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How cities benefit from desegregated schools
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How cities benefit from desegregated schools

By Marlys Harris | 09/25/12

Compared to 25 other metro areas, the Twin Cities looks like a mecca of tolerance and diversity.

Cancer Survivors Park: Making a space into a place
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Cancer Survivors Park: Making a space into a place

By Marlys Harris | 09/21/12

The park, a lovely 1.5 acre expanse of lawn, has a problem. Nobody much uses it.

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

A look at Plan-it Hennepin’s early plan for Minneapolis' main drag
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A look at Plan-it Hennepin’s early plan for Minneapolis' main drag

By Marlys Harris | 09/14/12

The consortium of organizations is hoping to transform Hennepin Avenue.

Siren call of economic development: A cautionary tale from Vadnais Heights
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Siren call of economic development: A cautionary tale from Vadnais Heights

By Marlys Harris | 09/11/12

Beware of municipal projects that supposedly pay for themselves.

What we know about the architects seeking Vikings stadium deal
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What we know about the architects seeking Vikings stadium deal

By Marlys Harris | 09/07/12

They turned up on the playing field at the soon-to-be-bulldozed Metrodome to tout their achievements.

Why (almost) nothing seems to be getting done in Minneapolis
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Why (almost) nothing seems to be getting done in Minneapolis

By Marlys Harris | 09/04/12

I’ve been asking developers, planners and others why we have so much trouble making things happen in Minneapolis.

Where do you want to grow old: Twin Cities — or Orem, Utah?
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Where do you want to grow old: Twin Cities — or Orem, Utah?

By Marlys Harris | 08/28/12

Unlike Orem, the Twin Cities metro is nowhere to be found in ranking of top 20 large cities.

Let’s party — and redesign St. Paul’s Charles Avenue!
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Let’s party — and redesign St. Paul’s Charles Avenue!

By Marlys Harris | 08/24/12

To fend off opposition, a coalition of neighborhood groups organized design-idea parties to reach out to residents.

Fence to Lake Calhoun lot
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Why there's an empty lot across from Lake Calhoun

By Marlys Harris | 08/22/12

So far, a neighborhood group has helped to keep a prize piece of land from being developed.

Charges that Obama wants to ‘burn' the suburbs aren't true
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Charges that Obama wants to 'burn' the suburbs aren't true

By Marlys Harris | 08/17/12

Author Stanley Kurtz's argument, says U institute’s Myron Orfield, is "baloney." I’d say that, too, but I don't want to insult baloney.

Could beer help the Twin Cities?
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Could beer help the Twin Cities?

By Marlys Harris | 08/16/12

Craft breweries have the potential to boost the Twin Cities economy and tourism — and create fun places to hang out.

Neighborhood ‘walkability’ a big deal now, even though it’s tricky to measure
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Neighborhood ‘walkability’ a big deal now, even though it’s tricky to measure

By Marlys Harris | 08/10/12

One rating system gives my cousin's digs in Minnetonka a 22, while my apartment downtown gets an 89. But many factors complicate the scores.

Foreign investors are flocking to Minneapolis commercial properties
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Foreign investors are flocking to Minneapolis commercial properties

By Marlys Harris | 08/07/12

The city ranks No. 8 for the second quarter in cross-border outlays for the likes of retail, office buildings and industrial sites, particularly downtown.

Something's coming — something good (we hope) — on Lake Street
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Something's coming — something good (we hope) — on Lake Street

By Marlys Harris | 08/03/12

Ideas are brewing to improve one of the most troubling sites in the Twin Cities.

Met Council asks the public to help shape area’s future
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Met Council asks the public to help shape area’s future

By Marlys Harris | 07/31/12

"Thrive MSP 2040" aims to create a vision — and the how-we'll-do-that proposals — for the next 30 years.   

Highest accident intersections
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Where are Minnesota’s most crash-prone intersections?

By Marlys Harris | 07/27/12

MnDOT provided MinnPost with a list of the worst 20 across the state, and experts offer suggestions to make them safer.

Spam Museum in Austin, MN
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How to repurpose all those empty buildings from the ‘Big Box-alypse’

By Marlys Harris | 07/25/12

Folks have come up with all sorts of creative reuses, such as turning a former Kmart store in Austin, Minn., into the Spam Museum.

Twin Cities suburbs rapidly becoming more diverse
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Twin Cities suburbs rapidly becoming more diverse

By Marlys Harris | 07/20/12

New study from the University of Minnesota documents population changes in metro area.

Design prof Thomas Fisher
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Design prof Thomas Fisher wants stadium to produce ‘vibrant’ new Minneapolis area

By Marlys Harris | 07/18/12

The key, he says, is how the Vikings stadium “connects to or interacts with the city around it."