On Nicollet Avenue

Yesterday was Alex Pretti's 38th birthday, which makes him just a bit younger than my oldest nibling (on my side of the family). 

I hadn't been over to Minneapolis to the memorial site on Nicollet Avenue until Saturday. I wasn't sure if I would take photos, but I did.

The snow is all melted from the area where he was shot and killed:

There are Sharpie markers left on top of some of the structures, and people keep leaving messages on the wood and on notes that are already posted in various places. I saw someone writing while I was there.

The lane in front of this part of the sidewalk is closed to cars, but the street is open. The close-by businesses — Lu's Sandwiches, Christo's Greek restaurant, Glam Donuts, the Black Forest Inn — are all open and need customers, as do all the businesses of the Twin Cities.