Early Skyscraper
The Foshay Tower marked a significant landmark locally in the push skyward, as the tower was the first in the city to surpass the height of Minneapolis City Hall, completed in 1906. It remained the tallest building in Minneapolis until the IDS Center surpassed it in 1972.
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Famous quotes containing the words early and/or skyscraper:
“It is so very late that we
May call it early by and by. Good night.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man.”
—Roland Barthes (1915–1980)