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Old Federal Reserve Bank (#121)
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picture date: 2000-03-18
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links
- Lileks.com page on this Federal Reserve building
- 1975 Picture of the West Side of the Federal Reserve Bank
- 1973 National Archives and Records Administration Aerial Photo of Downtown Looking South Down Nicollet and Hennepin
comments
BW SO CAL -- 2000-03-11
This is the middle Fed Reserve.....the older one is also still standing.
Chris Gregerson Minneapolis, MN -- 2000-03-12
I suspected as much, but don't know which building came before the one pictured above. Was it the Federal Office Building near Washington and 3rd Ave, or someplace else?
R Haselius Minneapolis -- 2000-09-22
Many people didn't like this building, but it stands out as the first catenary-suspended building in the world. It was designed by Gunnar Birkerts and opened c.1972. The reason it was designed this way was to minimize the number of columns that penetrated the complex of vaults below ground.
Jim Whackmeharter Thilson -- 2001-03-22
Interesting site. Nice building. Glad they didn't use a parabolic curve to support the structure - that might lead to catastrophy!
Jim Mpls -- 2001-04-19
The original Federal Reserve building was designed by Cass Gilbert but has been modified extensively and now houses National City Bank. It stands at 75 South 5th Street...I'm pretty sure James Lileks has some information on this at his site.
alan MN -- 2004-01-13
congrats to everyone's historical info on the building. i was very upset when they decided to build a NON-suspended addition to the building, which i believe is now open. i'm not sure where to get current photos, but i've walked by it. and it really ruins the original structural and architectural aesthetic intent of the building. well, at least the window design is still visible from marquette.....
a MN -- 2004-02-24
has anyone seen the result of the redesign of this building? it has all but completely destroyed the original architechtural intent, both technically and aesthetically, that made the building famous in the first place.
i have to admit that i am glad it is finally going to be occupied after being unoccupied for most of its' life, but it's sad that both the structural and aesthetic components of the building have now been covered up. at least from the outside. i'm sure there's a plaque somewhere inside that states the origins of the building, but it's now been completely lost to the general public. let's hope that this history is not as lost as i think it is.