Nicollet Avenue ( / ˈ n ɪ k ə l ɪ t / NIH -kə-lit ) is a major street in Minneapolis , Richfield , Bloomington , and Burnsville in the U.S. state of Minnesota . It passes through a number of locally well-known neighborhoods and districts, notably Eat Street in south Minneapolis and the traffic-restricted Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis.
15-571: The avenue begins at Grant Street in Loring Park and continues south to West 29th Street/Cecil B. Newman Lane, where it is interrupted by a K-Mart store, and begins again at Lake Street , continuing through Richfield and Bloomington to 107th Street just north of the Minnesota River . Across the river in Burnsville , Nicollet begins again at Cliff Road West and ends at County Road 42 . Nicollet
30-541: A jubilant Moore tosses her hat into the air while watched by a curious group of passersby who were, in fact, real people and not extras. 44°58′35″N 93°16′22″W / 44.9763329°N 93.2726852°W / 44.9763329; -93.2726852 Loring Park, Minneapolis Loring Park is a neighborhood in the Central Community of Minneapolis, Minnesota . Located on the southwest corner of downtown Minneapolis, it also lends its name to Loring Park ,
45-578: A new configuration that would include both commercial and residential development since at least 2010. After a building fire at the former Kmart in October 2023, the building was torn down in November 2023. The city of Minneapolis announced proposed street layouts for a reconnected Nicollet Ave in October 2023. Construction is expected to start in 2025. The Dan Patch Line , a separate railroad serving communities as far south as Northfield, Minnesota , ran parallel to
60-769: Is a major commercial street in Burnsville, forming one of two main streets of their Heart of the City downtown area. Nicollet is a city street in Minneapolis and Burnsville, while it is designated as Hennepin County Road 52 between 98th Street in Bloomington and W 61st St in Minneapolis (just north of the Richfield border). This designation resumes on Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis, though
75-465: Is majority renters. In the 2017-2021 ACS data, 68.6% of housing units were occupied by renters and 19.6% by owners. The average household size was 1.3 for both owners and renters. Central, Minneapolis Central is a defined community in Minneapolis that consists of six smaller official neighborhoods around the downtown and central business core. It also includes the many old flour mills ,
90-470: The Minneapolis, Lyndale & Minnetonka Railway Co. , also known as the "Motor Line". The Motor Line ran along Marquette Avenue in downtown Minneapolis, then turned west for one block at 13th Street South to reach Nicollet. The line was constructed south to 31st Street in 1879, to 37th Street in 1884, and was extended further south to 50th Street in 1887. It was converted to streetcar operation in 1890, and
105-748: The Mill District , and other historical and industrial areas of downtown Minneapolis. It also includes some high-density residential areas surrounding it, excluding areas east of the Mississippi River . Businesses and government buildings are based in the Central area include the corporate headquarters of the Star Tribune , Target , US Bancorp , the Hennepin County Government Center , Minneapolis Central Library , Minneapolis City Hall , and
120-455: The Mississippi River to the Minnesota River . One block of the street between 29th Street and Lake Street was removed in the 1977 to build a Kmart store (opened in 1978) which covers two city blocks, detouring southbound traffic to Blaisdell Avenue and northbound traffic to First Avenue South. The city of Minneapolis has planned to restore Nicollet Avenue by reconstructing the Kmart site into
135-529: The Twin City Rapid Transit Company (TCRT) extended the route to Diamond Lake Road in 1911, 58th Street in 1928, and 62nd Street (now Minnesota State Highway 62 ) in 1947. Streetcars on the road had a service frequency of one every five minutes off-peak, and ran about twice as often during the morning and afternoon peak periods. The avenue was used as a backdrop for the end of the famous opening sequence of The Mary Tyler Moore Show , in which
150-588: The "historic brownstone." The Loring Greenway connects Nicollet Mall with Loring Park. The park is surrounded by apartment buildings, many dating from the early 1900s, although recent construction in the area has brought many new town homes and condominiums to the area. In 1972, the Loring Park Development District was created to use tax increment financing to demolish older apartment buildings in an approximately 10-block area and build new higher density buildings and commercial development, such as
165-614: The Hyatt hotel on Nicollet. The Loring Greenway was created as part of this district. The neighborhood includes part of the Harmon Place Historic District. In the 2020 Census, 9,718 people lived in the Loring Park neighborhood. According to the 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) data for 2017-2021, 72% of residents were white, 10.9% were Black, 4.7% Asian, 4.6% two or more races, and 5.3% Hispanic or Latino. The neighborhood
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#1732844540930180-472: The annual Twin Cities Pride Festival and is the end location of the pride parade . The Loring Park District, according to its official site, offers the "quintessential urban lifestyle," a blend of "condominium and apartment living." The philosophy of the district is one of coalescence: it seeks to mix the old with the new, desiring to become quaint and charming through its combining of the modern with
195-402: The county highway is not contiguous. Nicollet Avenue began as a military road between St. Anthony Falls and Fort Snelling . It was named for early 19th-century French explorer and cartographer Joseph Nicollet , who led three expeditions in what is now Minnesota. Nicollet Mall occupies the oldest section of the avenue. Before the mall was constructed in 1968, Nicollet Avenue stretched from
210-573: The largest park in the neighborhood. The official boundaries of the neighborhood are Lyndale Avenue to the west, Interstate 394 to the north, 12th Street to the northeast, Highway 65 to the east, and Interstate 94 to the south. It is located in Minneapolis City Council Ward 7, represented by Katie Cashman . Loring Park is locally known for its diverse social environment and as a nexus for many arts and cultural events, boasting over 300 businesses and institutions. Loring Park hosts
225-768: The streetcar line between 60th Street and Diamond Lake Road. Nicollet Station, a carhouse originally built for the Motor Line, was acquired and expanded by Twin City Rapid Transit; after the streetcar system was dismantled in 1953–1954, the carbarn has since been used for transit system buses. The station is located at Nicollet and 31st Street, just south of the site of the Minneapolis Millers ' Nicollet Park baseball field, which closed in 1955. The Metro Transit route 18 bus travels most of Nicollet Avenue. Historically, Nicollet had rail transportation, starting with
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