Streets & Infrastructure
Every Lowry Hill News story tagged Streets & Infrastructure.
City
Lyndale Avenue Redesign Nears a County Vote as Businesses and Cyclists Clash
Hennepin County is expected to bring its final design for rebuilding Lyndale Avenue South to the Minneapolis City Council this month, after a June 1 public meeting where Uptown business owners and cyclists clashed over a plan that adds a bikeway and cuts about a quarter of on-street parking.
City
A First Full Summer on the Rebuilt Hennepin Avenue and the E Line
For the first time in years, the Hennepin Avenue corridor through Uptown heads into summer without an active construction zone, the rebuilt street now served by the METRO E Line that began carrying riders in December.
Neighborhood
Crews Replace an Aging Sewer Line Along Lake of the Isles
The Metropolitan Council is replacing an aging stretch of sanitary sewer along The Mall in East Isles this season, swapping the existing pipe for new, larger pipe to add capacity.
Neighborhood
Gas-Line Work Comes to Lowry Hill Streets This Summer
CenterPoint Energy began upgrading natural gas infrastructure in Lowry Hill, Lowry Hill East and East Isles on or about June 1, 2026, in a project the utility expects to run up to 15 weeks.
City
Kenwood Concrete Project Reopens Burnham Road Bridge, Shifts Traffic on Sheridan
With the school year ending, families in Lowry Hill, Kenwood and East Isles can register children for summer day programs through the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, the area's largest provider of warm-weather youth programming.
City
More Than 70 Trees Headed for the Hennepin-Lyndale Medians
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is planting more than 70 trees, along with shrubs and ornamental beds, in the medians of the Hennepin-Lyndale corridor between Dunwoody Boulevard and the Interstate 94 ramps.
Business
Lyndale's Vintage Shops Rank Among the City's Best
Vintage, a resale shop in the castellated former White Castle at 3252 Lyndale Ave. S., has helped turn a stretch of south Lyndale into a thrifting destination dense enough to draw Billie Eilish through the door.
City
A Summer of Street Work: Loring Park Resurfacing, a Grant Street Bikeway and Gas-Line Upgrades
Crews began rebuilding half a mile of 1st Avenue South, from Grant Street to Franklin Avenue, in late March, the largest of several Ward 7 street and utility projects underway this construction season.
Neighborhood
Renaissance Revival, Italian Renaissance and the Styles of the Hill
A few blocks of Mount Curve Avenue in Lowry Hill hold a working catalog of how wealthy Minneapolis built between 1900 and 1910, from Renaissance Revival to Prairie School.
City
Lyndale Avenue redesign draws criticism from bike, walk advocates
A September 2025 MinnPost commentary argues that Hennepin County's proposed reconstruction of Lyndale Avenue, the Wedge's eastern edge, falls short for people who walk and bike and should be changed before it is locked in.
Neighborhood
Meet Your Neighbor: A Volunteer Who Keeps LHENA Running
The Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association runs entirely on volunteers, from its elected board under President Jason Garcia to the Food Share that distributes groceries three times a month out of SpringHouse Ministries.
City
Franklin Avenue Construction Begins as Downtown Weighs Expanding Its Improvement District
Westbound Franklin Avenue closed March 23 for a Hennepin County reconstruction running through fall 2027, as downtown weighed whether to extend its improvement-district assessments to residential properties and the City Council took up a contested $6 million police-training-site purchase.
Neighborhood
A Final Summer of Hennepin Construction, Then Relief
After two years and about $36 million, the rebuilt stretch of Hennepin Avenue South reopened to two-way traffic at the end of October 2025.
Neighborhood
The Lyndale Corridor and the Question of Bike Lanes
Hennepin County's plan to rebuild Lyndale Avenue South, the Wedge's eastern boundary, has drawn criticism from bike and transit advocates who say earlier designs left cyclists riding in traffic.
Business
World Street Kitchen Keeps Global Flavors Alive on Lyndale
World Street Kitchen, the Wadi brothers' globally minded restaurant at 2743 Lyndale Ave. S., remains open as Hennepin County plans a full reconstruction of the corridor.
City
Bryn Mawr's planned Green Line station sits in a scenic valley
The Metro Green Line Extension's planned Bryn Mawr Station sits beside the Cedar Lake Trail near downtown, with an opening targeted for 2027.
City
Hennepin's Rebuild Tested the Balance Between Cars, Buses and Bikes
The rebuilt Hennepin Avenue South divides its fixed width among buses, bikes, cars and pedestrians, and no constituency got everything it wanted.
City
Downtown Hennepin Reconstruction: A Different Design Just North of Lowry Hill
The downtown stretch of Hennepin Avenue was rebuilt years before the Uptown corridor, a separate 2019-2022 project with its own design for a denser theater-and-office district.
City
Frey Wins a Third Term as Mayor as Council Map Is Redrawn Around Him
Jacob Frey won a third term as Minneapolis mayor by 50.03% after ranked-choice tabulation, even as the council that checks him lost its veto-proof majority.
