Wednesday, February 08, 2006
MIDTOWN EXCHANGE CONDOS
On the corner of Queen & Morris? What do you think?
Click to Enlarge - Midtown Exchange Condos on the Greenway, Minneapolis, Urban Works Architecture
These condos are very interesting, as they wrap around a multi-level parkade. By doing this the neighbourhood scale and feel are enforced rather than compromised by a big old parkade. During the Queen Street Lands Charrette this idea was put forth by M.P. as a possible way to address the parking needs without hurting the historic Schmitteville neighbourhood.
Midtown Exchange is the result of a ten year urban-community, public process.
From the Midtown Exchange web site, midtowncommunityworks.org/exchange/ :
"As the result of more than 10 years of efforts by neighborhood groups, local government and private-sector leaders, the vacant mega-site in the heart of south Minneapolis will be reborn as a vibrant, mixed-use urban hub.
The Midtown Exchange will contain 360 apartments, condos and townhomes; the headquarters of Allina Hospitals and Clinics; a Hennepin County service center; a new Sheraton hotel; and the Midtown Global Market, which will be the city's largest public market. The development will also include a new transit facility." ¶ 7:26 AM
On the corner of Queen & Morris? What do you think?
Click to Enlarge - Midtown Exchange Condos on the Greenway, Minneapolis, Urban Works Architecture
These condos are very interesting, as they wrap around a multi-level parkade. By doing this the neighbourhood scale and feel are enforced rather than compromised by a big old parkade. During the Queen Street Lands Charrette this idea was put forth by M.P. as a possible way to address the parking needs without hurting the historic Schmitteville neighbourhood.
Midtown Exchange is the result of a ten year urban-community, public process.
From the Midtown Exchange web site, midtowncommunityworks.org/exchange/ :
"As the result of more than 10 years of efforts by neighborhood groups, local government and private-sector leaders, the vacant mega-site in the heart of south Minneapolis will be reborn as a vibrant, mixed-use urban hub.
The Midtown Exchange will contain 360 apartments, condos and townhomes; the headquarters of Allina Hospitals and Clinics; a Hennepin County service center; a new Sheraton hotel; and the Midtown Global Market, which will be the city's largest public market. The development will also include a new transit facility." ¶ 7:26 AM
