Saint Paul's New Riverfront Urban Villages

9 May 2001 - 10:00am

Saint Paul?s emerging waterfront neighborhoods integrate the history and cultural landscapes of the Mississippi River.

In the late 1980s, Saint Paul's Mississippi riverfront exhibited the decline evident in many Midwestern river cities. Office towers and retail areas turned their backs on the river, and waterfront industries that had flourished for decades became increasingly stagnant, even though Minnesota?s service economy was booming. Editor's note: The full-text of this article is available only to ULI members.

Source: Urban Land Magazine, May 5, 2001
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.