urbanMSP

Excavation began this week.

Footings should be done first week in October, it will go up fast in the next couple months.

My company received an RFP this past week for this project. I didn't see it but the project manager said it was 34 stories.

I found this pic at deviantart.com by Goth-Freak 1983. By far one of my favorite vantage points. I don't know if it is cool to do cut and paste on pics you find online even if you give the credits. Maybe the mods can clue me in. If so, how about all you talented cut&paste pros offer up where you...

BTW, I put that almost where the Nicollet would have been, not really outside the core.

I agree but with that mindset, the IDS would never have been built. One reason why the downtown core expanded towards the east was the Hennepin County Government Center. The plazas on the south side especially attracted alot of development. I worked with Turner Construction on the 701 Tower (Craig H...

I think anything new to the skyline of that scale would take some getting used to. I just think it would be a nice focal point coming up 35W before the final approach into downtown. Any substitutions to the above would be fun to compare.

My fantasy would be to dismantle the Bank of America tower in Charlotte and rebuild it somewhere near the convention center.

Original photo by Tomek MTS on google earth.