Are There Great Public Spaces in Minneapolis?
Today's Star Tribune had an interesting story, "The Plight of Peavey Plaza"
No one's talking about destroying Peavey Plaza, downtown Minneapolis' most beloved and used public space. But the 29-year old sunken plaza off Nicollet Mall and 11th St. faces more subtle threats — benign neglect and shoddy maintenance.
The plaza's designer, New York landscape architect M. […]
Review of Coarse Grain Exhibit
We were all pleased to see a very supportive review of the current exhibition at the Stevens Square Center for the Arts, "Coarse Grain" in this week's issue of the Pulse of the Twin Cities.
SSCA has got a lot going for it. Thoughtful shows are planned out for future months. They've got a youth arts […]
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Updates, etc.
You know, I haven't nearly close to the amount of the time I wish I had to think about, and post thoughts on, urban issues. Actually, the thinking still goes on in bits and pieces, it's the posting that's sort of taken a backseat.
This is due to a number of reasons, including:
- Work […]
The Next American City Exhibit: Urban Design Exhibit at the Stevens Square Center for the Arts
Planning is coming along very well for The Next American City. I think we've been able to piece together what is going to be an interesting to anyone interested in urban issues.Just a few of the issues we'll be exploring include futuristic transit (Personal Rapid Transit), redeveloping older buildings, immigration, stadiums, general "good" design, and […]
I'm Trying to Learn the Real Difference Between A Policy Analyst and A Policy Maker
I think the last few months have been period of immensive learning and growth. I've been very active in a number of projects around town, and I think I've learned many important lessons.Most of which, I think I now understand that it is much easier to be a "policy analyst" than it is to be […]
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Trying to Connect the Dots
Part of what I intended to write about in the last post (but I pooped out way before finishing) was that through the process of having all these interesting and tough experiences - I've spent a lot more time at City Hall and the County Building than I ever really needed […]
World's Tallest Building in the United Arab Emerites?
Today's Chicago Tribune reports in the story, "UAE tower to surpass 2,000 feet" that the next "world's tallest building" is in development in the United Arab Emirates.
"We can acknowledge that it is significantly taller than 2,000 feet," Smith said of the residential-hotel project. On May 12, The Guardian of London reported that the tower's height […]