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May 2025 — George Floyd Square on May 22, 2025. Nearing the 5 year anniversary of George Floyd's murder, the area where George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police continues to be a place of protest.
May 2025 — The words REVOLUTION on a South Minneapolis fence. As seen on May 22, 2025.
May 2025 — Downtown Minneapolis glows under the evening lights as crowds gather near Tom’s Watch Bar on Hennepin Avenue. Overhead, a bold skyway advertisement declares “WOLVES BACK,” celebrating the return of the Minnesota Timberwolves just blocks from Target Center. Cars idle at the intersection of 6th Street, their headlights blending with the neon reflections from bars and storefronts. It’s a familiar urban rhythm — sports, nightlife, and city energy converging in the heart of Minneapolis.
May 2025 — New fence wrap around the burned Minneapolis police station. The police station will eventually be the Minneapolis Democracy Center.
May 2025 — A couple on Bde Maka Ska with the Minneapolis city skyline behind
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May 2025 — An old Ford pickup rolls down a under construction Hennepin Avenue in Uptown Minneapolis.
May 2025 — Fans in downtown Minneapolis heading to Target Center for a Minnesota Timberwolves playoff game.
April 2025 — Motorcycles hit the sidewalk to go to McDonalds.
April 2025 — The removal of the front vestibule at the former Minneapolis police third precinct police station. The police station has sat vacant since it was set on fire on May 28th, 2020 following the murder of George Floyd.
April 2025 — The current state of the former Minneapolis police 3rd precinct police station. The station was burned by protesters following the May 2020 murder of George Floyd.
April 2025 — A protest flyer on a street pole in Minneapolis.
April 2025 — A surveillance camera on Pleasant Ave over the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis.
April 2025 — Street vendor at Hennepin and Lagoon in Uptown Minneapolis on a warm spring day.
April 2025 — A Minneapolis Police squad car is towed off Lagoon Ave in Uptown Minneapolis in April 2025.
April 2025 — A full rooftop patio at Cowboy Jack's in downtown Minneapolis on a warm spring day.
April 2025 — A light rail train moves towards the Warehouse District/Hennepin Ave station on a warm spring evening.
April 2025 — Patrons dance inside Last Call bar on N 5th Street in downtown Minneapolis.
April 2025 — Director William Tyner, Minneapolis City Council Member Robin Wonsley, Activist Toshira Garraway, George Floyd Global Memorial's Jeanelle Austin and Hennepin County Commissioner Angela Conley speak after a screening of "The People's Way" during the MSP International Film Festival.
April 2025 — Patrons inside Barrio Restaurant in Downtown Minneapolis in April 2025.
April 2025 — George Floyd Square in April 2022. The square has been a place of protest since the May 25th, 2020 murder of George Floyd.
April 2025 — Along a residential sidewalk in Minneapolis, a cluster of political yard signs stands amid winter’s dry grass and bare trees — remnants of the long, impassioned American election cycles that have made even quiet neighborhoods into public forums. The signs, declaring messages such as “Dictator or Democracy — That’s the Choice” and “All Are Welcome Here,” capture the tension and idealism that often coexist in modern U.S. political life.
April 2025 — The Minnesota State Patrol estimates 25,000 gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol this afternoon as part of the nationwide “Hands Off!” protests.
April 2025 — The Minnesota State Patrol estimates 25,000 gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol this afternoon as part of the nationwide “Hands Off!” protests.
April 2025 — The Minnesota State Patrol estimates 25,000 gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol this afternoon as part of the nationwide “Hands Off!” protests.
April 2025 — The Minnesota State Patrol estimates 25,000 gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol this afternoon as part of the nationwide “Hands Off!” protests.
April 2025 — Hands Off! protest signs in St. Paul. The Minnesota State Patrol estimates 25,000 gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol this afternoon as part of the nationwide “Hands Off!” protests.
April 2025 — Amy Klobuchar speaking to a crowd of around 25,000 at a "Hands Off!" protest at the Minnesota State Capitol
March 2025 — Mushroom Cloud on the decks at the Green Room in Uptown Minneapolis.
March 2025 — A sticker referring to Luigi Mangione found on a stop sign in South Minneapolis. Reads: Luigi reminds you to punch up!
March 2025 — Squad cars at a nightclub in Uptown Minneapolis in March 2025.
March 2025 — Tesla Takedown protest at a Tesla showroom in Minneapolis (Golden Valley) on March 22, 2025. This is the 6th week in a row protesters have gathered. The crowd has continued to grow exponentially each week.
March 2025 — A yard sign from the Minneapolis park and Recreation Board seeking to find those responsible for cutting down large trees.
March 2025 — Sunset behind Bryn Mawr Station in Minneapolis. The train station will be used by the Metro Transit green line extension.
March 2025 — A couple in a hammock on the lake on the first 60 degree day of the year in Minneapolis.
