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Former Adult Detention Center and Ramsey County Government Center West buildings, along Kellogg blvd. The picture was taken in 2008 before the buildings were removed.  Today this is the RiversEdge site which is nearly five-acres located at the southwest intersection of Wabasha St. and Kellogg Blvd., overlooking the Mississippi River in downtown Saint Paul. It is currently vacant. The proposed development will include:  public park, office space and housing. Part of the project will be a river balcony. I like that idea but for now I just look over the railing where the West Publishing buildings used to be.  The project isn’t likely to be started or completed for a few years. I need to get pictures before they get started.

Change happens slowly but it happens fast too.

 

Today just the first day of spring. To be honest it doesn’t seem like we had a winter this year. The tulips and crocus are all early as are the buds on the trees. I have enjoyed a few bike rides already too and it is a good thing because there is some snow on the way. Expect snow on Thursday and then again on Sunday.

It is too early for yard work but it isn’t too early to transplant the rhubarb that I have been meaning to transplant.

I really do love flowers and plants too. I have been planning my garden in my head for weeks.

 

 

March can be a brutal month weather wise in Minnesota. Sometimes we have spring like weather followed by second, third and even fourth winter. We could still have a blizzard and a cold snap but as of now there isn’t any snow in the forecast and the coldest temperature predicted is 24 degrees.

In case anyone has forgotten what winter looks like in Minnesota in March, here is a photos I tool on March 10. 2019.

I recently visited a home buyer client that I worked with last year. He moved to St. Paul from California.  He was moving away from the sky-high home prices and the fires.

He told me that the smoky air that we have been experiencing isn’t nearly as bad as what he experienced in California.

Something to think about as we go through another smoke-filled day.

Built in the 1920s and was obsolete before it was ever used. At one point it was going to be turned into condos but there were all sorts of issues . . . like the river that made the land hard to develop. The plant was demolished in 2014.

The land is now the home of River View upper landing apartments.  Change seems to happen at a snail’s pace but it happens.

I watched it being demolished. I am sure I have pictures of that somewhere . . . but where?