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Urban Geographer @ UMN. Skyway Don Quixote. Tread lightly on earth. he/him Author of "St. Paul: Urban Biography" …

Saint Paul MN
Joined July 2009
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William Lindeke
3 years
Reminder: you can buy a signed copy my book on St. Paul history at my website. I'll make out any inscription you like, as long as it does not disparage the Capitol City.
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William Lindeke
2 years
Just amazing branding.
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William Lindeke
3 years
One of my firm rules is that if there’s a big snowstorm, put on your boots and walk to the nearest bar. It’s the best.
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William Lindeke
4 years
Sen. Gazelka just demanded of Walz, "where is the apology to the moms out in the suburbs scared to death?"
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William Lindeke
4 years
This map
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William Lindeke
3 years
Just a reminder that the Minneapolis Question 2 should have been on the ballot last year, not this one. The unelected Charter Commission did a deep disservice to democracy.
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3 years
Just reminded of these terribly accurate signs.
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William Lindeke
1 year
"My opinion? Take the train. It’s great; I love it. If you don’t feel like taking the train that’s fine too, but please stop writing these kinds of scaremongering pieces about neighborhoods and public transit systems that are near and dear to my heart."
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William Lindeke
3 years
In case you're wondering how big Ukraine really is, here it is superimposed on the Upper Midwest.
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William Lindeke
3 years
"There are many ways to discuss what’s happened in Minneapolis over the past two years. A Vogue profile of Jacob Frey that views events almost entirely through the lens of the mayor’s emotional journey, is certainly one of the worst ways." 🥳
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William Lindeke
3 years
I made some Bayeux Tapestry NIMBY memes.
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William Lindeke
7 months
Sigh. I had to write about why the Bloomington-to-Rochester hyperloop is a bad idea. I'm embarrassed for the Twin Cities to even be discussing this...
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William Lindeke
1 year
Say what you will about potholes, but I have never in my life seen so many people driving under the speed limit in St Paul.
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William Lindeke
8 months
At some point it becomes obvious that whatever social compact was in place around drivers and automobiles is just broken.
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William Lindeke
2 years
The Highland Villager has a paywall on their PRINT edition! I’ve never seen that before…
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William Lindeke
2 years
I have written a half dozen stories on St. Paul street maintenance (lack of) and I STILL do double takes when I see how bad it has gotten in places like Vandalia.
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William Lindeke
1 year
"For less than a penny on the dollar, we could have a core network of Metro Transit lines that come every five to 10 minutes, run on clean electricity, and provide service as fast as car trips."
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William Lindeke
3 years
TIL St. Paul's wonderful Chinese restaurant, Magic Noodle, had to change its name because it was being sued by an adult film studio. Thus:
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William Lindeke
2 years
Hey @MetroTransitMN , time to bring back three-car trains.
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William Lindeke
2 years
One of the last bars on the West Bank... WTF
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William Lindeke
3 years
I'm teaching a class at the University of St. Thomas and they have an indoor mask mandate and there's 100% compliance. Man, if Tommies can wear masks properly without griping, then there's no excuse for the rest of you.
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William Lindeke
3 years
Still can’t believe that logo is real.
@PioneerPress
Pioneer Press
3 years
Woodbury’s Central Park ready for multi-million-dollar makeover
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William Lindeke
1 year
Just heard that the Summit Avenue bike trail plan passed the Planning Commission unanimously.
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William Lindeke
5 years
Common sense on parking, c. 1920, courtesy of TCRT.
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William Lindeke
5 years
Today we should all pause and recognize Anne Hunt, the woman who worked for a solid year on Saint Paul's organized trash system, for her dedication to the environment and civic values. Thanks Anne! You were right all along.
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William Lindeke
4 years
This kind of geographic slippage might be forgivable for a coastal news outlet that didn't know a thing about the Twin Cities, but for MPR? There's no reason for "Minneapolis" to be in this story at all. It'd be more accurate to say "Wayzata."
@MPRnews
MPR News
4 years
A suburban Minneapolis man has been sentenced to five years in prison for firebombing a Dakota County courthouse in the civil unrest that followed the death of George Floyd last year.
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William Lindeke
3 years
Super disappointing vote here, rejecting the most affordable market-rate project in city history on flimsy grounds. Certainly a bad sign for the future of affordable housing in St. Paul...
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William Lindeke
2 years
In the Strib anyway, Cup Foods has become a symbol of "places with crime" instead of a symbol of "places where the police murder people."
