Touting Proximity to Light Rail . . . 3 Years Early! Owners loved living here and the neighborhood with nearby park, walk to Cedar Lake Beach, and 3 block walk to the 2023 West Lake Station of Green Line SWLRT.” –Excerpt, “Public Remarks” field on MLS. The Twin Cities’ new light rail line may be...Read More
Twin Cities’ Newest Light Rail Corridor Maybe they could’ve named it “the orange line.” That way, no one would be able to say that the Twin Cities’ spanking-new light rail corridor connecting downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul — officially, the green line — “runs through the West Bank.” Not THAT West Bank If you don’t know...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
Retail No-Man’s Land Count me amongst the Twin Citians that had no idea that the next leg of the Twin Cities’ light rail system — the Central Corridor along University Ave. — was so far along. Traveling in the area this morning, I had expected to see a couple blocks under construction, with the attendant traffic snafus....Read More
Development Formula There are more than 80 distinct Chicago neighborhoods, and dozens of unofficial ones. All [of them] pretty much feature an El station surrounded by retail. –Chicago resident and tour guide Evelyn Thompson, quoted in A Fresh Take on Chicago“; The Star Tribune (7/25/2010) Exactly. Time to get those light rail stations up and...Read More
How Close is Too Close? I expected the question sooner or later, but I officially received my first, “how is the [Southwest] light rail line going to affect my property value?” inquiry from a Cedar Lake-area homeowner this week. No doubt, the impetus was a series of public hearings the last few weeks that seemingly...Read More
