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Then & Now Photos

Postby PhilmerPhil » February 24th, 2013, 3:31 pm

1935: http://t.co/DQ58gGgmED
2013: http://t.co/KJFAqE4WhL
The only thing that's changed is the craftsmanship.

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Re: Then & Now Photos

Postby MNdible » February 24th, 2013, 4:44 pm

That's pretty amazing!

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Re: Then & Now Photos

Postby macgrove15 » March 5th, 2013, 3:48 pm

adfads

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Postby nasa35 » March 6th, 2013, 8:43 pm

ha!

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Re: Then & Now Photos

Postby Aville_37 » March 8th, 2013, 11:01 am

1935: http://t.co/DQ58gGgmED
2013: http://t.co/KJFAqE4WhL
The only thing that's changed is the craftsmanship.
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Re: Then & Now Photos

Postby lordmoke » August 16th, 2013, 1:23 pm

Didn't know where else to throw this- stumbled across it by chance the other day. Old photo of the building now housing Sneaky Pete's downtown. Assuming they didn't strip the exterior and just covered it up with metal plating, this is what's underneath:
http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/largeri ... n=10852094

EDIT: Side note: Fun Fact: That horrible, mostly vacant 2-story building on the corner of Hennepin and 5th was actually built in the 1880's.

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Re: Then & Now Photos

Postby Nick » February 2nd, 2015, 10:10 pm

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Re: Then & Now Photos

Postby seanrichardryan » February 2nd, 2015, 10:20 pm

Been meaning to revive this thread.

Yeah, they added a back on Marquette and filled the gap. The original fenestration looked much better with the pronounced vertical fins in the center. Also, the plaza was a dreary dead zone.
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Re: Then & Now Photos

Postby PhilmerPhil » February 2nd, 2015, 10:33 pm

I wasn't around back then, but that plaza was quite a legendary centralized skateboarder meetup from stories I've heard. Here's some quick footage of it from the late 90s if anyone's interested: http://youtu.be/DeYpA027aAU?t=7m42s

(Note: Scroll through that video fore more 90s downtown streetscapes!)

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Re: Then & Now Photos

Postby Silophant » February 2nd, 2015, 11:12 pm

Yeah, they wrecked it when they added the back. I mean, it was either that or tear it down, since the super long, narrow floorplates apparently made it nearly unleaseable once the Fed moved out, but still.
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Re: Then & Now Photos

Postby FISHMANPET » February 3rd, 2015, 1:08 am

Wasn't it built basically like a suspension bridge, and there were all kinds of structural problems with that? And filling in the gap changed the engineering of the building?

Fake edit: It is built like a suspension bridge, and it did have problems, but not structural. Not really clear why exactly they filled in the bottom.

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Re: Then & Now Photos

Postby Nick » February 3rd, 2015, 7:25 am

That's crazy.
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Re: Then & Now Photos

Postby mplsjaromir » February 3rd, 2015, 7:42 am

JNCOs were insane.

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Re: Then & Now Photos

Postby MNdible » February 3rd, 2015, 9:57 am

Image

Yes, built like a suspension bridge.

At the time they proposed the addition, I remember somebody in the architectural press had a pithy comment to the effect that it was like grafting a camel onto the back of a gazelle.

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Re: Then & Now Photos

Postby lordmoke » February 3rd, 2015, 11:39 am

This is the only building on Earth (not including bridges) to use this kind of support system. It's a shame they butchered it so badly. It looked like a strange, minimalist sculpture before the renovation.

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Re: Then & Now Photos

Postby Wedgeguy » December 5th, 2015, 8:38 am

One of the biggest issues what that there were problems with the window glass and leaking due to the original setback of the glass between the two different sections of glass. The underground portion of the building leased up well before the upper levels of the building. I'm glad they were able to save the building, even if it has a funky addition on the Marquette side of the building.


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