Lake Street Then and Now

A look at Minneapolis' Lake Street and how it's changed from the City Limit to the Mississippi River. Narrated by Aaron Isaacs. Recorded from a Zoom presentation on February 20, 2023.

[@tjmpls4905]

Thanks for this fascinating journey! My family moved-from Duluth to South Minneapolis in 1956 so we totally missed the street car era. After seeing the Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery, I signed up for a walking tour through Preserve Minneapolis. Though the cemetery was officially closed for new burials in 1919 there have been a few since then. The most recent burial was in 2021 of John Walter Ferman who held a deed from 1897.
I have incorporated a visit to the Holmes and Lagoon street car shelter in a ride I am leading for a seniors bike group. Amazing it survived all these years.

[@paullawrence9056]

Fascinating! I didn't know about the bath house.

[@davidklein7962]

Ate at “The Embers” on East lake street 1980-81. Great times when I was young

[@danlowe8684]

Wonderful post. What are the contraptions mounted on the front of the street cars used for? Is it a safety device to keep pedestrians back? Maybe something to haul bicycles on?

[@meandsushi]

Crazy the #17 bus still has the same route

[@FishBone911]

Remember how the busses would crawl across the old Lake St bridge restricted to 10 mph thinking the bridge could collapse any minute

[@John-ze3vo]

Miss the days of the Lake Street Sears

[@frostypete1]

I have a grandma that is buried in that cemetery. Mare S.