Minneapolis 2002 - Downtown

Downtown

A plan of downtown Minneapolis

Minneapolis is famous for its skyways connecting the skyscrapers

Skyways

Skyways close to Nicollet Mall

Nicollet Mall – the main artery of Minneapolis' shopping district

Nicollet Mall

Skyscrapers – the Northwest Center to the right

Different facades

A skyscraper and its mirror image

Facades of different ages

Stars and stripes

A cinema in Hennepin Avenue

Skyscrapers seen from Hennepin Avenue

Skyscrapers in the evening sun

Skyscrapers in the evening sun

Downtown view from the other side (towards Mississippi)

Downtown view from the other side (towards Mississippi)

Evening sun

Downtown view from the other side (towards Mississippi)

The Foshay Tower from 1927 was the tallest building until 1973 – the AT&T Tower to the right

The AT&T Tower "swallowing" the Foshay Tower

The old courtyard house

Skyscrapers

Parts of downtown were a construction area

Parts of downtown were a construction area

View from conference center towards downtown (Nicollet Mall)

Tele photo of the skyscrapers

A park in Nicollet Mall close to our Caribou café

The Fifth-Street Towers