Uncle Hugo’s Burned Bookstore, Chicago Ave, Minneapolis

Rear of former Uncle Hugo’s bookstore on Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, burned and covered with graffiti.
The rear of the former Uncle Hugo’s Science Fiction Bookstore on Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis is shown on June 14, 2020, with burned debris still visible inside a charred doorway and graffiti covering the alley walls. The independent bookstore was destroyed in the unrest that followed the May 25, 2020 killing of George Floyd. Midtown Global Market and the Allina Commons building are visible in the background above the alley.
Photo taken in June 2020.
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