Downtown Minneapolis Hilton Hotel with HOPE sign during COVID-19

Hilton Minneapolis in downtown Minneapolis with “HOPE” and a heart lit in hotel windows during COVID-19.
Hilton Minneapolis in downtown Minneapolis with “HOPE” and a heart lit in hotel windows during COVID-19.

The Hilton Minneapolis in downtown Minneapolis is lit at night with guest-room windows forming the word “HOPE” and a heart on April 3, 2020. The hotel stands among office towers and the nearby Westminster Presbyterian Church during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, when shutdowns had reduced activity across the city center.

Photo taken in April 2020.

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