Wizard Marks wrote: Actually, the project said it would take parking off one side of 38th >street from 7-9am and the other side from 4-6pm. Standard rush hour >parking stuff.
Jeanne Massey: Wizard, this is current. A major problem, however, is the taking of parking at 38th and Nicollet - where shortage of parking is already a problem - especially when combined with possible future restrictions on Nicollet Avenue. Jeanne Massey Kingfield -----Original Message----- From: WizardMarks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: forum issues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: November 25, 2002 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [Mpls] 35W Access Project-Urban Legend >Actually, the project said it would take parking off one side of 38th >street from 7-9am and the other side from 4-6pm. Standard rush hour >parking stuff. >WizardMarks, Central > >Lisa McDonald wrote: > >> The problem with the 35-Access project is that it will take all the >> on-street parking off of 38th street. This will be the death knell for >> many of these small businesses including Quality Coaches. When we >> talked about dedicated bus lanes on Hennepin Avenue the businesses >> came out in full force against removing on-street parking. All the >> access project does is move traffic. It doesn't improve small business >> access. >> >> >> >> Lisa McDonald >> >> East harriet >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: David Brauer >> >> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 9:04 AM >> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Subject: Re: [Mpls] 35W Access Project-Urban Legend >> >> >> >> While I agree with Ken that ramps at 38th won't make the street more >> economically viable, he asks: >> >> > the Urban Legend I was referring to is the one the >> > Access Project supporters are spreading that Lake Street and the >> > intersecton of 38th and Nicollet Avenue are blighted business >> districts >> > with failed and "struggling" businesses. >> > >> > I'm still waiting for evidence that this is so. What are the >> addresses of >> > the empty stores at 38th and Nicollet? >> >> There are a few. >> >> On the northeast corner, 3 storefronts on either side of Finer >> Meats are >> vacant (2 of a former Latino market, not Marissa's, and a former >> bakery). >> >> On the northwest corner, the former Domino's Pizza storefront remains >> vacant, and when I walked by Midtown Chicken Shack on Saturday >> afternoon, it >> was closed - despite hours-of-operation sign saying it should be open. >> >> On the southeast corner, it appears that the former exterminator >> office on >> the corner is vacant, but he is moving around the corner to >> between Nicollet >> and 1st on 38th. The owner of the building is marketing the corner >> space as >> a coffee shop. A dentist at 38th & 1st is never open, but he is >> rehabbing >> his exterior with help from the neighborhood association. >> >> The southwest corner sometime APPEARS vacant because of the >> hulking Theissen >> Vending. However, they will undergo an extensive exterior rehab >> soon, so >> should add some visual life to the intersection. >> >> It's true that there are several vital consumer businesses at the >> intersection: Nicollet Ace Hardware, Marissa's, Finer Meats, >> Shorty & Wags, >> Tacos Blass - but this is an intersection that is struggling. >> >> Whether tons of cars whizzing past will make it better remains to >> be seen. >> >> Also, on the subject of thriving Nicollet business nodes at 46th & >> 54th, but >> not 38th: let's not ascribe everything to transportation. As you move >> further south on Nicollet, disposable income also climbs - which, >> I submit, >> has more to do with supporting strong neighborhood businesses than >> anything. >> >> 38th was THE major east-west bus street between streetcar lines, but I >> submit the hollowing out of business nodes had at least as much to >> do with >> increased poverty and declining real incomes than building ramps at >> 35th/36th instead. >> >> It is certainly possible that the Access Project could raise the >> standard of >> living north of 38th, especially if 35th and 36th become more sane >> places to >> live (or at least compensate for 38th's decreased sanity). Still, >> I think >> it's a huge gamble, especially for $150 million. >> >> David Brauer >> King Field >> >> _______________________________________ >> >> Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn >> E-Democracy >> Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : >> http://explorer.msn.com > > > >_______________________________________ > >Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy >Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
