Cars, cars parked, bikers, walkers on the new Hennepin Avenue in Uptown Minneapolis.

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

Biking on Bryant Avenue bikeway in South 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.

Colorful leaves on the bike trails around Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis.

Fall colors on the Midtown Greenway at the Dean Parkway exit. A great time of the year!

After almost 2 years of construction, Hennepin Avenue was re-opened today. The closure ripped up the entire street rebuilding it back with bike and bus lanes.

A Minnesota Timberwolves billboard above First Avenue concert hall in Downtown Minneapolis.

A large-scale mural depicting Prince dominates the side of a brick building, illuminated by a row of rooftop lights that emphasize both the portrait and the texture of the masonry beneath it. The artwork presents Prince with his iconic guitar, referencing his role not only as a performer but as a technically accomplished musician and songwriter whose work reshaped popular music beginning in the late 1970s. The saturated purples, golds, and layered background elements visually echo the imagery and symbolism long associated with his career, particularly the Purple Rain era that cemented his global influence.

Murals like this became an important part of Minneapolis’s visual landscape following Prince’s death in 2016, serving as public memorials that connect the city’s streets to its musical legacy. Painted directly onto brick, the piece blends fine-art portraiture with urban scale, designed to be read from a distance while still holding detail up close. Night lighting transforms the mural into a landmark after dark, reinforcing Prince’s enduring presence in the city where he was born, recorded, and built an independent creative empire that continues to influence artists across genres.

City Council yard signs seen in Minneapolis. "Flip the Council" and Lydia Millard Ward 10.

Midtown Greenway and Dean Parkway. This is such a wonderful time of the year on this bike trail as the colors change.

The new rails of the Metro Transit Southwest LRT green line extension. Lake of the Isles, Bde Maka Ska and Cedar Lake.

Bikers, walkers on the Midtown Greenway as a bus leaves the Uptown Transit Station above.

Uptown Minneapolis, October 2025

Electrical boxes with artwork on them reading: "Immigrant Power By Growth".

New bike lanes on Hennepin Avenue. The road had been closed for complete reconstruction.

Amid the long-running Hennepin Avenue reconstruction, residents added a dose of humor and gratitude by dressing Halloween skeletons in reflective vests and hard hats, mounting them on a front-yard tree with “Thank You Construction Crews!” signs. This improvised display along the busy corridor captures both the extended disruption of the project and the community’s appreciation for the workers transforming one of Minneapolis’s key thoroughfares.

Exploding maple trees outside Pimento restaurant on Bde Maka Ska.

Organizers say 100,000 attended yesterdays No Kings protests in Downtown Minneapolis.