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Paradise backfilled: Making a mountain out of a river bed at Minnehaha Park

By Chris Steller | 05.09.08 | 4:07 pm

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Minnesota law is supposed to protect the state’s natural and historical resources, but enforcing those protections often falls to local units of government that have other priorities. Case in point: Since last year,…

Minneapolis: A riverfront development corporation will run through it

By Chris Steller | 05.02.08 | 3:15 pm

Minneapolis could get its first riverfront development coordinating board since the early 1980s under legislation soon to hit Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s desk. Yesterday House and Senate conferees settled their only difference: the date by which…