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Urban legend?WM: Among other things Franklin Avenue (erstwhile Grape St.), Lake St., and 38th St. all represent the city line at one or another point in Minneapolis History. At incorporation, Franklin Av. was the city limit. Dorrilus Morrison, however, lived at 24th St. (near the Art Institute. He wanted to be the first mayor, so manoevered the city line to 24th. St. One of the first mass transit barns was at 24th and Bloomington. It held the horses for wagons with benches, the first Mpls. mass transit (I'm glad we're past that). Lake St. becoming the city limit meant the city took a big chunk of Richfield around the turn of the 20th Century, I believe. Same thing for 38th. St.
This is no legend, go to the library and look the facts up. 38th was always a main cross street-ever since it was built. It was always intended to have more traffic to support the commercial properties that have always been zoned there. Even as far back as the 1900's with the trolly lines. That's not a legend-it's a fact. It's why the comercial zoning is on that street.
Businesses are encouraged, through zoning, to plant themselves on what amounts to the growing city's belt line. My own house, the long side of which is on Lake St, is zoned commercial as is the next one South. It's been that way from the day it was platted. The same is true all the way across Lake St. It is probably also true for 38th.
So why deprive the place of the traffic now? It is no legend, that when the traffic was removed, many businesses dried up. We have to deal with the traffic in the neighbourhood anyway, lets make some use of it! I don't see much good sending it though the residential area of 35th-36th street.WM: Plus, there are some commercial treasures on 38th St. like Southside Farm Store and Everett's--the best meat market.
I can understand wanting to change something to make it better. I've done quite a bit of that myself. But to take the position of what we got is the best solution, so no build? And that IS what no build means-leave it just like it is. I won't do that. I believe we can do better than the interchange we got now.
WM: Yes we can and we deserve better.
WizardMarks, Central
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