Smoke over Midtown Exchange, Minneapolis

Smoke billows over the Midtown Exchange building in Minneapolis at sunrise, following nights of protests in May 2020. Members of the Minnesota National Guard and Minneapolis Fire Department personnel are visible near East Lake Street, a commercial corridor. These events occurred in the context of widespread protests sparked by the death of George Floyd. The Midtown Exchange, originally a 1928 Sears, Roebuck and Company mail-order facility, has been redeveloped into a mixed-use complex.