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Can’t Get There From Here

Kinda Different Posted on 2019-07-08 by kdawson2019-07-25

Fol­low along as we ven­ture down a long and twisty Trail of explo­ration of a most­ly for­got­ten era in motor­ing his­to­ry: when no roads had num­bers but some had mar­ket­ing names. How many have heard the … ‣ more…

Posted in Driving, Exploring, Transportation | 6 Replies

No Bridge

Kinda Different Posted on 2016-12-09 by kdawson2016-12-09

Past the riv­er end of St. Paul’s Sum­mit Avenue, River­side Boule­vard takes a 3,000-ft. loop­ing detour around Shad­ow Falls Park. Why isn’t the gorge bridged? A 600-foot span would add cap­ti­vat­ing views and pic­turesque charm, … ‣ more…

Posted in Driving, Urban Design | 11 Replies

Pink

Kinda Different Posted on 2015-10-04 by kdawson2015-10-04

Peo­ple dri­ve dif­fer­ent­ly here. Nicer. But there is an excep­tion. The dom­i­nant Twin Cities dri­ving pat­terns evi­dent­ly derive from “Min­neso­ta Nice,” which qual­i­ty is a philo­soph­i­cal near neigh­bor to Jan­teloven: the Law of Jante. (This … ‣ more…

Posted in Driving, Minnesota Nice | 7 Replies

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