Eva, That was a very interesting article - made more interesting by the fact that I have just returned from visiting someone in a new suburban complex outside Chicago. I live in an older home in Mac Groveland section of St Paul so I'm with you on the coffee shops and interesting places. And I'm willing to sacrifice the convenience of an attached garage, air conditioning, and any built in appliances for my surroundings. But after a weekend in a very big house I now know more of the conveniences I'm giving up.
I'm involved with Minnesota Rural Partners (http://www.minnesotaruralpartners.org/2003_summit.htm), who are planning a conference this summer on creating communities that promote support entrepreneurship - one aspect of the conference is community design. It's been really interesting to learn about the importance of public spaces in a healthy community. Here are a few articles that talk a bit about community design: New Community Design to the Rescue http://www.nga.org/center/divisions/1,1188,C_ISSUE_BRIEF%5ED_2344,00.htm l The Three Types Of New Urbanism http://www.planetizen.com/news/item.php?id=7762 Ann -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eva Young Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 1:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [TCMetro] Fwd: [Mpls] city vs. suburbs (fwd) There is quite the city vs suburbs thread on the Minneapolis Issues list. I think this is a good forum to discuss this with less heat and more light. I'm curious what folks here think of Pedestrian Friendly districts. There is a bit of a controversy over starting one of these on West Broadway. I've recently moved into the area -- I'm 4 blocks away from West Broadway - and I'm rather fond of the Lyn Lake area with coffeeshops and funky places like Intermedia Arts and Bryant Lake Bowl. Dyna Slutyer wrote on the Minneapolis Issues list that this is just South Minneapolis snobbery wanting to move into North Minneapolis. I'd encourage folks on this list to go drive along Glenwood Av. That is an area that seems to have so much potential. So anyway, I suppose I might be a latte drinking snob to kind of like pedestrian friendly spaces in the urban scene. Eva Young Near North >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: David Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Mpls] city vs. suburbs (fwd) >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 >List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Subscribe: <http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/mpls>, > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Id: Minneapolis Issues Forum <mpls.mnforum.org> >List-Unsubscribe: <http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/mpls>, > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Archive: <http://www.mnforum.org/pipermail/mpls/> >X-Original-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:48:05 -0500 (EST) >Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:48:05 -0500 (EST) > > > > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:45:49 -0500 (EST) >From: David Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: city vs. suburbs > >For those of you who are interested, there is very interesting analysis of >the new suburbanization in the United States by David Brooks in the Weekly >Standard. "Patio-Man and the Sprawl People: America's Newist Suburbs." > >It even mentions Minneapolis. > >The Weekly Standard is conservative weekly magazine of politics, social >comment, and art. > >The link is: >http://www.weeklystandard.com/content/public/articles/000/000/001/531wl vng.asp > >Perhaps we can use some of the ideas from Brooks's article to anticipate >the trends and discuss possible policy responses for dealing with such >social and economic change in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. > >Trust me, the 2 part article is well worth reading. > >David Wilson >Loring Park > > > > > >TEMPORARY REMINDER: >1. Send all posts in plain-text format. >2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. > >________________________________ > >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 Eva Young Near North Minneapolis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog is up: http://lloydletta.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day. _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
