After nearly 50 years, new pavement reconnects Nicollet Avenue and West Lake Street in south Minneapolis.
Neighbors and businesses celebrated on Sunday, biking and walking the path that was once blocked by Kmart. Back in the late 1970s the big box store disconnected these major corridors.
It wasn’t until 2017 the city stepped in to buy the property for $8 million and then spent another $9 million in 2020 to buy out Kmart’s lease. Demolition began in 2023…