St. Paul Saturday Drive

I took a Saturday drive down the Central Corridor route and ended up at the St. Paul riverfront.

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St. Paul’s Not Real

There’s hardly a single picture of St. Paul up here, so I felt one should be added. I took this while exploring Raspberry Island on the Mississippi River looking at downtown from the south side. Click on an image for the full effect.

Shot from Raspberry Island

Outside the Happy Ghome

The organ inside the James J. Hill House

James J. HIll House

Cathedral Hill

Cathedral of Saint Paul

Penfield Construction Update

Construction is progressing fairly quickly on St. Paul’s upcoming Penfield multi-use development by BKV Group that will include a Lund’s grocery store and apartments. Its design pretty bland, but should enliven a very sleepy part of town and do some good work toward connecting the capitol area with the northeastern end of downtown.

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Here’s BKV’s rendering:

The Penfield

Central Corridor-Green Line Update

The Central Corridor is now more than 80 percent complete, with much of its heavy construction completed. You can now drive a car along almost its entire route, with some exceptions in downtown St. Paul.

Here’s how it’s coming along…

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And here’s today’s video update of the project along the line from the Metropolitan Council:

St. Paul Union Depot Opening

I wasn’t able to attend the opening of St. Paul’s Union Depot transit hub, so I checked it out on a late-December day off. It’s very impressive, and its historic character has been preserved. Here are a few pics from my exploration.

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