it’s not stroller or kid friendly enough. Apparently it’s outrageous to stop offering the same old free entertainment the patronage for which was insufficient to induce downtown businesses to continue supplying it. Apparently it’s just uncouth to ask visitors to contribute a small amount […]

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Boring Public a Culprit in Loss of Treasured Businesses

By on December 10, 2014 in Development, Economics, Shopping, Trends

Last week, the owners of Nye’s Polonaise Room announced that the beloved Northeast Minneapolis bar would be closing next year to make way for a residential tower of some sort. It’s pretty sketchy what that will ultimately entail, but quotes from the developer indicate that the existing building will need to be demolished to make […]

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