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Wrap

Kinda Different Posted on 2015-12-13 by kdawson2015-12-29

‘Tis the sea­son for wrap­ping things: Christ­mas presents, shrub­bery… Also stat­ues. And build­ings. Here is a par­tic­u­lar­ly artis­tic shrub­bery wrap in South Min­neapo­lis. These may be Lom­bardy poplars, young and appar­ent­ly still ten­der.   Street­side … ‣ more…

Posted in Public Art, Streetscapes | 2 Replies

22.5

Kinda Different Posted on 2015-11-22 by kdawson2015-11-22

Here's a sto­ry of the ori­gins of the urban preser­va­tion and revi­tal­iza­tion move­ment. In yesterday’s below-freez­ing tem­per­a­tures and brisk wind we walked the two blocks, 1400 feet, of the urban park that is Mil­wau­kee Avenue … ‣ more…

Posted in Architecture, Streetscapes, Urban Design | 2 Replies

Stroll

Kinda Different Posted on 2015-11-20 by kdawson2015-11-21

Mon­day evening we went to hear Andy Stur­de­vant talk about strolling through­out the Twin Cities and beyond. If you don’t know Andy’s work, you should. Andy writes The Stroll week­ly for Minn­Post, which also falls … ‣ more…

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Preservation

Kinda Different Posted on 2015-11-05 by kdawson2018-10-24

How wide­spread is the Cal­i­for­ni­ca­tion phe­nom­e­non in the Mac-Grov­e­­land neigh­bor­hood of St. Paul? Here's a quick sur­vey. I use the term Cal­i­for­ni­ca­tion for the prac­tice of tear­ing down an old­er, small­er house and erect­ing a … ‣ more…

Posted in Architecture, Streetscapes, Urban Design | 6 Replies

Woonerf

Kinda Different Posted on 2015-08-01 by kdawson2015-08-11

I learned this won­der­ful new word today, bor­rowed from the Dutch. A woon­erf  is a pas­sage­way or space designed to give equal empha­sis to mul­ti­ple modal­i­ties of trans­port: pedes­tri­ans, bicy­clists, skaters, groups stand­ing around talk­ing, dog … ‣ more…

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Californication

Kinda Different Posted on 2015-07-18 by kdawson2015-08-05

The Twin Cities are slow­ly being Cal­i­for­ni­cat­ed. I’m tak­ing lib­er­ties with the term, which most know as either a 21st-cen­­tu­ry TV series star­ring David Duchovny or a sort of glob­al cul­tur­al impe­ri­al­ism orig­i­nat­ing in Hol­ly­wood. … ‣ more…

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Alley

Kinda Different Posted on 2015-07-15 by kdawson2015-08-05

The res­i­den­tial areas of the Twin Cities, the parts built up in the 20th cen­tu­ry, fea­ture a dis­tinc­tive and char­ac­ter­is­tic pat­tern of shared alley­ways. I'm com­ing to under­stand the crit­i­cal role this pat­tern plays in … ‣ more…

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