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Community Voices

Let's use the power of the arts to stimulate community development

By Andriana Abariotes and Laura Zabel | 03/01/13

We can build on success: Look, for example, at the Irrigate project in St. Paul, an artist-led initiative along six miles of the new Central Corridor light-rail line.

LRT construction: 'Business dropped by about 40 percent. I cried many nights.'
Cityscape

LRT construction: 'Business dropped by about 40 percent. I cried many nights.'

By Marlys Harris | 12/31/12

It hasn’t been easy for Phyllis Gilliam and her Sunday's Best Boutique at Frogtown Center on University and Dale.

Union Depot
Cityscape

Jaded journalist tours Twin Cities metro area — and gets a shot of hope

By Marlys Harris | 10/18/12

This strange reaction was from a "press familiarization tour" to highlight "St. Paul on the Move."

Affordable housing in the Central Corridor: How much is too much?
Cityscape

Affordable housing in the Central Corridor: How much is too much?

By Marlys Harris | 09/19/12

The downside of a lot of low-income housing in one area.

Christine Baeumler displays a model of her stormwater project
The Line

Growing new art ideas along the Central Corridor

By Camille LeFevre | 09/14/12

Far from simply decorating the light-rail route, St. Paul's Central Corridor Public Art Plan is redefining art in the public sphere.

Hiawatha avenue
Cityscape

Hiawatha struggles to become a destination, not a corridor

By Marlys Harris | 05/03/12

Light rail has helped development along the so-called Hiawatha corridor, but it's not a destination yet.

Hamline LRT Station sketch
Cityscape

Grants help fund Twin Cities’ transit-oriented development

By Steven Dornfeld | 04/23/12

The Metropolitan Council figures that it doesn’t hurt to prime the pump, especially during these challenging economic times.

Cityscape

How MPR’s legal misadventure is driving up the cost of LRT line

By Steven Dornfeld | 03/13/12

The case graphically illustrates one of the reasons that public infrastructure projects escalate in cost and drag on past intended completion dates.

Light rail transit construction on University Ave. near Hwy 280
Cityscape

Construction resumes soon on LRT project

By Steven Dornfeld | 02/23/12

The second season of heavy construction on the $957-million Central Corridor light-rail transit line will begin as soon as March 1.