Originally, South Minneapolis was planned with a "commercial" street every
10th block. Thus we have 20th (Franklyn Ave), 30th (Lake St.), 50th (very
commercial on the west side, at 50th & France, but less so as it moves
east), and 60th (actually 62nd/Crosstown became the commercial one there).
This broke down somehow around 40th St, which should have been a
"commercial" street based on this pattern. Instead both 38th and 42nd
became "semi-commercial", with an uncomfortable mix of commercial
intersections and residential housing. And neither 38th nor 42nd is
commercial enough to be really viable like Franklyn & Lake are.
Maybe we should take this as an opportunity to "fix" this -- put the ramps
onto 40th St, rezone it to allow commercial development, rezone 38th & 42nd
to discourage commercial use (only grandfathering in the existing ones),
reroute buses to 40th St, etc.
Probably a lot more work than was planned here, but wouldn't this make the
most sense in the long run?
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