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Last chance to ride the Minnesota River Bottoms, a grass-roots bike route that’s soon to be paved
Balancing between a narrow slice of dedicated users and a broad range of future users is something that planners try to do carefully.
Bill Lindeke
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Will St. Paul finally end the acrimony over parking meters on Grand Avenue?
St. Paul has done eight major studies of Grand Avenue parking over the last 30 years.
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The unwritten rules of making out in parks
For a parks department, the two great risks of kissing tolerance are that it so often comes with booze, nudity, or both.
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The devil is in the details when it comes to St. Paul’s soccer stadium hopes
What is the best-case scenario for St. Paul soccer? I spoke with a few of St. Paul’s most interested parties to find out their hopes for any soccer stadium deal at Snelling and University Avenues.
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Minneapolis is breaking bicycling ground with new protected lanes: Here’s what’s working
Now that they’re hitting their stride, planners are learning lessons about what works and what might be improved.
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The ins and outs of drive-thrus, and why they’re bad for cities
As cities like St. Paul try to become more walkable, people are looking more critically at the complexities of the ubiquitous drive-thru.
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What makes a good neighborhood Facebook group?
Even though millions of dollars are spent on community engagement and outreach in the Twin Cities every year, for most neighborhoods the real action is on Facebook.
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The ephemeral coolness of a Minnesota film shoot
It’s kind of amazing to think that a film crew might completely remake a store for only a few hours, but that’s exactly what happens.
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Can bikes help solve the Twin Cities’ persistent town/gown tensions?
Compared to the University of Minnesota, other schools in the metro have a long way to go.
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Retrievers on the case: Tracking lost dogs in the Twin Cities
When Rocky disappeared, Dan Conybeare connected with The Retrievers, a team of dog detectives who’ve been organizing searches throughout the state for over a year.
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25 years after the ADA, sidewalks still speak louder than words
With results on the ground lagging behind the equity rhetoric, advocates are brainstorming new ways to improve Twin Cities sidewalks.
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Minneapolis’ new downtown residents struggle to plant post-industrial trees
The botanical challenges of downtown roots mean a diversity of tactics for planting and cultivation, different attempts by arborists to engineer architectural life support.
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Minneapolis’ Powderhorn 24 redefines the way bike rides connect with neighborhoods
Starting Aug. 14, dozens of cyclists will be circling the neighborhood on a five-mile loop, part of a marathon endurance ride that goes on for 24 hours straight.
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Should Minneapolis’ intensive capital budget process be more engaging to the public?
Compared to St. Paul’s process, Minneapolis’ is less elaborate but more highly ordered, and it’s certainly far less open to the public.
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Exploring the Twin Cities’ weird, tiny and even paved-over parks
For every big-name, landmark city park, there are a dozen small, marginal and overlooked spaces that are also part of an area’s park system.
