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Marlys Harris

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A Minnesota native, Marlys Harris has been an investigative reporter and editor with specialties in consumer protection and finance for Money Magazine and Consumer Reports. She has a master’s degree in urban planning from Hunter College Graduate School of the City University of New York. She's married, has two adult sons and lives in Minneapolis.

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Cityscape

I love New York, but ...

By Marlys Harris | 04/10/13

A lot of what you can get and do in New York, you can pretty much get and do here.

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Cityscape

Isaiah, a coalition of congregations, reminds us foreclosure crisis is not over

By Marlys Harris | 03/29/13

The group hopes to prod the Legislature into passing a bill of rights for people whose houses are in foreclosure.

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Cityscape

Vikings stadium buyer’s remorse? I’ve got it bad — do you?

By Marlys Harris | 03/26/13

Even with its shaky financing projections, a lot of legislators don't want to reopen the stadium issue, but maybe they should think about it.

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Cityscape

How mass transit influences (in a good way) Twin Cities real-estate values

By Marlys Harris | 03/22/13

When it comes to real estate, there's a new mantra in town: transit, transit, transit.

For now, new Vikings stadium will be surrounded by...parking lots
Cityscape

For now, new Vikings stadium will be surrounded by ... parking lots

By Marlys Harris | 03/20/13

There's hope the grander stadium will jazz up development, but that may be up to the owners of nearby parking lots.

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Cityscape

From brownfields to greenfields: No easy transition

By Marlys Harris | 03/15/13

I can see this is a problem in Newark, N.J. But as I learned, Minnesota is not so spanking clean either.

Minneapolis apartment development booms, but not in the burbs
Cityscape

Minneapolis apartment development booms, but not in the burbs

By Marlys Harris | 03/12/13

People say they want to live in the suburbs. So why aren’t developers building there?

The great senior sell-off: Our next housing crisis?
Cityscape

The great senior sell-off: Our next housing crisis?

By Marlys Harris | 03/07/13

Will there be enough buyers when aging Baby Boomers want to sell their big houses?

Twin Cities traffic congestion? Eat your heart out, Portland
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Twin Cities traffic congestion? Eat your heart out, Portland

By Marlys Harris | 03/06/13

An annual assessment of traffic congestion around the country shows traffic is much worse in Portland than here.

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Cityscape

For safety’s sake, light up those bikes

By Marlys Harris | 03/04/13

It's time for the Consumer Product Safety Commission to step up and make bicycles safer.