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William Lindeke
6 years
LEAKED Tim Pawlenty's new gubernatorial campaign logo
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William Lindeke
3 months
Um, this QR code at the abandoned Rudolph's BBQ at Franklin and Lyndale is the best Rick Roll I have ever seen. 10/10 chef's kiss.
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William Lindeke
3 years
"4 trains would run daily between Duluth & Minneapolis, with 4 stops along the way. Trains would travel up to 90 mph & would complete the trip in about 2.5 hours. One-way fares around $35."
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William Lindeke
5 years
If Minnesota Republicans really cared about light rail "safety", they'd fund mental health, social service, and homelessness prevention programs.
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William Lindeke
4 years
@mngop Well, Obama had one...
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William Lindeke
5 years
Happy to announce that I've been appointed to the @MetCouncilNews Transportation Advisory Board. I'll be serving a two-year term representing "District G", which includes St. Paul, Newport, Mendota Heights, WSP, SSP.
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William Lindeke
1 year
It’s astounding how many businesses and breweries struggle with bike parking when it’s so very simple to do it well, like this example at Dogwood Coffee.
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William Lindeke
3 years
Wow this 1953 color photo of the Selby Avenue streetcar coming out to the tunnel from Kellogg Boulevard is amazing. I haven't seen it before tonight. The way the area looks today, it's unfathomable.
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William Lindeke
8 years
all this "cancel all your plans" stuff is bunk. maybe cancel driving-heavy plans, but snowstorms are great times to walk to the nbhd bar
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William Lindeke
1 year
Every single Mike Thompson cartoon I see makes me dumber.
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William Lindeke
1 year
There it is, folks, the worst bike rack I have ever seen.
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William Lindeke
6 years
His name was Alan Grahn, aged 75. Note that all three of the severe crashes at this corner have been people over 50 years old. Safe bicycling is not a "millennial" issue, but it's about people leading healthy lives from 8-80.
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William Lindeke
3 years
Nobody goes to Hennepin Avenue for the convenient parking. You go there for the vibrant, walkable street.
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William Lindeke
2 years
Minneapolis Audubon Society just set back climate action by a decade. They should be ashamed.
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David Brauer
2 years
Needs confirmation this authentic, but looks like a Hennepin County judge just invalidated Minneapolis’s 2040 plan. I have not checked to see if it’s entered into the court doc system (but came from a trusted source). Gigantic if true. Here are the 1st 4 pages …
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William Lindeke
4 months
I am very glad this is finally coming online, but JFC it should not take years and years and years to have two trains a day running between the Twin Cities and Chicago. (When can we start talking about 10/day?)
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William Lindeke
3 years
Crime went up dramatically in every American city because of COVID.
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WCCO | CBS News Minnesota
3 years
Mayor Frey: Calls To Defund Minneapolis Police Have Played Role In Crime Spike
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William Lindeke
5 years
All urban schools should have this.
@MetroTransitMN
Metro Transit
5 years
How's this for exciting? After students @AugsburgU approved a small fee increase, all eligible undergraduates will be able to ride transit as often as needed this school year. Learn more on the blog:
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William Lindeke
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Worthless opinion here, but two years seems ridiculous. They can't work on half of it at a time, keep it open with 8' available for peds? The entire much longer St. Paul High Bridge got reconstructed in one year...
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William Lindeke
4 years
Holy moly, this chart. More marginal Biden votes in Hennepin than every Trump county in the state combined. If Minnesota Republicans keep up their "urban/rural divide" b.s., v hard to win a statewide race.
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William Lindeke
5 years
I don't understand how any American who's ever had to deal with a health insurance company is not a socialist.
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William Lindeke
3 years
PROTIP: If both Carol Becker and the Strib Editorial Board are against it, it must be a good idea.
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William Lindeke
3 years
Check out this "future Twin Cities transit map" from 2009, via the Strib. Hm. It really makes ya think.
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William Lindeke
5 years
This is hilarious.
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William Lindeke
3 years
Saint Paul just abolished parking minimums! Great work everyone.
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William Lindeke
3 years
This is really good news and it's noticable if you putz around St. Paul as I do. Ramsey County deserves a lot of praise.
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William Lindeke
3 years
You always know you're in the right bar when a tamale lady shows up.
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William Lindeke
4 years
I run into people frequently who think that light rail “ruined” University Avenue...
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taylr
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st. paul city councilmember jay benanav attempts to use the crosswalk to cross university ave at wheeler st, my friend thinks this was 2002
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William Lindeke
4 years
"I could stand In the middle of [Duluth] and [infect people with COVID] and I wouldn't lose any voters."
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William Lindeke
5 years
Wow. I take back everything I said before.
