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AMTRAK
THE ‘EMPIRE BUILDER’ LINE RUNS ADJACENT TO THE SITE, STRETCHING FROM SEATTLE TO CHICAGO. FOR $30, PASSENGERS CAN GET TO DULUTH IN AS LITTLE AS 2.5 HOURS.
DULUTH
A NEW AMTRAK LINE, THE NORTHERN LIGHTS EXPRESS, HAS BEEN PROPOSED CONNECTING THE TWIN CITIES TO DULUTH.
TWIN CITIES
TWIN CITIES
DULUTH
THE RAIL LINE IS CURRENTLY IN USE BY BNSF. THE ROUTE IS HIGHLY UNDERUTILIZED WITH AS LITTLE AS 2 PASSES/DAY.
TWIN CITIES
THIS SITE EXISTS NESTLED BETWEEN E. HENNEPIN, HIGHWAY 35 W AND SE 8TH ST, ENCAPSULATING AN OLD POST-INDUSTRIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, POISED FOR REINVENTION.
DT MPLS
LAND USE
UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO LAND USE TYPES, PROMENANT USES WERE NOTED. LAND TYPE, WITHIN SET SITE BOUNDARIES, CONSISTED OF MOSTLY INDUSTRIAL AND UTILITY, AS WELL AS MIXED RESIDENTIAL, OFFICE, AND COMMERICAL.
BIKE ROUTES
THE PROJECTED RAIL TRAIL WOULD ACT AS A CONNECTIVE FABRIC, WORKING TO NETWORK BETWEEN GAPS IN EXISTING BIKE ROUTES.
TRANSIT
THE SITE MAY BE ACCESSED THROUGH PUBLIC TRANSIT. SEVERAL BUS STOPS EXIST ALONG THE SITE’S OUTER EDGE, ON ALL SIDES.
PARKS
THE HIGHWAY AND STREET ARMITURE ACT AS BARRIERS, CREATING A VOID OF PARK SPACE;
THIS FURTHER JUSTIFIES SURVEY REQUESTS ASKING FOR NEARBY GREEN SPACE.
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HOLMES
BELTRAMI
VAN CLEVE
GROCERY
EXISTING GROCERY
SURVEY RESPONDERS SHARED THEY WANT A CLOSE AND WALKABLE GROCERY STORE. ONLY TWO STORES EXIST WITHIN A 20 MINUTE WALKING DISTANCE SERVE FRESH PRODUCE. CONSIDERING THE WALK HOME, GROCERY TRIPS COULD AMOUNT TO AT LEAST 40 MINUTES, TOTAL.
THE CLOSEST PARK TO THE HIGHLIGHTED SITE IS FATHER HENNEPIN BLUFF PARK, ONLY .25 MILES AWAY. WITHIN 5 MILES FROM THE SITE, ONE CAN
TRAVEL TO MOST OF THE PARKWAY. 2 AND 5 MILES ARE RELATIVELY WALKABLE, MAKING HOLMES PARK A MAGNET LOCATION FOR BIKERS AND PEDESTRIANS TRAVELING ALONG THE PARKWAY.
GRAND ROUNDS MPLS, MN
USING ARCGIS I CREATED A CONTEXT MAP SHOWING HOLMES PARK, IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN, AND IT’S PROXIMITY TO THE GRAND ROUNDS PARKWAY. THE CLOSEST PARK TO THE HIGHLIGHTED SITE IS FATHER HENNEPIN BLUFF PARK, ONLY .25 MILES AWAY. WITHIN 5 MILES FROM THE SITE, ONE CAN TRAVEL TO MOST OF THE PARKWAY. 2 AND 5 MILES ARE RELATIVELY WALKABLE, MAKING HOLMES PARK A MAGNET LOCATION FOR BIKERS AND PEDESTRIANS TRAVELING ALONG THE PARKWAY.
by: clairehilton