March 2025 — Construction continuing on the new Minneapolis police 1st precinct police station.
March 2025 — A Blue Line train at the Cedar Riverside stop in Minneapolis.
March 2025 — Tesla Cybertruck drives to a Tesla Facility just outside of Minneapolis (Golden Valley) on March 8, 2025. This is the 4th week in a row protesters have gathered here as part of the nationwide Tesla Takedown organizing.
March 2025 — Spring snow and North 5th Street in Downtown Minneapolis.
March 2025 — A justice for Allison Lussier billboard on Lake Street in Minneapolis.
March 2025 — Rooftop water tower on the Roof Depot building in South Minneapolis.
February 2025 — Graffiti on a long vacant building on Lyndale Avenue in South Minneapolis. It reads "Real patriots kill nazis"
February 2025 — Ice in a shape of a heart on the spot where George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis Police in May 2020. The memorial inside George Floyd Square has been a place of protest ever since.
February 2025 — Augie's on Hennepin Avenue in February 2025.
February 2025 — Canoes and kayaks stacked up in the snow around Bde Maka Ska.
February 2025 — A daytime DJ set at the Moxy Hotel in Uptown Minneapolis in February.
February 2025 — Protesters at the Tesla service center just outside of Minneapolis. Signs reading “Unplug Mad King Musk”, “This car runs on fascism”, “Who buys cars from a nazi?”, “Say no to doge”, “Don’t buy swasticars, BAD DOGE!”. Protest is part of a nationwide "TeslaTakedown" protest that seems to have originated on Bluesky.
February 2025 — Protester outside a Telsa showroom in Minneapolis (Golden Valley) with staged Golden Valley police squad cars.
February 2025 — Someone snowkiting in Minneapolis on Bde Maka Ska during a February 2025 snowstorm.
February 2025 — A taxi cab seen in the North Loop Minneapolis in February 2025. Windows covered in pictures of President Trump.
February 2025 — A Tesla vehicle seen in Minneapolis with Tesla branding removed and a sticker reading "I bought this before Elon became a fascist.".
February 2025 — Large crowd gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol on February 5, 2025 protesting the actions of President Trump and Elon Musk.
February 2025 — Rainbow Building at Lake/Hennepin. Originally built by TB Walker’s Red River Lumber Company, the building will be 115 years old this year. Walker was an avid art collector with his gallery at the location of the present day Walker Art Center building. Minneapolis February 2025
February 2025 — Black History written on the barricades around the George Floyd Memorial inside George Floyd Square in South Minneapolis. The intersection has been a place of protest since the 2020 murder of George Floyd.
February 2025 — People Over Property! The People's Way at George Floyd Square. The area has been a place of protest since the 2020 murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police.
February 2025 — Construction continues on Opportunity Crossing at 3030 Nicollet. The 6 story mixed use building with 110 affordable housing units will replace what was a large Wells Fargo Bank. Located across from the 5th precinct police station, the bank was heavily damaged during 2020 riots.
February 2025 — Signage around the 3rd precinct Minneapolis police station that was burned following the 2020 murder of George Floyd.
January 2025 — Litle Ember Co. Sauna Sessions mobile sauna at Cedar Lake in Minneapolis.
January 2025 — Sunset over the Cedar Lake Trail in Minneapolis.
January 2025 — A flyer found at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis. The area has been a place of protest since the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Reads: Understanding Resistance from the George Floyd Uprising to Al-Aqsa Flood.
January 2025 — A beautiful mid January sunset behind Target Field Station in the North Loop Minneapolis.
January 2025 — United Crushers graffiti on Lake Street in Uptown Minneapolis., The building was once a Target store that closed in 2023.
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January 2025 — A car on Lake Street in Minneapolis with a sign reading "Jesus Christ. Will you vote for him?".
January 2025 — Jade Dynasty open on Lake Street near Lyndale. The space had been vacant and boarded up since Fuji Ya closed in 2020.
January 2025 — A soft snow falls over the North Loop in Minneapolis, coating Washington Avenue in a fresh winter layer on January 9, 2025. Warm lamplight and neon glow from neighborhood fixtures like Bunker’s Music Bar & Grill and Club Solo cut through the flurries, lending the street a cinematic quiet. The North Loop — once an industrial hub of warehouses and rail spurs — has evolved into one of Minneapolis’s liveliest nightlife districts, where music venues, old brick buildings, and modern bars coexist in a mix of grit and polish. Even in the dead of winter, the area’s energy hums on, softened only by the sound of snow underfoot.
January 2025 — Under the glow of neon and transit lights, a few bundled-up pedestrians wait for the train at Warehouse District/Hennepin Avenue Station in downtown Minneapolis on a frigid January night. The temperature hovered in the single digits as light snow dusted the platform and tracks. The glowing red sign for Sneaky Pete’s — a longtime nightlife landmark just off 1st Avenue — adds a warm contrast to the blue-gray tones of the winter scene. The photo captures the resilient quiet of Minneapolis transit life in deep winter, where late-night riders and flickering lights define the city’s pulse long after rush hour ends.
