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

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.

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.

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

Uptown Minneapolis, October 2025

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.

The Spectacle Shoppe on Hennepin Avenue in Uptown Minneapolis with new grass and bike lane installed. The multi year project to rebuild Hennepin Avenue comes to an end next month.

A mural by Shane Anderson in Minneapolis with a Martin Luther King quote that reads "Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that".

The Lowry on Hennepin Avenue during a multi-year road construction project.

Every weekend night around 8pm, Minneapolis police park in the new bike lanes on Hennepin Avenue in Uptown Minneapolis.

Sexy Nerds dance party in Uptown Minneapolis at The Green Room.

Sexy Nerds dance party in Uptown Minneapolis at The Green Room on Girard.

Video games at a Sexy Nerds dance party at The Green Room in Uptown Minneapolis in September 2025.

Club goers play video games at Sexy Nerds event in Uptown Minneapolis in September 2025.

A man reading inside the Walker Library on Hennepin Avenue in Uptown Minneapolis.

Hennepin Avenue road construction outside Namaste Cafe.

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

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

Daisys's Bar and Nightclub at Lagoon and Hennepin in Uptown Minneapolis.

KISS Lounge and Nightclub on Lagoon Ave in Uptown Minneapolis.