“Location, Location?” Test your knowledge of Twin Cities real estate, and guess how much the Minneapolis home pictured above is listed for. A. $75,000 B. $149,900 C. $500,000 D. $995,000 Need a hint? The home overlooks the Midtown Greenway, and is located between Lake of the Isles and Lake Calhoun. Give up? The correct answer would be...Read More
KIX Field in South Minneapolis The most impressive thing (to me) about KIX field in South Minneapolis wasn’t the throng of kids and families on the field last night. And it wasn’t the brilliant bank of lights illuminating the field after dark, or the lush playing surface. What most impressed me was that the field...Read More
How do you show off a home’s proximity to the Midtown Greenway in South Minneapolis? This photo (left) is a pretty good start. In particular, the angle captures the Greenway’s physical setting: a 5.5-mile long former railroad corridor that connects to 100-plus miles of Twin City bike paths (and yes, it’s actually green now!). The listing also includes photos of various...Read More
Manhattan’s High Line There is street theater. And then there’s “street as theater.” My favorite part of the eminently satisfying High Line — Manhattan’s answer to the Midtown Greenway (and then some!) — is an area with five rows of stadium seats, all looking towards a stage with a transparent, plexiglass curtain behind it. On...Read More
Green Development — Literally Once there were parking lotsNow it’s a peaceful oasisyou got it, you got itThis was a Pizza HutNow it’s all covered with daisiesyou got it, you got itI miss the honky tonks, Dairy Queens, and 7-Elevensyou got it, you got it –The Talking Heads; lyrics, “(Nothing But) Flowers” I don’t know...Read More
