Chairs Outside the Former SuperValu on West Lake Street at Night

Taken November 2020

Assorted chairs lined up on the sidewalk outside the former SuperValu grocery store on West Lake Street in South Minneapolis.
Assorted chairs lined up on the sidewalk outside the former SuperValu grocery store on West Lake Street in South Minneapolis.

This stretch of West Lake Street once held a SuperValu grocery store, part of a chain that has operated in Minnesota since the 1920s. The building sat empty after the store's closure, its blue-lit exterior a holdover from the retail signage era. Rows of mismatched chairs left along the sidewalk here have appeared intermittently since 2020, placed by passersby rather than any organized group.

Taken November 2020

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