“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
New 6-Story, 164 Unit Apartment Building Just Northwest of Lake Calhoun My interest in the new Tryg’s – Trammel Crow development on West Lake Street is as much personal as it is professional (I live nearby). That said, I was under the impression that the restaurant was to be incorporated into the project (photo above). If...Read More
Eat Your Heart Out, San Diego! Happily, this past week would be one of those (ten weeks): highs in the low 80’s, lots of sun, (relatively) how humidity. With more on tap the next several days. Enjoy! (Note: any resemblance between the Lake Calhoun photo (above) and this blog’s masthead (top) . . . is...Read More
After the Deluge (Hopefully) Yes, I know that the habitats of everything from timber wolves to moose to monarch butterflies are now stressed and shrinking. But, thanks to anywhere from 5″ to more than 10″(!) of rain so far just this month, the metro area is literally awash in new ponds and wetlands. Like this...Read More
If you want a nice, big home on Minneapolis’ Lake of the Isles or Lake Calhoun, it’ll set you back $1 million (easy). Too much? Then consider (much) more affordable Lake Nokomis, convenient to Minnehaha Falls, light rail, downtown, and the airport.* List price for this 4 BR/3 Bath home on the Lake’s southeast corner is $550k. *The...Read More
(Because) Ugly is Forever As a long-time Minneapolis resident, homeowner, taxpayer, parent, parent of a serious teenage bicyclist, local Realtor, native Minnesotan, U of MN alum, arts and culture patron, Cedar Lake neighbor (and maybe a few other hats I can’t think of at the moment), there are few people with more of a vested...Read More
