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Minneapolis Great City Design Team Charrettes
GCDT Charrettes, Summary of Round Two Projects
May 2008
“The purpose of the Mayor’s Great City Design Teams is to help residents develop community visions for their neighborhood, energize neighbors into action and help more residents understand urban design and development planning,” Mayor Rybak said. “There is a place for everyone’s ideas as we work together to create a vision of Minneapolis as the greatest city of our time.”
The Great City Design Teams are a key part of Mayor Rybak’s vision to “reweave” Minneapolis into a city of diverse, connected, urban villages where streets are destinations and residents can access unique goods and services nearby.
AIA Minneapolis worked with Mayor Rybak to create the Great City Design Teams to engage volunteer architects and other design professionals in Minneapolis neighborhoods. Members of AIA Minneapolis, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and the Minneapolis Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (MASLA) have worked on the following projects to create visions for urban design.
Historic Shoreham Roundhouse
Community Partner: Shoreham Area Advisory Committee
January 4-5, 2008
The Historic Shoreham Roundhouse, located in Shoreham Yards at 2800 Central Avenue Northeast in Minneapolis, dates back to the late 1800s, when Shoreham Yards was established as the hub terminal for the Soo Line. In its heyday, Shoreham Yards employed more than 1,000 people and served a significant role in bringing Minneapolis to “Milling Capitol of the World” status. Today the Historic Shoreham Roundhouse and the surrounding 18-acre Teardrop section of Shoreham Yards are vacant, underutilized and blighted, with a desperate need for a redevelopment vision that honors the significance of the history of Shoreham. The Shoreham Area Advisory Committee (SAAC) is currently partnering with the City on a Reuse Study for the Roundhouse and Teardrop area, in anticipation of redevelopment. The Mayor’s Great City Design Team will help SAAC develop reuse scenarios for the future of the Historic Shoreham Roadhouse, which was designated as one of the state’s Top Ten Endangered Sites by the Preservation Alliance, and the surrounding Teardrop section of Shoreham.
Shoreham Team
Frank T. Clark
Francis Bulbulian, FAIA
Marcy Schulte, AIA
Matthew Kruntorad
Alex Haecker, AIA
Dagmara Larsen, Assoc. AIA
Nuno Cruz
Cindy McCleary, Assoc. AIA
Chris Paulkowitsch
Brad Aldrich
Ben Shardlow
Courtney Kruntorad
John Slack
Foster Wiley Jr.
Anthony Enright
Ken Koense, AIA
Sheldon Berg, AIA
Adam Jonas
Nate Ekhoff
Harrison Neighborhood/Glenwood Avenue
Community Partner: Harrison Neighborhood Association
January 31 – February 1, 2008
The Harrison Neighborhood is a small, culturally diverse neighborhood bound on the north by Olson Memorial Highway, Bassett's Creek on the south, Lyndale Avenue/I-94 on the east, and Theodore Wirth Park on the west. While it lies in the shadow of downtown Minneapolis, it was physically cut off from other parts of the city by expanded streets and highways. As part of the nearby Heritage Park redevelopment that will, among other things, build new public streets that will reconnect Harrison and the rest of north Minneapolis to the south, the City is building Van White Boulevard, a new north-south street. Van White Boulevard will intersect with Glenwood Avenue, the main street of the Harrison neighborhood. This new street is also part of the recently-adopted Basset Creek Valley Master Plan, which reflects the community’s goals for redevelopment of this corner of the Harrison Neighborhood. The Mayor’s Great City Design Team will partner with the Harrison Neighborhood Association to conduct a design workshop focusing on bringing mixed use retail to the Van White Boulevard-Glenwood node.
Harrison Neighborhood/Glenwood Avenue Team
Geoff Martin
Dan Green, AIA
Rick Carter, AIA
Adam Arvidson
Mike Janicki, AIAS
Jonathan Strand, AIA
Bruce Chamberlain, AIA
Wayne Olson
Steve Goltry
Sam Newberg
Michael Jischke
Jose Zelaya, AIA
Lori Lippert
Chuck Sullivan, AIA
Elliot Park Neighborhood/Chicago Avenue
Community Partner: Elliot Park Neighborhood, Inc
February 22-23, 2008
The Elliot Park Neighborhood, located in South Minneapolis, is a very urban, culturally diverse area of the city. The Elliot Park Neighborhood, Inc. (EPNI) has asked the Mayor's Great City Design Team to assist in creating a new vision for Chicago Avenue from 17th Street East to the Downtown East LRT Station Plaza, next to the Metrodome. Chicago Avenue serves as the major transportation corridor transecting both Elliot Park and Downtown East neighborhoods. EPNI envisions Chicago Avenue someday serving as a main connection between downtown and its neighborhoods to the south, similarly to how Nicollet and Hennepin Avenues serve in the western sector of Downtown and its contiguous neighborhoods. Currently, the streetscape is characterized by abandoned buildings, parking lots, underutilized buildings, and unappealing bus stations. EPNI will work with the Mayor's Great City Design Team to restore Chicago Avenue's once thriving commercial center and vibrant residential neighborhood through careful, creative infill. EPNI also hopes to see Chicago Avenue regain its ability to serve as a multi-use transit corridor through retail development and pedestrian-friendly planning, it can again be a corridor where people feel sage and have engaging things to see and do.
