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Old Posted Sep 30, 2014, 12:18 AM
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God, I can't believe THAT is Washington Ave. So much has changed in just the 3 years since I graduated. Minneapolis is looking beautiful.
Here is another shot of Washington Ave with the Green Line running:

mplssept201437 by afsmps, on Flickr
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Old Posted Sep 30, 2014, 1:52 AM
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Bold designs and colors. Wish developers and architects from here believed in that.
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Old Posted Sep 30, 2014, 10:36 AM
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How to shape some wide and dense fabric. You've got to acknowledge midrises are still convenient in that.
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Old Posted Sep 30, 2014, 4:58 PM
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Agreed. Like most American cities, Minneapolis went through a down period of demolition, decline and auto oriented development after WWII. When the return to proper urban design began around 15 years ago it was nice to see but it didn't amount to much at first. But now enough midrises have accumulated that they are profoundly reshaping the fabric of certain neighborhoods. Most have been built on vacant lots or the sites of crappy, suburban style one story post war buildings. Some of these neighborhoods, like Uptown, Dinkytown and greater Downtown only need one or two more cycles of development to fill in the rest of those types of sites. Hopefully at that point it will continue into the adjacent areas.

In the US we are in the habit of thinking about good urbanism and pre war fabric as being synonymous, but it is starting to look like the era from 1945 to 2000 wasn't the end of good urbanism for American cities but a donut hole. If you are old enough to remember how cities were in that era, this is exciting to watch.

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I love the infill :-)
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Please don't quote posts full of photos, edit them out first.
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Wow I can't get over how amazing the buildings look!!
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Wow, I'm just browsing through the thread and you can literally see the quality of the infill increase just in the past 3 years. Some of the more recent buildings are very daring and modern.

I've never been to Minneapolis, but it's definitely a place I have to see some day.
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Any plans to make an update to this thread, Chef? We've added lots more infill since your last post!
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Old Posted May 24, 2015, 7:08 AM
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Eventually it is going to happen. I've taken some pictures but want to take a few more before I do a full update.
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Eventually it is going to happen. I've taken some pictures but want to take a few more before I do a full update.
Looking forward to it!
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Great pics! Considering moving to Minneapolis in the next year or two. These pics got me excited for a potential new home. Thanks!
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