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Mark Thieroff

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Saint Paul, Minnesota

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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Go away for two weeks and come back to this beauty on 8th St SE…. What a nice surprise!
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 06/07/2026
On this day in 2016, 32-year-old Philando Castile was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop for a broken taillight in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.
calendar.eji.org
Jul. 6, 2016 | Philando Castile Killed by Police in Minnesota
Learn more about our history of racial injustice
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/07/2026
On Tuesday, I'm recording a podcast on Land Value Taxes with a think tank expert & a Spokane city council person (Spokane is considering an LVT). I've been reading up on the subject & getting extremely LVT-pilled. Got questions?
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Nice new sign in the n’hood this morning but man with wrong info about the law like this is it any wonder how few cars stop for pedestrians at intersections without crosswalks (including this one!)
Sign posted in middle of street stating, “State law - Stop for pedestrians within crosswalk.”
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I hadn’t heard that the Transit App now includes Jefferson Lines and many transit agencies outside the Twin Cities metro area.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Two years after Congress passed the National Plan to End Parkinson’s and 17 months after it became law, we still haven’t seen a public PD plan. @amyklobuchar.com @smith.senate.gov @mccollum.house.gov Where is the PD Plan? #whereisthePDplan
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
How do you navigate the crazy intersection on e. side of the Franklin Ave. bridge after crossing from west in separated bike lane? How are you supposed to head "straight" (north) on 27th? Many of the cars in the near lane are turning right on River Pkwy or Franklin, making it hard to get left.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
About 400 lining the street through Algoma, WI, this morning… summer like weather made it even more festive
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Excellent new sign posted outside the Hampden Park co-op… can anyone explain the color coding of the different parts of the neighborhood?
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Falcon Heights is hosting an open house on the future of the U's golf course on Sept. 16. www.falconheights.org/Home/Compone...
falconheights.org
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Pat Thompson @pattho.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Wendi Ward, proprietor of Saint Paul's wonderful Practical Goods shop, died suddenly of a pulmonary embolism. So much I didn't know about her and how she came to open the store. (Gift link) 😪
twincities.com
Obituary: Wendi Ward, Practical Goods owner, believed in recycling, community
“She looked at all the stuff that she had that was cool – glassware and wool and silk and wood and metal things – and said, ‘You know, I should open a shop,’” her brother recounted.
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Eric @ecaughlaw.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Nice turn out of the Minnesota bar for the National Law Day of Action in support of the rule of law. Thanks to the MSBA, HCBA, and RCBA for organizing and to retired Justice Chutich for leading us in retaking the attorney’s oath.
A group of MN lawyers standing in front of the Hennepin County Government Center for the National Law Day of Action in support of the rule of law.A group of MN lawyers standing in front of the Hennepin County Government Center for the National Law Day of Action in support of the rule of law before they retake the attorney’s oath administered by retired Justice Chutich.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Join this lunchtime gathering on Thursday at the Government Center in support of the rule of law mnbars.org?pg=events&ev...
mnbars.org
National Law Day of Action: A Nationwide Stand for the Rule of Law
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
"A few days later, likely because they didn’t want to appear to be silencing ... pro-Palestinian expertise too overtly, the administration removed all university website statements supportive of Ukraine following Russia’s invasion.... All of them had been up for years without objections."
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
For everyone dying to know whether state law allows Minneapolis to have the planning commission decide variances along with other approvals rather than sending them to the board of adjustment, the Court of Appeals has said yes. www.mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/...
mncourts.gov
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
It’s the end of the road for the 2040 Plan challengers, at least in the district court. Case dismissed with prejudice this afternoon.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Any Minnesota house-knowers out there know what this little door on the back of a 1920s house was for? Milk deliveries?
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Use a heatpump in MN? Xcel's proposing changes to the elec. space heating rate for Oct-May. Rate would rise from 8.6 to 9.2 cents/kWh for 25/26, but they are proposing to drop the rate by 20%, to 6.5 cents, in the time-of-use rate they've also floated. Numbers are in the filings, not the notices.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Driftwood gar by Julie Szczyrbak. #garweek #gartwork
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Billy Bragg, First Avenue Oct. 2024
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Anyone know anyone providing this service in Minnesota or the upper Midwest?
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
Today in the 2040 litigation, the City made clear it still wants a ruling on its motion to stay the injunction against the 2040 plan until its latest appeal is decided. Statute requires a decision on that motion by 1/8/24.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 30/06/2023
Cars.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 25/05/2023
A proposed order filed yesterday by the City in the 2040 lawsuit succinctly states its arguments against the injunction sought by the plaintiff—chiefly, there’s no evidence the 2040 plan will be more impactful than a full build out under the 2030 plan.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 25/04/2023
Architecture historian Kristin Anderson will be leading a series of 6 tours of St Anthony Park this summer, including one focusing on the neighborhood’s historic manufacturing district.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 03/03/2023
The Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis just filed a motion to dismiss with prejudice its lawsuit against the City of Minneapolis over the 2040 plan. The filing provides no explanation.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 17/02/2023
Helpful rundown of the latest batch of proposed zoning reforms in Saint Paul, which would also allow 2 ADUs per lot. (Minneapolis is still at one.)