December 2024 — Ice fishing on the Lake of the isles on an unusually warm December evening.
December 2024 — A man walks his dog on The Mall on a a unusually warm late December night.
December 2024 — Lagoon and Hennepin in Uptown Minneapolis on a a unusually warm late December night.
December 2024 — Nicollet and Franklin Avenue during an unusually warm late December night.
December 2024 — The Spoonbridge and Cherry sculpture in the Walker Art Garden in Downtown Minneapolis.
December 2024 — Newly erected fencing and Minnetonka Police security cameras outside the corporate headquarters of UnitedHealthcare in Minnetonka, Minnesota on December 8, 2024. The insurance company’s CEO Brian Thompson was killed on December 4th, 2024 in New York City. The man who was shown on a security camera shooting Thompson has not yet been identified or arrested.
December 2024 — Newly erected fencing and Minnetonka Police security cameras outside the corporate headquarters of UnitedHealthcare in Minnetonka, Minnesota on December 8, 2024. The insurance company’s CEO Brian Thompson was killed on December 4th, 2024 in New York City. The man who was shown on a security camera shooting Thompson has not yet been identified or arrested.
December 2024 — Newly erected fencing and Minnetonka Police security cameras outside the corporate headquarters of UnitedHealthcare in Minnetonka, Minnesota on December 8, 2024. The insurance company’s CEO Brian Thompson was killed on December 4th, 2024 in New York City. The man who was shown on a security camera shooting Thompson has not yet been identified or arrested.
December 2024 — Newly erected fencing and Minnetonka Police security cameras outside the corporate headquarters of UnitedHealthcare in Minnetonka, Minnesota on December 8, 2024. The insurance company’s CEO Brian Thompson was killed on December 4th, 2024 in New York City. The man who was shown on a security camera shooting Thompson has not yet been identified or arrested.
November 2024 — George Floyd Square in Minneapolis. The intersection has been an ongoing protest zone since the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.
November 2024 — Birthday candles an the George Floyd Memorial in George Floyd Square as seen in November 2024. The memorial is part of an ongoing protest at the intersection since the murder of George Floyd on May 25th, 2020.
November 2024 — Letters formed to spell Trump as seen on an electrical box at Blaisdell and Lake Street in South Minneapolis.
November 2024 — New fencing dropped in the North Loop on N 5th Ave and I-94. It's too bad, was a fun spot to watch trains. Could see the Light Rail, Northstar Line and freight trains from under this bridge.
November 2024 — New fencing dropped in the North Loop on N 5th Ave and I-94. It's too bad, was a fun spot to watch trains. Could see the Light Rail, Northstar Line and freight trains from under this bridge.
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October 2024 — "Stop Project 2025" "Minnesotans For Harris Walz" yard signs in South Minneapolis.
October 2024 — A "Cats for Kamala" yard sign in South Minneapolis, Seen less than a month away from the 2024 Presidential election.
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October 2024 — An October supermoon rising over the "big 3" buildings in downtown Minneapolis.
October 2024 — People stand in line at First Avenue concert hall in Downtown Minneapolis.
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October 2024 — The modern pavilion at Bde Maka Ska glows softly under evening light, its signage prominently honoring the lake’s Dakota name — “Bdé Óta Othúŋwe,” meaning “Many Village Place.” This site, located in southwest Minneapolis, holds deep historical and cultural significance as part of Dakota homeland, long before it was renamed “Lake Calhoun” in the 19th century. After years of advocacy by Indigenous groups and community leaders, the lake officially reclaimed its Dakota name in 2018, marking a shift toward recognizing Minnesota’s original peoples and languages. The illuminated pavilion stands today as both a gathering space and a statement of cultural restoration, blending modern urban design with respect for ancestral land and history.
September 2024 — The American and Minnesota state flags ripple above the Foshay Tower in downtown Minneapolis, silhouetted against the glass and steel geometry of nearby modern office buildings. Completed in 1929, the Foshay Tower was the city’s first skyscraper and remained its tallest structure for over three decades. Modeled after the Washington Monument, it symbolized both the ambition and excess of the late Jazz Age. Today, the tower stands as a protected landmark, housing a hotel and museum that preserve its Art Deco legacy. The juxtaposition of flags and architecture here reflects Minnesota’s blend of historic pride and urban evolution — a monument to both civic identity and architectural endurance.
September 2024 — Hidden Beach on Cedar Lake during above average high temperatures in late September. The beach is on the shore of Cedar Lake.
September 2024 — A Thursday evening on Nicollet Mall. Biker passes by The Local restaurant patio at 10th Street. (Downtown Minneapolis, September 2024)
September 2024 — A lit up Uptown Theater sign on Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis.
September 2024 — A Travel Wisconsin billboard seen in Uptown Minneapolis.