Old Cedar Grove - Eagan, MN

Once the downtown of Eagan, this part of town has completely disintegrated due to the highway 13 and Cedar Ave bypass and the Mall of America sucking up all the commercial capital. It's in the process of demolition so I filmed what was left for historical purposes.

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Travel & Events

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• eagan
• minnesota
• south
• park
• elvis
• presley
• cedar
• grove
• cedarvale
• ghetto
• urban
• decay

[moegotgrillzd00d]

this is supposed to be ghetto.?

[eluko79]

Just compared to the rest of Eagan. Which is quite wealthy east of 35E.

[malo0149]

Is Jensen's still around? Seems like everything I remember in this particular area is gone. I don't have a soft spot in my heart for Eagan in general (two words: plastic fairyland) but it's sad to see this area so run down and deserted. The Cedarvale area was declining when I was growing up, but not nearly this bad.

[eluko79]

Jensens is still around and so is cedarvale lanes.

[joejonasluverM17]

r u sure this is eagan???? i'm sure i've been evrywere in eagan, but i have never seen this

[eluko79]

You haven't been everywhere in Eagan then.

[godlike25]

this video is amazing. I grew up in Eagan and I can remember when Grand Slam was the hot spot. I knew the silver bell area was bad but I didn't know it was this bad. I will miss this place.

[jjketch]

eagan tap needs to open back up. sinclairs neesd to be sinclairs.....Cedervale Mall is officially gone....Is any of that going to be left? will cedervale lanes be there in 5 years? Probably end up putting in another senior housing complex......

[MrPatrick46196]

I sure miss Grand Slam and the Barber in that place.

[MicheleMyBelle3]

Really interesting to go back and read the comments from 3 years ago. Ghetto in the sense that gangs roam and shoot at people, well no. Nobody is there to be shot at. Building wonderful places for tourist dollars, well that must have been a pipe dream. It still stands vacant as I type, what were they thinking?

[clcooper452]

wow......what a great and sad commentary on our young lives and how drastically things change. thanks so much for saving this. I grew up straight up the hill in north river hills and remember when cedarvale wasn't even there......

[MicheleMyBelle3]

Thank you for thinking to record this and for posting this video. Lots of memories and it's now 2011 and none of this is left standing. Just a big empty space. I posted your video link for a FB group called "You know you're from Burnsville/Eagan if...". This video has had an impact on many of us filled with both memories and sadness. I am sure you will know many of us if you happen upon this message and want to join.

[extremechaosity]

I have a chunk of Cedarvale Mall that my sister got for me after the demolition!

[ldog454]

they twore that down dumb ass

[moegotgrillzd00d]

oh alright

[scrfce454]

I've actully never felt threatened on the north side probobly because I've been to Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland and Washington D.C (I actully wasn't surprised when I heard the amount of Crime there)