Downtown Minneapolis is in trouble (Crystal: authority, activity, bike)

[Atalanta]

This recent crime is not exactly downtown Mpls......
Yet another daily occurance.
The police have one hell of a Job!

1 dead in Mpls. shooting | KARE11.com


1 dead in Mpls. shooting



Minneapolis Police
MINNEAPOLIS - One man is dead following a shooting in North Minneapolis Friday night.
Shortly after 8:30 p.m., police responded to a 911 call on a report of a shooting in the 1600 block of Plymouth Avenue North. Officers arrived to find a man suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. He was transported to HCMC where he later died of his injuries.
The victim's name will be released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Fourth Precinct officers and homicide investigators are canvassing the neighborhood tonight looking for witnesses.

[HelterSkelter]

Minneapolis needs to get rid of it's vibrancy killing walkways if it's gonna get serious about creating an urban downtown.

[Glenfield]

Originally Posted by HelterSkelter

Minneapolis needs to get rid of it's vibrancy killing walkways if it's gonna get serious about creating an urban downtown.

Run that one past us again this January on a -10F day.

[Ghengis]

Originally Posted by HelterSkelter

Minneapolis needs to get rid of it's vibrancy killing walkways if it's gonna get serious about creating an urban downtown.

good one

[HelterSkelter]

Originally Posted by Glenfield

Run that one past us again this January on a -10F day.

Well, that's an inherent problem with Minneapolis I guess.

This doesn't change the fact that an elevated pedestrian travel system kills street vibrancy and every urban planner agrees.

[Glenfield]

Originally Posted by HelterSkelter

Well, that's an inherent problem with Minneapolis I guess.

This doesn't change the fact that an elevated pedestrian travel system kills street vibrancy and every urban planner agrees.

In my experience, -10F with a 25 mph wind tends to put a bigger damper on street vibrancy and every person who's experienced that agrees!

I'm not sure street vibrancy- however that's defined- is the number one objective anyway. Livability, the increase in retail square footage, and a privately funded solution have been given priority here, at least in the central business district which is where 90% of the Skyways are.

[Googol]

Originally Posted by HelterSkelter

Minneapolis needs to get rid of it's vibrancy killing walkways if it's gonna get serious about creating an urban downtown.

Originally Posted by Glenfield

Run that one past us again this January on a -10F day.

LOL, exactly!

[rogead]

Originally Posted by HelterSkelter

Well, that's an inherent problem with Minneapolis I guess.

This doesn't change the fact that an elevated pedestrian travel system kills street vibrancy and every urban planner agrees.

Minneapolis is the coldest major city in The United States; and ranks with the likes of Montreal, Moscow, and Harbin as one of the coldest major cities in the world. Much like Montreal (which chose to go underground), Minneapolis found a way to address the temperature extremes of winter. Unlike Montreal, Minneapolis can also be very hot and humid in the summer. Skyways are a practical solution to the unalterable climatological realities of the city.

The notion of "street vibrancy" is much like an obsession with skylines. It may fill an abstract need relating to civic braggadocio, but it has little to do with the overall experience of existing in a city. Aside from the relatively few days in which Minneapolis experiences truly brutal cold or heat, there is in fact a significant amount of what is typically defined as street vibrancy.

With that said, the skyway system could certainly be improved upon by uniformity of hours, and by direct connections to the street level.

[NOLA101]

Originally Posted by Glenfield

Run that one past us again this January on a -10F day.

The skywalks are open basically 365 days a year, so no.

-10F days are fairly rare, even in MSP. Unless you're advocating padlocking them until the mercury hits -10, makes no sense.

[Glenfield]

Originally Posted by NOLA101

The skywalks are open basically 365 days a year, so no.

-10F days are fairly rare, even in MSP. Unless you're advocating padlocking them until the mercury hits -10, makes no sense.

I'm not sure what you're saying. Is it that a system like the skyways could only be useful in Antarctica? It would be helpful if your sentences contained both a subject and a verb.