A 4-3 St. Paul City Council vote in September offers a cautionary tale for cities nationwide: Rights without enforcement create systems where even well-intentioned officials struggle to make protections work.
North of University represents everything the south side is not — adaptive, tight-knit, walkable — despite being Midway’s less organized, less polished side.
When housing problems arise, St. Paul forces renters to navigate multiple disconnected departments.
The Midway’s retail crisis isn’t just about vacancy — it’s about suburban design choking transit-accessible land with parking lots and car-oriented stores.
A better world is possible, but we must work together to win it for everyday families.
Rondo was part of a roadmap which detailed the ways in which black folks across the United States could be removed from their homes and property in order to build the Eisenhower freeways. It happened in Canada, too