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Nicollet Avenue Mural

Posted August 19th, 2008 by Matthew
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In the early 1970's the City of Minneapolis, in response to continuing blight in the area, created an ambitious "Master Plan" for the intersection of Lake and Nicollet. The City Council allowed K-mart to build on the site. K-mart stipulated that they would only build their model; a big box surrounded by an ocean of car parking. This required the closing of Nicollet Avenue.

The decision to close Nicollet was a desperate one made in less than ideal circumstances. It is time to correct this mistake and restore this part of our city. It is within our reach to do it. This mural painted on the back of the K-mart building depicts the closing of Nicollet Avenue and the building turning its back on the Whittier neighborhood to the north.

Some community discussion from 2006 about the idea of reopening Nicollet Avenue with a reconfigured K-mart store can be read here >.

PiPress: Loss of on-street parking due to LRT to affect business owners

Posted August 11th, 2008 by Antonio
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On-street parking can help make the sidewalk environment more inviting by sheltering pedestrians from moving traffic. Photo: Near 26th and Nicollet, in Minneapolis.

A business-owners' perspective on the issue of loss of on-street parking to accomodate LRT along University Avenue. Read more >

Your Way on the Highway

Posted August 5th, 2008 by Antonio
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Are the highways full? Or are we using them inefficiently? From Sightline Institute >

Carbon Taxes: Tax What You Burn, Not What You Earn

Posted August 5th, 2008 by Matthew
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VTPI: Carbon taxes reward people when they conserve energy, providing many benefits.

Carbon taxes are based on fossil fuel carbon content, and therefore tax carbon dioxide emissions. In July 2008 British Columbia introduced the first carbon tax in North America. This paper evaluates this tax. Read more >

Motor Mania

Posted August 1st, 2008 by Matthew
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Feds propose raid on transit funds

Posted July 31st, 2008 by Antonio
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Will the Feds take money from transit to fund highway projects?

US DOT Secretary Peters wants to transfer money from transit funds to fill an '08 hole in the Highway Trust Fund. The feds had already predicted about a $4 billion shortfall in the Trust Fund by the end of 2009. This is the first deficit in the Fund since it was established 50 years ago. The Highway Trust Fund is funded mostly by the federal gas tax. The deficit accelerates with the reduction in miles driven. Read more >

A Building Runs Through It

Posted July 29th, 2008 by Matthew
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An educational video documenting and displaying the results of automobile oriented land use planning in Minneapolis. Filmed, edited and produced in August of 2006.

Mural painting marathon event on Lyndale Avenue going on now!

Posted July 25th, 2008 by Bill
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The finished kickoff mural at 35th and Nicollet

This is an email from a friend of mine who is invovled with the Walldogs on Nicollet mural painting project going on today and tomorrow:

Friends,
I wanted to send an invite to all of you come down to the Lyndale/Kingfield neighborhoods this week for the Walldogs on Nicollet. It's a project that Lyndale/Kingfield Neighborhood Associations' have been working on for the last 18 months. The project's purpose is to use the creation of public art to build community, capture/preserve/initiate neighborhood history, spur economic development and create a safer environment along the Nicollet Avenue Corridor from Lake Street to 46th Street in South Minneapolis. The Walldogs on Nicollet meet will be the first urban Walldog meet and one of the largest creations of public art in Minneapolis' history. Read more >

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