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Land & Space Twin Cities: April 2007
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Land and Space Twin Cities. Tracking the evolution of the Twin Cities urban landscape. Monday, April 16, 2007. This is interesting: Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympic Games. Includes a certain new football stadium in. Minneapolis. Click on the last thumbnail after hitting the link.). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Blogs Better Than This One. Hi, I'm Mark. I tend to go by the screen name "mrbula" for reasons kind of described here. My personal blog-journal-thingy can be found at nonlocality.com.
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Land & Space Twin Cities: January 2007
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Land and Space Twin Cities. Tracking the evolution of the Twin Cities urban landscape. Wednesday, January 31, 2007. Minneapolis to Warehouse District Developers: You Need to Cut Some Floors. Like 18. As part of Minneapolis' continuing effort to keep the city as small as possible, the city council voted on Friday to reject an appeal. To permit high-rise towers as part of the Pacific condos and hotel development. While efforts to maintain the character of the area have a lot of merit. The Pioneer Press rep...
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Land & Space Twin Cities: October 2006
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Land and Space Twin Cities. Tracking the evolution of the Twin Cities urban landscape. Tuesday, October 24, 2006. The Strib on "Minnesota Moderne". Linda Mack of the Strib has put together a piece on the new Chambers Hotel. As well as a short overview of some of the other snazzy hotel projects. Going in Minneapolis. (Like many Strib articles this one will likely disappear soon, so get it while it lasts.). Sunday, October 22, 2006. Saint Paul: No Bridges to the Future. While KC overall is somewhat of a tr...
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Land & Space Twin Cities: September 2008
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Land and Space Twin Cities. Tracking the evolution of the Twin Cities urban landscape. Thursday, September 18, 2008. 35W Bridge: It's Ready. Taken four hours before its opening. I'll never be a fan of urban freeways, but it's good to have it back. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). 35W Bridge: Its Ready. Blogs Better Than This One. Hi, I'm Mark. I tend to go by the screen name "mrbula" for reasons kind of described here. My Blogger blogs exist because I have an unhealthy fascination with urban planning.
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Land & Space Twin Cities: The Central Corridor is a Go!
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Land and Space Twin Cities. Tracking the evolution of the Twin Cities urban landscape. Wednesday, February 27, 2008. The Central Corridor is a Go! The Central Corridor light rail line. Finally got the thumbs-up from the Met Council today, although the plan approved lacks niceties like a tunnel under the U of M. (That lack of tunnel may mean trains running right down the middle of, uh, Washington Avenue on the East Bank. Great work, guys.). One paragraph in the Strib story. The Central Corridor is a Go!
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Land & Space Twin Cities: June 2007
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Land and Space Twin Cities. Tracking the evolution of the Twin Cities urban landscape. Friday, June 15, 2007. Washington Avenue, But With Trees and Stuff. Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak wants to transform the dull-but-improving Washington Avenue into a pedestrian-friendly, tree-lined boulevard. That could act as the Mill City's version of the Avenue des Champs Elysées in Paris. Uh, right. Best of luck with that (seriously! The AIA Minnesota has a page up on the project. And just launched a blog on it.
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Land & Space Twin Cities: Ralph Rapson, Dead at 93
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Land and Space Twin Cities. Tracking the evolution of the Twin Cities urban landscape. Monday, March 31, 2008. Ralph Rapson, Dead at 93. Ralph Rapson, architect of Riverside Plaza. And the original Guthrie. Passed away over the weekend. At the age of 93. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Ralph Rapson, Dead at 93. Blogs Better Than This One. Hi, I'm Mark. I tend to go by the screen name "mrbula" for reasons kind of described here. My personal blog-journal-thingy can be found at nonlocality.com.
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Land & Space Twin Cities: May 2007
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Land and Space Twin Cities. Tracking the evolution of the Twin Cities urban landscape. Wednesday, May 16, 2007. Well, I've been a bad blogger lately. So many interesting development stories in the Twin Cities, and all you get here is the sound of crickets. I'm moving in late May, expecting a child in late June and hopefully going back to school in the fall, but in the meantime will try to be a little more active 'round these here parts. As usual, MNspeak. Are great sources to watch.
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Land & Space Twin Cities: August 2007
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Land and Space Twin Cities. Tracking the evolution of the Twin Cities urban landscape. Wednesday, August 08, 2007. 35W, One Week Later. Well, it's been a week since 35W fell into the Mississippi, and the Twin Cities are still recovering. Over the next few weeks I'll be writing a lot about the bridge collapse and the race for a replacement, but for now I'd like to point out the excellent coverage and commentary coming from a number of different sources:. John Week's 35W Bridge Page. 35W, One Week Later.
