Yoiks! Frightening. Now that was the mentality that split St. Paul's Black community right down the middle at about the same time, decimating its beloved Rondo Avenue. Too bad they didn't have the power Kenwood had to block or shift that lousy ribbon.
Thanks for the history lesson, Charles. Andy Driscoll Saint Paul -- on 7/16/04 10:24 PM, Charles Gimon wrote: > Forwarded message: >> >> A rumor that has been floating around the Wedge for decades: MNDOT, during >> the 1950s had preliminary plans to tear out 26th Street, 28th Street and >> everything in between, to run a freeway from I-35W to Hwy 100. >> > > Not merely a rumor. The plans were made in the 1960s, but were never > acted on. The "28th Street Crosstown" would have run from at least > the Uptown/Lakes area eastward all the way over the river to connect > with I-94 in Prospect Park. > > On the east end, the curves that 94 takes through Prospect Park were > supposedly designed to receive the possible crosstown from south > Minneapolis. > > On the west end, the freeway would have fed into the "Southwest Diagonal" > that was planned to run through Kenwood between Lake of the Isles and > Cedar Lake. This plan was stopped due to neighborhood opposition in 1965. > > Presumably, one or the other would have continued west. Highway 7 starts > westward in the same general area. > > A map is available at http://www.mplib.org/history/tr4.asp . > > One can imagine how different the lakes area would be if there were > a freeway interchange just behind where the Calhoun Beach Club is now. > > --Charles Gimon > Waite Park > > > > > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