Elliot Park Neighborhood/Chicago Avenue Team
Erin Russ, Assoc. AIA
Nick Potts, Assoc. AIA
Matt Brinza, AIA
Jennifer Brandel, Assoc. AIA
Steven Dwyer, AIA
Donovan Hart
Steve Wyczawski
Tim McCarron, AIA
Jonathan Bartling, AIA
Peter Styx, AIA
Nicollet Avenue and 18th Street
Charrette dates: May 11 & 12, 2007
The Design Team worked with Stevens Square Community Organization to re-vision Nicollet Avenue just south of I-94 including the Johnson Meat site, which is essentially a vacant city block on the east side of Nicollet. The goal of this project was to provide the community with more affordable housing ownership, add essential businesses (grocery store, bank etc.), develop mixed-use buildings on Nicollet Avenue and improve Nicollet Avenue's perception. This Design Team explored ideas for the Mall Center, which includes a one-story mall with several small businesses and a community garden, and the Strip Mall, which has a single-level strip and interior mall with small businesses that come and go every few years. Additionally, the Team studied options for the vacant building at 1911 Nicollet Avenue and several nearby surface parking lots.
Read the summary and see the images (PDF)
- 18th & Nicollet Team
- Destin Nygard, Assoc. AIA
- Jeremiah Sagel
- Mark Hoey
- Michaela Ahern
- Amanda Henderson
- Jonathan Bartling, AIA
- Greg Ramseth
- Jennifer Brandel, Assoc. AIA
- David Miller, Assoc. AIA
- Amanda Johnson
- John Slack
46th Street S. and 46th Avenue E.
Charrette dates: May 4-5, 2007
The Design Team worked with Longfellow Community Council on the area along E. 46th Street between 46th Avenue S. and the Ford Bridge to create a landmark gateway into Minneapolis and the Longfellow community and link to City development efforts at the 46th Avenue light rail station. Longfellow wanted to find more ways to reach Minnehaha Park from all directions and evaluate opportunities for signage, landscaping, boulevard treatment and monuments. The project looked at how landscape and design enhancements could provide a higher-quality environment for pedestrians and bicyclists, make Minnehaha Park more of a regional recreational destination and make general aesthetic improvements. Lastly, the project assessed how to better educate residents about the history and amenities the Longfellow area has to offer.
Read the summary and see the images (PDF)
- 46th & 46th Team
- Paul G. May, AIA
- Kathy O'Connell
- Sarah Lehman
- John Gravender
- Eric Whittington, Assoc. AIA
- Dan Green, AIA
- Foster Willey
- Mark Garner
- Doug Benson
- Kathryn Ryan
- Meg Arnosti
- Michael Lischke
- Ellen Stewart
40th Street and Lyndale Avenue S.
Charrette dates: May 14 & 16, 2007
The Design Team worked with the 40th and Lyndale Task Force to study options for the 40th and Lyndale Avenue S. intersection, which currently houses two Super America gas stations across the street from each other. Earlier in 2007, one of the gas stations closed and stands empty with a vacant lot next to it and the remaining station is outdated and poorly designed. The 40th and Lyndale Task Force asked the Design Team to help them develop a vision for the intersection, with a primary goal of creating a proposal for land use that reflects the interests of the residents and takes into account proposed street design changes on Lyndale. The design proposal document will be presented to East Harriet Farmstead and Kingfield neighborhood associations, City Council representatives, Super America, and other commercial property owners at the intersection.
Read the summary and see the images (PDF)
- 40th & Lyndale Team
- Adam Arvidson
- Christine Albertsson, AIA
- Phil Briggs, AIA
- Paul Gates, AIA
- Dan Green, AIA
- Ellen Mai
- Paul Neseth, AIA
- Thomas Oliphant
- Matt Rentsch
- Dane Steinlitz
- Juan Vergara
Central Avenue NE and NE Lowry Avenue (two images at right, stacked)
The Design Team worked with Northeast Chamber of Commerce to study the SE corner of Lowry Avenue and Central Avenue, where a fire destroyed three businesses and nine apartments in May 2005. A large hole in the ground now exists where the corner buildings once stood. Central Avenue is Northeast's Main Street, is a major bus line and is a candidate for a streetcar line. The Northeast Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce challenged the Design Team to help bring fresh perspective on how to fill the hole on the southeast corner of the intersection and help local business owners and residents come to an agreement on development for the corner.
Read the summary and see the images (PDF)
- Central & Lowry Team
- Wynne Yelland, AIA
- Neil Weber, AIA
- Chuck Sullivan, AIA
- Tim Eian, Assoc. AIA
- Bob Loken
- Anne Okerman Gardner
- Ben McCoy
- Heather Beal
- Timothy Schlamp
Penn Avenue N. and N. Lowry Avenue (two images at right, stacked)
Charrette date: April 21, 2007
The Design Team worked with Cleveland Neighborhood Association to envision a vibrant community space on the northwest corner of Penn and Lowry Avenues in north Minneapolis by building a vibrant public space that opens up Cleveland Park and creates a stronger neighborhood identity. This intersection has supported small businesses within a walk-able community in the past, but Lowry Avenue is being reconstructed and many businesses will relocate. As a result, the northwest corner of the Penn/Lowry intersection will need to be redeveloped to provide the community with businesses they need and integrate the interests of property owners after the reconstruction. The vision for this site hopes to maximize development planned for the intersection and explore creating a green gateway to the park, along with a four-story mixed-use building on the corner and a future bus rapid transit station.
Read the summary and see the images (PDF)
- Penn & Lowry Team
- Raymond Dehn, Assoc. AIA
- Wayne Olson
- Brad Aldrich
- Phil Briggs, AIA
- Tom Ososki, AIA
- Satoko Muratoke
- Elizabeth Olson
- Cierra Mantz
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