Cub is trying to move onto Lake and Nicollet with a two-story store and accompanying mega-ramp. This project is drawing mixed responses ranging from awe and admiration over an New Urbanist Cub and ire from small immigrant businesses scared stiffless about gentrification and franchise invasion.
Sherman is a New Urbanist outfit - does the Central Cub fit the bill? Is it two stories? Right up to the street? Surface parking or ramp? Would any of that matter? I tend to think that an urban Cub is a bit of an oxy-moron, and yet I've seen big urban Safeway stores in D.C. they seemed to work decently. Maybe someday all of the big boxes with surface parking will just go away and give us our city back. Read: Hiawatha and Lake. Would Sherman step up and weigh on this? Jeff Carlson, Whittier __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
