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50th and France

By on July 1, 2013 in Shopping, Suburbia

50th and France is a small shopping district on the border of Minneapolis and Edina. It is characterized by two-story buildings with ground-floor retail. The retail is a mix of local-serving shops, restaurants, and movie theaters and more regional destinations like Sur-La-Table. It was a Streetcar stop back in the day, and has long been […]

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In a West End town, a dead end world

By on June 13, 2013 in Shopping, Suburbia

When I first heard about the new development called the Shops at West End (WE), the Pet Shop Boys played in my head. My vision of The West End came from London, roughly the area between Piccadilly Circus and Charing Cross. They are not similarly located, London’s version is substantially closer to the City (2.2 […]

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Just-in-time consumption: Does the `pint of milk test’ hold water?

By on February 25, 2013 in Accessibility, Shopping

Just-in-time production revolutionized manufacturing, enabling both a reduction in inventories as supplies arrive only shortly before needed, and an improvement in quality as poorly made inputs are no longer stored for long periods of time, but can be quickly identified and feedback provided to the supplier. The widespread adoption of the just-in-time process is itself […]

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2012 Best Farmer’s Market: St. Paul Farmer’s Market

By on December 26, 2012 in Best of, Neighborhoods, Shopping, Trends, Urban Agriculture

The farmer’s market: Among the oldest forms of direct-to-consumer sales, these truly urban agoras bring the rural to the city, and exist all around the world in some form or another. They bridge the gap between city and country with commerce, and thus, it was inevitable we at streets.mn would ask readers where their favorite […]

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2012 Best Mid-Late 20th Century Enclosed Shopping Mall: Mall of America

By on December 19, 2012 in Best of, Shopping

When we at Streets.MN were dividing up who would write which “Best of” entry, no one else wanted shopping malls. One said “I’m cool with anything but the best indoor mall, since that doesn’t exist.” What do most urbanists want? A lively, pedestrian realm, clean, free of automobiles, with a variety of activities, the ability […]

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Winter in the City – We Can Do Better

By on November 26, 2012 in Shopping

As November draws to a close, winter has descended on the Twin Cities with force. This means it’s time to hunker down, withdraw from the public realm and resign ourselves to scurrying between our home, car, parking garage and office – punctuated only by strolls through climate controlled malls and skyways. It doesn’t have to […]

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Improving Community through Progressive Approaches to Construction Mitigation

By on October 12, 2012 in Bridges, Infrastructure, Shopping, Streets

Infrastructure projects such as road construction and bridge re-building are more than just public works endeavors. They are events that affect the whole community. Like any disruptive event, construction can pull a community apart or bring it together. If approached holistically with intentional collaboration and wisely applied funding, we can have better roads, and stronger […]

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Twin Cities: Best Cities for Bicycling…to Beer?

By on July 5, 2012 in Bicycling, Shopping, Transportation

(Reposted from The Growler) Sure, Minneapolis has been declared one of Bicycling magazine’s top cities for bicycling—but I’d like to add to that honor by declaring the Twin Cities, as a whole, the best cities for bicycling to beer. Now I realize that my award may not carry the prestige Bicycling magazine’s does, but let me make […]

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Arbor Lakes – A pedestrian explores the suburbs.

By on June 4, 2012 in Land use, Shopping, Walking

On a date night with my wife, we recently visited Arbor Lakes in Maple Grove (Map below). Maple Grove is a suburban area northeast of the interchange of I-94/I-694 and I-494. The areas abutting the freeway are devoted to retail. Beyond that is housing. Much of the area used to be quarry, some of it […]

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