This is the message that I _meant_ to send a few minutes ago.
Since spring is threatening is near, I'm thinking about
Saturday or Sundays spent riding my bicycle from one coffee shop to
another. My usual routine is to head to the Hard Times for breakfast and a
couple cups of very strong, very good coffee. There I spend some time
writing or even discussing local politics with fellow malcontents. Then
ride along
the River Road to Thirty-sixth or Forty-second street and cut across to
Bloomington Avenue and the Mayday Cafe.
The bike paths along the River Road seem safe for now from development and
gentrification. The Hard Times, however, not. The Mayday Cafe is not
threatened as far as I know. But someone has bought the whole corner on
the opposite side of Bloomington. No one knows what is planned for it and
they sound very nervous discussing the subject.
Rosalind Nelson
Bancroft
At 11:44 PM 3/2/01 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I really wish we could define, somehow, the essence of
>urban/comfy/funky/diverse Minneapolis so our political leaders could defend
>it better when making policy. Maybe their intentions are good, but I sense
>they just don't have the same esthetic that Minneapolis residents share.
>
>Might make an interesting discussion... what makes Minneapolis home? How are
>these things threatened by development and gentrification? How can they be
>protected?
>
>Lately, for example, I've been enjoying exploring the Northeast n
>eighborhoods, and especially like all the little angled blocks, bridges, and
>odd pockets of industrial/commercial space that are created by the railroad
>tracks. Compare this to the proposed developments along the Hiawatha LRT
>corridor... parking lots, McArchitecture transit stations, high-density
>housing, commercial hubs, chain stores and of course six lanes of pavement
>running through it all. Can you wonder why some of us wish they would just
>leave our city alone?
>
>-- Holle Brian
>Bancroft
>(612) 822-6593
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