Faith

Do you think that means go hide in your office? It’s better than collaboration I guess.

I’m glad to live in a great part of Minneapolis where kids traveling alone is okay. Didn’t start for us regularly until 2nd and 5th but now a year later they are pretty competent on their own.

Read Lincoln’s Bible and Sarah Kenzior on Twitter or Sarah’s books. It provides the context to explain the recent news.

LIHTC projects are often smaller because they only get so much $/source/project. Also easier to manage supportive housing if smaller. Costs are high for mostly for other reasons: attorney $ due to complexity, design standards, required reserves, compliance, lots of everything bagel requirements.

Story time. This is why I love the city of Minneapolis!

I have a middle schooler now. Our pumpkin says 6 7.

What I Need You To Understand, Notes from Chicago in Late October | dansinker.com

“What I need you to know is we are organized.

What I need you to know is that you need to get organized.

What I need you to know is they are coming.

What I need you to know is you can stop them.”

Moose and squirrel inflatable costumes? How about Rocky and Bullwinkle? They are a great team!

“I find Hampton a breath of fresh air and a reason for hope. He connects with people, listens intently, is pragmatic and values-driven and rejects the politics of division and anger.”

Why local developers aren't building apartments anymore. A case study.

Flux Apartments in Uptown (pictured here). 216 units

2019: Sold for $54M
Tuesday: Sold for $36.1M

That's $167,000 per unit.

If you wanted to build Flux today it would likely cost in the ballpark of $71M or $330K per unit.

My kids listen to the radio and are big KS95 fans. I got reports on the dumb Florida segments they heard while building legos. I had some tapes at their age but they have no music collections of their own since all of our devices are phone based.

I’ve thought about bringing my kids on a vacant building tour in the downtown core. There’s nothing else to do other than go to Target and lawn bowling at Brit’s. Mill City Museum is fun but a 20-25 min walk away.

I think there are 7 restaurants on Nicollet that still serve dinner? Daytons kitchen likely is not up to code and would require $$$ plus inspector sign off to be used again. I just hope that the 2,000 people on Nicollet noticed that many buildings are still boarded and vacant on the first floor.

Best thing California could do to fight fascism is build more housing.

Allison Sharkey, Lake Street Council; Tabitha Montgomery, PPNA; Erin Fitzgerald, Willow Peak

Have you looked at which MPS schools have the highest walksheds? Our school has a lot walking and biking but it’s also in a very walkable/bikeable part of Mpls with a high density of families.

I keep hoping that someday I can select oven beeping noises like I can on my phone. Right now I have ‘super loud toddler alarm clock’ as my only option so I can’t use the oven during nap time. Techbros are more likely to make a stove with an AI avatar in the future, right?

#24 - Does Europe Really Build For Less? A Case Study: 18 rue Pradier, Paris

This is a totally fascinating deep dive into one of those European social housing projects that goes mini-viral in North American housing circles because it's so pretty and cheap--and it turns out to be a lot more complicated. brendanwhitsitt.substack.com/p/24-does-eu...

How much are MPD fees for the Bachmans location in a parking lot compared to the Uptown Location that had street closures? Same question for Open Streets too. I remember years ago that was one of the highest parts of the Open Streets budget. This would be interesting data to find out.

This is the best discussion on transit funding I have ever read. All MSP urbanists who have followed the ‘how can we improve Met Council’ debate should read this.

I hate that one of my kids is at camp all week sleeping in a tent during an air quality alert. I did not send along masks and potable air purifiers but maybe I should in the future...

Signature Bank’s Rent-Stabilized Loan Buyers File Foreclosures Community Stabilization Partners filed 6 foreclosures against Madison Realty Capital, targeting 8 rent-stabilized buildings in NYC.

If you want more housing to be built, that generally involves some getting a loan from a bank. And banks don’t like rent control. Why? Because the 2019 NYC rent control law change is resulting in a lot of distressed properties that can’t pay back their loans. www.credaily.com/briefs/signa...

The 🚲 Bryant hat. Nicely paired with Linden Hills shirt.

Where did you get that hat? That’s awesome!

What are the MPRB at large endorsements? Saw mention Tom Olsen got endorsed but can’t find a full list.

Ditto. We had bikes stolen from a locked bike shed (with steel doors), our front porch, plus a shared garage. I bought a nice replacement bike recently but now don’t want to ride anywhere it might be stolen.

Laminated photos of the creeping bellflower’s quad carrot root structure would be helpful. It’s what makes it so hard to get rid of! And yes, I’ve dug it out successfully, only for it to return as new seeds make new plants.

Maybe the Starbucks store innovation team were rewatching some old Friends episodes for inspiration? Central Perk did have a super comfy couch after all.

There’s gold in them hills