West Maka Ska, Minneapolis

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West Maka Ska
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West Maka Ska (middle/bottom) with Bde Maka Ska on right and Minneapolis in the background
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Location of West Maka Ska within the U.S. city of Minneapolis
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Hennepin
City Minneapolis
Community Calhoun-Isles
City Council Ward7
Government
  Council Member Katie Cashman
Area
[1]
  Total0.674 sq mi (1.75 km2)
Population
 (2020) [2]
  Total2,645
  Density3,900/sq mi (1,500/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
55416
Area code 612
Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1980 1,595
1990 1,87417.5%
2000 1,865−0.5%
2010 1,740−6.7%
2020 2,64552.0%

West Maka Ska, formerly known as West Calhoun, is a neighborhood in the U.S. city of Minneapolis. The neighborhood was generally rural with a couple grain silos along the railroad track heading into Downtown Minneapolis until about the 1910s. Although the railroad still runs through the neighborhood, the neighborhood is now mainly homes, apartment buildings, and strip malls. [3]

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West Maka Ska is the southwestern-most neighborhood of the Calhoun Isles community in the western part of the city. It is in Ward 7, represented by council member Katie Cashman. [4]

The neighborhood is bordered on the east by East Bde Maka Ska, the north by Cedar-Isles-Dean, the south by Linden Hills and the west by the city of St. Louis Park. Its boundaries are Lake Street to the north, Bde Maka Ska to the east, 36th Street to the south, and France Avenue to the west.

History

In 2020, the neighborhood voted to change their name to West Maka Ska from West Calhoun after the name change of Bde Maka Ska from Lake Calhoun. [5] [6] 44°56′41″N93°19′35″W / 44.9446°N 93.3265°W / 44.9446; -93.3265 [7]

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The Bde Maka Ska Public Art Project is part of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board's Bde Maka Ska–Harriet Master Plan. In parallel with the restoring the name of Lake Calhoun to its Dakota name, Bde Maka Ska, a public art project was initiated to commemorate Ḣeyata Oṭuŋwe, a 19th-century Dakota agricultural community on the southeast bank of Bde Maka Ska, and its founder, Dakota leader Maḣpiya Wic̣aṡṭa.

References

  1. "West Calhoun neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota (MN), 55408, 55416 detailed profile". City-Data. 2011. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
  2. "West Maka ska neighborhood profile". Minnesota Compass. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  3. "West Maka Ska Neighborhood Council". West Calhoun Neighborhood Council. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  4. "Find My Ward". City of Minneapolis. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
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  6. Minneapolis, City of (April 14, 2021). "About Ward 13". City of Minneapolis. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
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