On a day with the windchill struggling to reach 0F, thousands marched down Lake Street in South Minneapolis protesting the actions of ICE.

“ICE Out of Minnesota!”
"MINNESOTANS KNOW ICE IS SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS - IT'S TIME TO DE-ICE!"
"Immigrants are not the problem"

The march began at Latino marketplace Mercado Central at Lake and Bloomington ending at Karmel Mall at Lake and Pillsbury. This follows weeks of racist attacks by the President on the Minneapolis Somali community & politicians.

Flags at the Karmel Mall, a Somali shopping center on Lake Street in Minneapolis

Protesters march to the Karmel Mall, a Somali shopping center in South Minneapolis. Signs reading "Immigrants Make America Great"

Thousands marched down Lake Street on a day with windchills struggling to reach 0F.

Protester at a protest against the actions of ICE in Minneapolis holds up a sign that reads "Ice Naughty And Not Nice".

The protest took place on a day with near below 0F windchills.

Protester at a protest against the actions of ICE in Minneapolis holds up a sign that reads "Stop traumatizing our students! Kids can't learn in fear."

The protest took place on a day with near below 0F windchills.

Today, with the windchill struggling to reach 0F at times, thousands marched down Lake Street in South Minneapolis protesting the actions of ICE.

“ICE Out of Minnesota!”
"MINNESOTANS KNOW ICE IS SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS - IT'S TIME TO DE-ICE!"
"Immigrants are not the problem"

A notice on a Lake Street business directed at ICE agents.

A notice on the doors of the Karmel Mall on Lake Street.

This whistle is a symbol of looking out for your neighbors.

When you’re driving or walking and you see ICE in the area, the whistle represents a warning to stay aware. It’s a reminder for people in the community to be cautious, especially when leaving their building, because ICE might be nearby. The idea is simply to protect one another and stay informed.

Guatemala Food Truck seen on Lake Street in Minneapolis. The snow freshly fell a few nights ago and we've really hit the deep freeze it seems. Overnight lows in the single digits.

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.

People walking on Lyndale Avenue and Lake Street outside NY Gyro.

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.