Save Quincy!

(City Engagement Meeting Nov 20)

November 20, 2024

Quincy St NE is the unique brick lined avenue that hosts Indeed, Centro, MN Nice Cream, Earl Giles, and a slew of artist studios, apartments, and other businesses.

Literal neglect has made Quincy lousy for driving. The slowed traffic and lack of sidewalks has actually activated the street making it safe for walkers, artists, and revelers and has helped foster the thriving, walkable artist and commercial district that becomes the heart of Art-a-Whirl every year.

And the city plans to strip it all clean.

Quincy is badly in need of updates, especially when it comes to accessibility and the sewer systems beneath the street. But the Mpls’ planning standard calls for a cheap sheet of asphalt that allows cars to move at the standard 30-40 mph and clean new sidewalks to keep pedestrians out of the street.

Quincy’s 100 year old bricks will be harvested for use in the North Loop. This rare walkable commercial district will lose much of its charm and the draw that supports some of Northeast’s signature businesses and one of the biggest art events in the country.

Quincy’s bricks should stay in Northeast. Pedestrians should keep their access to the street. Traffic should be slow and safe.

Quincy’s quirks should be preserved to protect the thriving commercial and artist community that lives there.

There is nothing else like Quincy in the whole of Minneapolis. And once it’s gone, there’s no getting it back. Come to Wednesday’s community meeting and tell our city planners not to strip Quincy.

Save the Quirk. Save Quincy.

Logan Park Rec Center on Monroe & 13th Ave NE. 7-8:30 pm.

If you have the time, you can also join us at the Rec Center at 4pm for a project open house.

Write to project lead Katie White (katie.white@minneapolismn.gov). cc City Council Member Elliot Payne (elliott.payne@minneapolismn.gov). Let them know that we like Quincy's bricks.