A nighttime view of the Minneapolis skyline as seen from Lake Street in Uptown, looking north toward the city’s central business district. The IDS Center, Minnesota’s tallest building since 1972, anchors the scene on the left with its rectangular black façade and illuminated roofline. Just to the right, the art deco–inspired Wells Fargo Center glows in its signature gold lighting, a design motif rooted in its 1980s postmodern architecture. On the far right, Capella Tower stands out with its distinctive ring-shaped halo, an element added during the 1990s wave of illuminated crown designs across American skyscrapers. The foreground shows the mixed-use buildings of Uptown, reflecting the corridor’s early-20th-century commercial architecture.

Sunset at Bde Maka Ska in South Minneapolis in November 2025.

Brim Coffee and Cafe on Lake Street in Minneapolis in November 2025.

Traffic flows through the LynLake district of Minneapolis at South Dupont and Bryant Avenue, a neighborhood long known as a crossroads between Uptown and Whittier. Once a streetcar junction for the Twin City Rapid Transit Company, the area declined after the 1950s but later rebounded through waves of redevelopment and independent business growth. Today, LynLake blends historic brick storefronts with modern apartments and restaurants, reflecting Minneapolis’s broader push toward urban density and transit-oriented design along the former streetcar corridor.

Lake Street bridge over the channel between Lake of the Isles and Bde Maka Ska on a fall day.

The long awaited connection to Lake Street on Nicollet Avenue is getting closer to being finished. For many years Nicollet Avenue was split apart by a K-Mart store. The store was closed and eventually burned while it sat vacant.

A banner reading "Cannabis Dispensery[sic] Coming Soon" at the long time Juut hair salon that's been vacant for a few years.

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Watch repair businesses on Lake Street in South Minneapolis.

A new mural by Gulsan Osman on Lake Street in Minneapolis.

Walkers around Lake Street and Bde Maka Ska in Uptown Minneapolis.

Yummy Bites Coffee shop in Minneapolis on Lake Street.

Thunderstorm rolling in over Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on July 27, 2025.

Road construction appears to be ongoing where Nicollet Ave will come through the former K-Mart property.

Canadian wildfire smoke covers Minneapolis, Minnesota in July 2025.

Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis after a multi-year road construction project that brought new bike lanes.

New green painting on what is to become a dispensary in the former Juut Salon space at Hennepin and Lake street in Uptown Minneapolis.

Patrons sit outside the Bryant Lake Bowl on Lake Street on a summer night.

Uptown Farmers Market Yard Sign in Uptown Minneapolis. Hand prints left over from protests following the killing of Winston Smith and Deona Marie in 2021.

A flyer urging people to call Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and demand he veto HF1, a bill repealing MinnesotaCare coverage for undocumented adults. The flyer has bold text reading “CALL WALZ TO TELL HIM: VETO HF1! PROTECT HEALTHCARE FOR IMMIGRANTS!” It states that the Minnesota House and Senate passed the bill and criticizes lawmakers for supporting it. The flyer provides a sample script for callers, emphasizing that denying healthcare to immigrants is inhumane and harmful to all residents. At the bottom, it lists the governor’s phone number: 651-201-3400, and includes the logo of MIRAC (Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee).