I agree too, but I would like to see the tallest buildings stay downtown. 4-6 stories is plenty of height and density to support transit, even subways.
The time for this editorializing, however, was before the election. The star tribune and other neighborhood papers could have done more to tease out what city council candidates really mean when they equivocate about "strong, vibrant neighborhoods." They could have explored the banality of the charge against Zimmerman which essentially dealt with a zoning "variance", and dug into the mess than is "comprehensive" planning, zoning, zoning variances, etc. Despite appropriation of new urbanist rhetoric by some city council candidates, I fear that zoning and planning changes to allow more density will continue to be a piecemeal process that is more about greasing palms and jumping through beaurocratic hoops than broad "citizen based planning". The principal time for "citizen based planning" is at the ballot box. City council candidates should explicitly state a general plan and let the people vote on it/them then. An example of an explicit development statement that I would have liked to hear would be to extend the pedestrian overlay district on Hennepin from Franklin to, say 34th street. Strib, you missed the boat. Try again in a few years. Mike Jensvold East Isles/uptown/ward 10 etc. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Today's Star Tribune editorial argues that > Minneapolis residents have to get > over their problems with tall buildings along > transit corridors such as the > Midtown Greenway and Lake Street if the city is to > continue to draw > tax-paying professionals and aging empty- nesters > back into the city. > > "For Minneapolis to continue its generally forward > momentum and its > progressive political traditions, residents must get > over their phobia about tall > buildings." . . . > > I wholeheartedly agree with this editorial position. > > Here is the link: > _http://www.startribune.com/stories/561/5733813.html_ > > (http://www.startribune.com/stories/561/5733813.html) > > > Bill Dooley > Kenny > REMINDERS: > 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at > http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a > member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused > Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls > REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
