Hennepin Avenue, Uptown Minneapolis, COVID-19, March 2020

Hennepin Avenue in Uptown Minneapolis at night, with the Uptown Theater and Chino Latino visible.
Hennepin Avenue in Uptown Minneapolis, Minnesota, is nearly empty in late March 2020, with the Chino Latino restaurant and the Uptown Theater sign visible along the corridor. The photograph shows a commercial stretch of the neighborhood during the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic, when business closures and stay-at-home measures sharply reduced traffic and pedestrian activity. A red-painted bus lane in the foreground marks Hennepin Avenue’s role as a major transit route through Uptown.
Photo taken in March 2020.
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