The westbound stop remained for Routes 16, a bus predecessor to the Green Line and replacement of the Interubran.

Soon after the Metropolitan Transit Commission assumed TCRT's operations in 1970, the corridor would remain critical for westbound service from Saint Paul.

Additional light rail service commenced June 14, 2014, with opening of the Green Line to Saint Paul.

In response to historic preservation concerns wanting to retain sightlines of Minneapolis City Hall from the adjacent street and plaza, particularly the Richardsonian Romanesque facade and arched entrance, the shelters at this station are spaced widely apart at each end of the long platforms.

For shelters, stone bases match that of City Hall's red granite and the canopies' exposed truss beam design was inspired by the nearby Milwaukee Road Depot train shed.

[9] The public art installation, Local Connections: Minneapolis Views and Visions of Democracy, by Keith Christensen, features two granite columns roughly demarcating the boundary between the southbound platform and the plaza.

Images are either of different work gloves, solicited from community residents and workers, or aerial photography, historic and contemporary, of Minneapolis neighborhoods.

Phrases accompanying the columns and images pertain to community and civic engagement, and are translated into five languages common to Minneapolis: English, Spanish, Somali, Hmong, and Ojibwe.