TOMORROW THE METRO Last year, the Twin Cities changed in ways that were unimaginable, both dramatic and mundane. But that got us thinking: what imagined futures are on the horizon for the metro? RiversEdge
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ver since the opening of the Green Line Light Rail (or perhaps the restoration of Union Depot), downtown St. Paul has been aggressively clawing its way into modernity. No longer an enclave of government workers who skedaddle from underground parking ramps at 5pm, St. Paul now boasts bars, restaurants, a really
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spectacular minor baseball stadium, and more.
Yet, the biggest change is still around the bend. Despite being a city on a river, St. Paul has never embraced the Mississippi. One could argue that this was physical: the city is set on the bluff above the city. Or that in St. Paul, the Mississippi is an industrial through-way. In either case, it’s a real shame that residents living a few hundred feet from water’s edge have no easy way to reach it. The RiversEdge project aims to fix that. The $788 million riverfront redevelopment proposed for downtown St. Paul boasts new apartments,
