“Do You Know the Way to San Jose Lake Calhoun?” As of this week, anyone trying to get to Lake Calhoun (or St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill neighborhood) from the west has to navigate a couple extra hurdles (in addition to dealing with no bridge at Minnetonka Blvd; see below). That’s because there’s effectively no...Read More
Knollwood, Southwest ‘Burbs Get (a Little) Closer to Minneapolis Scarcely 4 1/2 months ago — late March, to be exact — Twin Cities motorists traveling 50 mph in opposite directions on Highway 7 in St. Louis Park came perilously close to one another (I’d estimate less than 4 feet). On roads that were not exactly ice-free (see photo, above)....Read More
Test your knowledge of local Twin Cities construction projects, and answer the following multiple choice question: What is going on at the northeast corner of Highway 7 and Louisiana Blvd. in St. Louis Park? A. Minnesota’s first site for hydraulic fracturing (also known as “fracking”); B. Prep work for the new Southwest light rail corridor;...Read More
Signs, Signs, Everywhere there’s signs. Blocking out the scenery. Breaking my mind. Do this! Don’t do that! Can’t you read the signs? –Lyrics, “Signs”; Five Man Electrical Band Adding a 2nd “For Sale” sign for a home on a corner lot is smart marketing. That’s especially true when the home — in St. Louis Park’s Triangle...Read More
Highway 7/Wooddale Avenue Interchange To frustrated motorists, it’s an all-too familiar scene: miles of closed-off roadway that persists for months (or years), traffic slowed to a crawl (or stop), etc. — all for the benefit of a handful of construction workers, progressing at a glacial pace. I can think of multiple highway projects around the...Read More