On the front lines in Minneapolis
We visit the now-cleared homeless encampment on 14th Avenue and the burned-out block nearby.
Late last month, we visited the homeless encampment along the Midtown Greenway at 14th Avenue in Minneapolis and shot this video:
Here is how the site looked this morning, after it was cleared by the city:
The now vacant lot is on city-owned land. The entire lot is now surrounded by cyclone fencing.
The City-provided port-o-potties and sink await retrieval in the adjoining alley.
![](https://files.americanexperiment.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220721_104540-1024x768.jpg)
Unfortunately, it took the destruction by fire of three nearby homes to prompt the City into action. The middle house was reduced to a small pile of rubble.
![](https://files.americanexperiment.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220721_105102-768x1024.jpg)
The house on the left:
![](https://files.americanexperiment.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220721_105043-768x1024.jpg)
The house on the right suffered significant damage.
![](https://files.americanexperiment.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220721_105123-768x1024.jpg)
All three homes are now abandoned. Only the Blue Lives Matter flag remains intact.
![](https://files.americanexperiment.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220721_105135-768x1024.jpg)
The view from the back alley:
![](https://files.americanexperiment.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/14-avenue-alley-1024x850.jpg)