Impressive images, Rick. Mind you, I'm not particularly partial to all
that glass. Foshay must have made an exceedingly huge fortune to be able
to finance an edifice like that. The mind boggles.
Alan C
On 22-Nov-22 04:16 AM, Rick Womer wrote:
Wilbur Foshay was a 1920s businessman who made his fortune buying and selling
utility companies. He celebrated himself with the construction of this tower in
1929. It is the size and shape of the Washington Monument. Near the top Foshay
had his name is chiseled into each side in 10-foot letters. He left Minneapolis
for Salida, Colorado when the stock market crashed in 1929.
Alas his gains were ill-gotten, as he had operated a pyramid scheme with his
companies. He was tried in 1932, convicted, and sentenced to 15 years in
Leavenworth. He only served three years, though, because Franklin Roosevelt
commuted 10 years of his sentence, and he had two more years deducted for good
behavior. He then settled in Colorado, where he continued a career as a
shameless promoter until his death in 1957.
His tower was the tallest building in Minneapolis until it was surpassed 1974.
It now houses a posh hotel. $10 gets one a ticket to an observation deck, which
disappoints my having only small square portholes for viewing.
Here are views in each direction from the tower. I liked the reflections off
the irregular glass tower across the street in the third photo. The last photo
looks east—it’s pretty flat out there.
https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/Oct2022/2022-10/Minneapolis-10-22/Foshay-Tower-View/
<https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/Oct2022/2022-10/Minneapolis-10-22/Foshay-Tower-View/>
Comments always appreciated!
Rick
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