minneapolis - The Handbuilt City

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Greenways, The Ultimate High-Density Corridor Development Tool?

May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments active living, adaptive reuse, affordable housing, AMI, bde maka ska, corridor, corridor development, cycling infrastructure, Density, density bonus, Detroit, displacement, Gentrification, high-density development, housing, housing development, inclusionary zoning, industrial corridors, industrial redevelopment, joe louis greenway, lake calhoun, lake harriet, low-density, luxury rentals, market rate rentals, mid-density, midtown greenway, minneapolis, minneapolis midtown greenway, mixed-income, mixed-use, new construction, nonmotorized infrastructure, nonmotorized transportation, pedestrian infrastructure, real estate, real estate development, recreation, rental housing, safe streets, the out-of-doors, transit corridors, YIMBY

Nat compares the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis to the Joe Louis Greenway in Detroit, which broke ground this past week.

Year-End Wrap-Up: Internal Business Operations

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments accounting, adrianne kolano, afro deli, aki's bread haus, business, cash flow, cash flow statement, chris olson, david hilbert, des moines, duane hagerty, dubuque, eclipse records, FASB, financial statement, GAAP, gabby coll, grant, grants, IFRS, income statement, iowa, justin brown, justin ströhm, juxtaposition arts, kurt dahlin, liberapay, linda mcnair, luo yang, matterport, minneapolis, minnesota, nonprofits, omar reyes, patreon, profit, profit & loss, raju rayavarapu, raygun, revenue, st. paul, taxes, tim swaddling, vishva nalamalapu, year-end financial statement, yum village, zoe hoster

We are committed to 100% transparency! Read our year-end financial summary.

Cadastral Projection Urban Planning

Cadastral Projection: Exploration In The Time of the Rona

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments cadastral projection, cadastral survey, chicago, coastal chauvinism, eclipse records, first avenue, great chicago fire, grid, grids, hildegard binder johnson, i hate you thomas jefferson, land survey, language, linda mcnair, matterport, midwest, midwestern, midwestern culture, minneapolis, minnesota, ohio, order upon the land, seven ranges, square, st. paul, steeple square, thomas jefferson

Cadastral Projection is a new series using the Matterport platform to catalogue and explore spaces.

Burgerbanism Culture & Language Food Minneapolis-St. Paul Movements & Organizing

Somali Hospitality at Afro Deli in St. Paul

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments abirahman kahin, africa, afro deli, amin omar, food, ilhan omar, minneapolis, msp, palace theater, pedestrianization, snacks, somali, somali-american, somalia, st. paul, twin cities

Healing a fractured economy and a fractured culture with community conversation– and game-changing sambusas.

Art & Design Business & Economics Culture & Language

The Record Store Slash Venue: A Quaint, Necessary Reminder of Pre-COVID Times

October 7, 2020October 5, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments bands, cassette tapes, concerts, DRM, filesharing, minneapolis, minnesota, music, music industry, music venues, musicians, napster, p2p, performance, record stores, records, shows, st. paul, streaming, streaming services, theaters, venues, vinyl

In St. Paul, after imaging Afro Deli, I stopped into Eclipse Records, a mainstay of the Twin Cities retail music