West Maka Ska, formerly known as West Calhoun, is a neighborhood in the U.S. city of

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. The neighborhood was generally rural with a couple grain silos along the railroad track heading into

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until about the 1910s. Although the railroad still runs through the neighborhood, the neighborhood is now mainly homes, apartment buildings, and

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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

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. The neighborhood is bordered on the east by East Bde Maka Ska, the north by

Cedar-Isles-Dean Cedar-Isles-Dean is a neighborhood in the Calhoun-Isles community in Minneapolis. Its boundaries are the Kenilworth Lagoon and Lake of the Isles to the north and east, West Lake Street to the south, and France Avenue South to the west. It is ...

, 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 Bde Maka Ska ( , previously named Lake Calhoun) is the largest lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, and part of the city's Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway#Paths_around_lakes, Chain of Lakes. Surrounded by city park land and circled b ...

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

from Lake Calhoun.

References

External links

Minneapolis Ward 13 NeighborhoodsWest Maka Ska Neighborhood Council
Neighborhoods in Minneapolis {{HennepinCountyMN-geo-stub