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<br />The foldout map (Figure 15) in the Metropolitan Land Stu�d displays the
<br />subdivisions platted between 1950 and 1958. In order to facilitate pre-
<br />sentation, the subdivisions were grouped into three-year periods.
<br />during the 1950-1952 period, Bloomington, Crystal, Richfield, and St.
<br />Louis Park each had over 1, 000 lots platted, These communities ac-
<br />counted for 34 per cent of the 15, 961 lots in the seven. counties. C�thcr
<br />communities having over 500 lots were Brooklyn Center, Coon Rapids,
<br />Edina, Fridle�y, TVlinneapolis, Roseville, and Saint Paul; they represent
<br />an additional 31 per cent. Platting activity during this periad was con-
<br />centrated in the Minnea oli� suburbs and little activit occurred in the
<br />communities a'oinin aint Paul. Two major acts explain this:
<br />aint Pa
<br />to be ove r
<br />two-thirds
<br />u sti 1 contained vacant land while Minneapolis was estimated
<br />90 per cent developed, and 2) growth has historically been
<br />oriented toward Minneapolis , one-third to��ard Saint Paul.
<br />In the three-year period of 1953-1955, the total. number of lots platted
<br />soared to 31, 501. Bloomington, Brookl�n Center, Crystal, Edina,
<br />Fridley, Minnetonka, Richfield, Roseville, St, Louis Park, 5aint Paul,
<br />and Whxte Bear Lake each accounted for over 1, 000 lots and representPd
<br />61 per cent of the total for the seven counties. Bloomington alone re-
<br />corded 4, 468 lots for 14 per cent of t}ie total. Much of this growth was a
<br />continuation af a past southward trend which had filled south Minneapoli �
<br />and almost all of Richficld.
<br />Other communities of importance were Ci.rcle Pines, Coon Rapids,
<br />Brooklyn Park, Golden Valley, New Hope= Maplewood, and Shoreview
<br />which contain.ed an aciditional 1? per cent. Of �he 24, 614 lots platted in
<br />the above communities, 7� per cent are in Minneapolis suburbs.
<br />During the three-year
<br />and a significant chani
<br />comrnuniti�s
<br />eriod of 1956-1958, 25, 206 lots were recorded
<br />e in the pattern can be seen: for the first time,
<br />south and southeast o aint Paul ex erienced ma'or lat-
<br />ting activity an the�latting genera ly was not as concentxated, ver
<br />, 000 lots were platted in Inver Grove Township, Bloomington, Brook-
<br />lyn Center, and Minnetonka.
<br />In 1959, 1960, and 1961, 24, 921 lots were platted. Blaine, Blooming-
<br />ton, Burnsville, Coon Rapicis, Eagan, Fridley, Minnetonka, and New
<br />Hope accounted for ovei• 1, 000 lots each. Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn
<br />Park, Crystal, Edina, Golden Valley, Roseville, and White Be�r Lake
<br />had over 500 lots each. These communities accounted for 15, 735 lots
<br />or 63 per cent of the total. In this period the building activity was
<br />spread among many communities. Coo� Rapids had the most v�►ith 1, 838
<br />lots. �w �-iope was secon with 1, 540 lots� Bl.aine, Burnsville, and
<br />Eagan are significant for the first time. The significance of Blaine and
<br />Eagan can be a; �ributed to the activity of a single builder in each� com--
<br />munity. Burnsville's development is a furt�er continuation of the south-
<br />ward gro�vth trend encouraged by improved access via new freeway. It
<br />is in part a result of the combination of higher land prices and larger
<br />lot size req,uirements in Bloomington.
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