City
Two Years of Detours: A Look Back at the Hennepin Phasing Plan
The Hennepin Avenue South rebuild ran in two phases over two construction seasons, from Lake Street to 26th in 2024 and from 26th to Douglas in 2025.
City
The Bus-Lane Debate: Why Hennepin Got Part-Time Lanes, Not 24/7
Public Works first recommended full-time bus lanes for Hennepin Avenue, but after a council fight and a mayoral veto the project settled on part-time lanes.
City
Inside the New Hennepin: Bus Lanes, Bikeways and Medians
The rebuilt Hennepin Avenue reallocates about 1.4 miles of pavement among part-time bus lanes, a two-way protected bikeway, raised medians and wider sidewalks.
City
Hennepin Avenue Reopens, and the Bus Has a Home
Hennepin Avenue reopened Oct. 31 after roughly two years of reconstruction that built E Line stations into the street, and the bus rapid transit line began service Dec. 6.
City
Hennepin Avenue Reopens After an 18-Month, $36 Million Reconstruction
Hennepin Avenue South reopened Oct. 31 between Lake Street and Douglas Avenue after an 18-month, roughly $36 million reconstruction.
Neighborhood
Sidewalks, Bus Stops and a More Walkable Hennepin
The $36 million Hennepin Avenue South rebuild reopened in October 2025 with wider sidewalks, new bus stations and a two-way protected bikeway along the Wedge's western edge.
Business
Lyndale Businesses Brace for Construction Two Years Out
With Lyndale Avenue South reconstruction set to begin in 2028, merchants who watched the Hennepin Avenue rebuild fear a similar stretch of lost business along an already-softening corridor.
Neighborhood
Lowry Hill neighbors weigh in on park plan and Hennepin traffic calming
Lowry Hill residents pressed the case for slowing traffic near Hennepin Avenue and for staying on top of Park Board work along the Chain of Lakes.
Neighborhood
A $24 Million Lyndale Avenue Makeover Splits the Neighborhood
Hennepin County's planned reconstruction of Lyndale Avenue South between Franklin Avenue and 31st Street has split the corridor over parking, bike lanes and construction disruption.
Neighborhood
Groveland Terrace, the Quiet Companion to Mount Curve
Groveland Terrace shared in the Lowry Hill real-estate boom of the 1890s and early 1900s, lined with grand houses built to the same standard as neighboring Mount Curve Avenue.
City
A Million-Dollar Rehab for the Kenilworth Channel
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board rebuilt the failing Kenilworth Channel between Cedar Lake and Lake of the Isles in a roughly $1 million project.
Business
The Wedge Co-op Remains a Steady Anchor on Lyndale Avenue
The member-owned Wedge Community Co-op has anchored 2105 Lyndale Ave. S. since 1979, and faces a looming Hennepin County reconstruction of the avenue.
City
New E Line Stations Reshape the Hennepin Corridor
The E Line replaced Route 6's sign-on-a-pole stops with permanent bus rapid transit stations along its 13.3-mile route, including ones at Hennepin and Franklin and Hennepin and 25th Street.
City
Where the Bike Trail Meets the Light Rail
The reopened Kenilworth trail near the lakes now shares a strip of land barely 50 feet wide in spots with the BNSF freight railroad and the Green Line Extension light rail.
City
How the Light Rail Tunnel Reshaped the Kenilworth Corridor
A light rail tunnel through the Kenilworth corridor near the lakes drove much of the cost and delay that kept the bike trail above it closed for nearly seven years.
City
The Green Line Extension: 14.5 Miles to Eden Prairie
The METRO Green Line Extension adds 14.5 miles of light rail from downtown Minneapolis to Eden Prairie and is slated to open in 2027.
Neighborhood
Kenilworth and Cedar Lake trails reopen after seven years
The Minneapolis Park Board reopened the Kenilworth and Cedar Lake trails on Nov. 28, 2025, restoring a heavily used bike and pedestrian corridor closed since 2019 for Southwest light rail construction.
City
After Seven Years, the Kenilworth Trail Reopens
After roughly six years closed for the Green Line Extension, the Kenilworth and Cedar Lake trails reopened in November 2025.
Neighborhood
Broad Lawns and Boulevard Trees: The Look of Lowry Hill
Lowry Hill's streetscape of broad lawns, boulevard trees and well-spaced houses was set by 1900, when the streetcar boom filled the ridge with the homes of the wealthy.
Neighborhood
The Donaldson Mansion, a 1906 Arts and Crafts Survivor
Built for a member of the Donaldson department-store family, the nearly 9,600-square-foot house is one of Lowry Hill's finest.
Neighborhood
Meet Your Neighbor: A Mount Curve Steward Keeps a 1906 House Standing
For one Lowry Hill homeowner, living in a century-old mansion means being a caretaker as much as a resident.
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