Urban Planning

Art(ists) on the Verge 3

Mark Savin double-dipped as a prominent attorney in the Twins deal

He represented Hennepin County when it was acquiring the land for Target Field, and he represented the developer who was working with the landowner to get the sweetest deal possible.

Station 19 owner: City trying to tax us out

Twins Ball Park comment thread

The New Twins Park: A Big Roadblock at Home Plate

Billion Dollar Dreamer

Jerry Trooien has already spent millions promoting The Bridges, the $1.5 billion St. Paul riverfront development that city government keeps on spurning. No matter: He knows they'll come around someday.

Stealing Home

The Twins ballpark deal hits a snag on one minor detail: Property acquisition

If You Lived Here, You'd be Broke by Now

How a cadre of developers has turned $800-a-month local apartments into $200,000 condos—and turned out a few thousand residents in the process.

Lilligren: Landlord of the sixth ward

How a cadre of developers has turned $800-a-month local apartments into $200,000 condos—and turned out a few thousand residents in the process.

The big (and very tall) chill

How a cadre of developers has turned $800-a-month local apartments into $200,000 condos—and turned out a few thousand residents in the process.

St. Paul smut shop, liquor store get temporary reprieve

How a cadre of developers has turned $800-a-month local apartments into $200,000 condos—and turned out a few thousand residents in the process.

Fighting the Blight

St. Paul crusades against liquor, porn

One for the Little Guy

The state Supreme Court sides with a homeowner in Richfield redevelopment spat

The Interloper

Hines Interests joins in the stadium game. What does that mean for Twinsville?

Downtown Renaissance, Again

Can condos and entertainment venues make a neighborhood out of the city's core?

Hey Joe!

A closer look at Joe Duffy's probe into Minneapolis corruption

Off Beat

A closer look at Joe Duffy's probe into Minneapolis corruption

Academic Misconduct

Despite promises, Minneapolis plans to displace a north-side training center

Mall Rats

The city says it won't try to bulldoze Hi-Lake for months, if at all. Shopping Center tenants aren't impressed.

The Once and Future River

Promenades and parks, cappuccino and condos: Tomorrow's upper Mississippi looks dandy. But first, can't city hall get rid of those grimy scrapyards? Why, yes.

A Matter of Convenience

SuperAmerica is selling expansion at 40th & Lyndale. The neighbors aren't buying.

Greenbacks or Green Space?

Brookfield's Block E plan is headed for the dumpster, but a new movement is afoot to turn downtown's saddest parking lot into a park

Goodbye Golden Boy

Baby Boomers and Block E. Preservation and parks. Urban history and virtual reality. Outgoing city planning director Paul Farmer on the politics and passions that got him fired.

Room at the Bottom

When Eisenhower-era civic leaders drunk on urban renewal laid waste to the Gateway district, they forever altered the topography of this town's hard-luck hotels and shot-and-a-beer saloons.

Sold Down The River

Minneapolis's brave new riverfront will have parks, museums, and upscale condos. Who said subsidized housing was just for the poor?

Out With the New, In With the Old

In Minneapolis and elsewhere, proponents of the New Urbanist planning movement are promising a new tomorrow -- one that looks a lot like yesterday.