After riots, St. Paul s Midway works to turn blight to bright A 4-mile stretch of University Avenue in St. Paul has a slate of housing and retail projects aimed at recovery. January 16, 2021 8:00am Text size Copy shortlink:
Four nights after George Floyd died in the custody of Minneapolis police, four men were caught on camera breaking into the Enterprise Rent-A-Car building in St. Paul s Midway neighborhood. They set it on fire. It was a total loss, said building owner Paul Gonyea, founder of Gonyea Commercial Properties. The roof collapsed. The inside walls collapsed. What remained had to be turned down.