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Matt Privratsky
5 years
BREAKING: @melvincarter3 announces plans to reduce Ayd Mill Road to two lanes and make the eastern two lanes into a bike/ped trail as part of the mill and overlay. This. Is. Amazing!!!
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William Lindeke
3 years
Snelling Avenue still sucks but it’s amazing how much the Starbucks drive-thru getting cancelled has improved the corner. It turns out people just park and walk in to get coffee. It’s even faster, too.
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William Lindeke
5 years
Made a trip to the Wienery yesterday, the purest hot dog joint in Minnesota. High recommend.
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William Lindeke
4 years
Happy to admit I was wrong about Ayd Mill Road. The bike trail is v nice!
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William Lindeke
2 years
If anyone wants to read a piece about how mansion owners are an oppressed minority trod on by elitists who ride bicycles... well...
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William Lindeke
9 months
Special place in hell for people who steal from city lampposts.
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William Lindeke
3 years
Wow well done @mitrajunjalali pushing for approval for rezoning (and eventually new housing) on Grand Avenue. I am impressed! CMs Tolbert, Thao, and Brendmoen supported the motion.
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William Lindeke
4 years
"My husband & I plan on moving to Minneapolis... We chose this flat, cold, landlocked city because my sister & her family live there, it has a vibrant literary community, it’s affordable & most importantly, it’s unlikely to suffer a 20-year mega-drought."
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William Lindeke
3 years
FYI Minneapolis PD no-knock warrants: 139 per year. Saint Paul PD no-knock warrants: 0 since 2016, because SPPD considers them high-risk, according to a spokesman. Source: Star Tribune Editorial Board & h/t @bpspaulding
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William Lindeke
4 years
Wow! I'm featured way too prominently on the latest @99piorg episode! It turned out far better than I imagined. Check it out and learn why they're bad. (I'm sure it still won't convince Minneapolis people... 😔)
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William Lindeke
1 year
A striking map; northwest exurbs!
@ConradZbikowski
Conrad Lange Zbikowski
1 year
This map by @JeffHargarten of the @StarTribune is the most accurate and honest visualization of the partisan landscape of Minnesota. It uses the density of the vote margin to map color, not the fractional margin. Because people vote, not land. Bookmark!
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William Lindeke
6 years
disproving the age-old anti bike talking point, you CAN deliver a fridge by bike
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William Lindeke
6 years
To say there was "good turnout" for today's Public Staircases of Saint Paul tour would be an understatement! Thanks for coming eveyone. Great day to walk 5 miles in Saint Paul.
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William Lindeke
4 years
I have a new book (🎴) coming out! Saint Paul - an Urban Biography. Available in May -- very soon -- from the @MNHSPress
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William Lindeke
4 years
"Casting oneself as Anne Frank for having to wear a two-dollar cloth mask at Walmart during the worst pandemic in a century would be a stretch for most people in the world, but not American movement conservatives."
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William Lindeke
5 years
Free idea: Ayd Mill Road gets re-routed to flow directly into the Marshall Avenue Starbucks / carbucks. Two birds, one stone. Cars flow into the drive-thru, go around the loop, and get sent back to Dakota County with coffee.
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William Lindeke
5 years
After Ayd Mill Road shows it’s possible to shrink a dangerous urban freeway, they should do Hiawatha next.
@bringmethenews
Bring Me The News
5 years
Pedestrian dies two days after being hit by driver in south Minneapolis.
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William Lindeke
2 years
I was wondering which local media outlet had the cojones to write critically about MPR. The answer is @jaymboller at @RacketMN !
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William Lindeke
2 years
I hate to break it to folks but $5 / gallon is what gas in the US *should* cost. The real tragedy here is that the profits are going to oil companies instead of to fund social programs, transit, and green energy.
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William Lindeke
3 years
Worrying about finding parking in downtown St. Paul is like worrying about finding coffee in Brazil.
@PioneerPress
Pioneer Press
3 years
Downtown St. Paul businesses say Rush Line would pinch their parking
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William Lindeke
6 years
Pissed about national politics? Get involved locally. When is the last time you talked to your City Council member? Do you know the name of your County Commissioner? Is your House Rep. complacent, and if so, who ran against them last time? Build power in your own neighborhood.
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William Lindeke
4 years
Such a mind-blowing statistic.
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William Lindeke
3 years
NOT TODAY SATAN
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William Lindeke
2 years
Just a reminder that this interchange reconstruction is costing over $500M for a freeway that nobody in Duluth/Superior *really* needs. After it's done, nobody will be saying "wow, my life is improved."
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