Uptown Smoke Shop, Lake Street, Minneapolis, ‘Help + Love’ graffiti

The Uptown Smoke Shop, an E-Cig's Center, stands on Lake Street in Uptown Minneapolis. Its boarded-up facade features a vibrant graffiti mural that reads 'Help + Love each other'. This artwork emerged during the Minneapolis Uprising of 2020, when many businesses across the city boarded their windows for protection and these surfaces became sites for public expression and protest art. The message reflects a common theme of community solidarity and resilience that appeared throughout Minneapolis during that period.