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 14/02/2023
Good to see that the former Penny’s Coffee space at 100 Washington is being taken over by Cafe Ceres starting Monday.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 01/11/2022
Great episode about an important topic. Another good short haul destination is Elm Creek Park Reserve, which allows bike camping at the small, quiet equestrian campground on the northern edge of the park. Nice ride via the MRT out of downtown Mpls along the river.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 20/10/2022
Now that Minnesota has eliminated virtually all in-person hearings in civil cases other than trials, that’s a lot of lawyers and parties no longer driving to court, often at a significant distance. That has to be a measurable VMT reduction.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 18/10/2022
Excellent wayfinder at east end of Como Trail, but “Minneapolis 1.2 miles” tells users nothing (unless they are really looking for the city boundary) and is misleading. Better destination to the west to identify? SE Como bus. district? Van Cleve Park?
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 16/06/2022
Pretty wild to think about the ways the "full build-out" theory could be applied... some ordinances amending the definition of a "family" have allowed more people per dwelling, citywide ... ADU ordinances could in theory double the number of single family dwellings in a city ...
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 12/06/2022
Disassembling our old workbench today and found this poster carefully scotch-taped between layers of plywood. 8 ways!
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 10/05/2022
Writing re ADUs for seniors, @cfarrellecon notes, "The pressure to lower barriers to ADU construction and ownership will only intensify, thanks to the potent combination of too little affordable housing and the swelling demographics of an aging population."
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 10/05/2022
A rural take on "character of the neighborhood": today the Court of Appeals upheld denial of a conditional use permit for a solar farm that had been rejected to "help preserve the agricultural character of the land."
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 24/03/2022
Just heard that these two ADUs I wrote about last fall are going to be part of this spring's Minneapolis-St. Paul Home Tour. Good opportunity to see the interiors. April 30-May 1.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 21/03/2022
Thanks to the Minnesota Tool Library for all of the tiling tools and tips! #mtlmade
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 21/02/2022
The Town & Country property is guided Urban Neighborhood and zoned R-3 / low density housing. "College/university" is a conditionally permitted use, as is golf course.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 17/01/2022
I wrote a little piece about the many birds we spied while walking and biking around in 2021.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 05/01/2022
In 2019, Seattle passed new rules to make it easier to build ADUs, including: *Allowing 2 ADUs on all single-family lots *Reducing min. lot size for detached ADUs to 3,200 SF *Increasing max. height and size to allow family-sized ADUs *Removing parking requirements 1/4
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 15/11/2021
“I mean, this is a classic environmental justice fact pattern ... We have a minority community, a disadvantaged community, bearing the brunt of two huge infrastructure projects that serve other people.”
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 09/11/2021
I have an upcoming day trip to Winona and am thinking of taking the train. Anyone have any experience or info re how often the eastbound Empire Builder leaves St. Paul on time or close to on time?
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 30/10/2021
So far you can still see all of St Paul’s ADUs in one pretty easy bike ride. The article includes photos of all of them.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 24/05/2021
Great WFH background sounds today, as its biking lessons time again at the neighborhood junior high
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 03/03/2021
Don't leave a second key fob in the car. Yesterday MPD informed our building that Amazon sells a gadget that indicates which empty cars have a key fob left inside and that can be used to control the key fob to open the car door.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 26/02/2021
I'd always wondered where these two wonderful wooden Route 3 bus shelters ended up after the Como Ave. rebuild a few years ago. At least one of them lives on, even if the built in pay phone had to be replaced.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 26/02/2021
Tucked into the bill to legalize sports betting in Minn. is this provision making betting shops a permitted use in "all commercial, retail, industrial, nonresidential, and mixed-use zoning districts of a municipality."
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 17/02/2021
This is a very worthwhile read of the push and pull between the zoning ordinance and housing policy goals as they relate to the Alatus proposal for Lexington and University.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 26/01/2021
How often do you get to weigh in on a new park? The new Westgate park is in St. Paul, and this is a St. Paul process, but the park borders on Minneapolis and will no doubt serve neighbors in Prospect Park, too.
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Mark Thieroff @markthieroff.bsky.social · 08/11/2020
What’s on your “town planning playlist”? Right now on BBC Radio 6 Amy Lame is dedicating her show to World Urbanism Day by “curating a two hour playlist of appropriate town planning tuneage.”
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