Foshay Tower
The Foshay Tower, now the W Minneapolis – The Foshay hotel, is a skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Modeled after the Washington Monument, the building was completed in 1929, months before the stock market crash in October of that year.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Opening hours: Monday—Friday 7:00 AM—8:00 PM
- Type: Building
- Description: skyscraper in Minneapolis, United States of America
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Target Center and Minneapolis Club.
Target Center
Stadium
Photo: Mulad, Public domain.
Target Center is a multi-purpose arena located in Minneapolis that opened in 1990. It hosts major family shows, concerts, sporting events, graduations and private events. Target Center is situated 2,200 feet northwest of Foshay Tower.
Minneapolis Club
Community center
Photo: Gobonobo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Minneapolis Club is a private club with its clubhouse at 729 Second Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota. Minneapolis Club is situated 580 feet east of Foshay Tower.
Orchestra Hall
Arts center
Photo: Beast 0110, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Orchestra Hall is a concert hall that is located on 11th Street at Peavey Plaza in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. The home of the Minnesota Orchestra, it is a major landmark of the southern portion of Nicollet Mall and hosts many events throughout the year. Orchestra Hall is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Foshay Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Minneapolis and Loring Park.
Downtown Minneapolis
Photo: Joel Penner, CC BY 2.0.
Downtown is the central business district of Minneapolis. It is sprinkled with architecturally interesting skyscrapers, most of which are interconnected, mainly on the second level above the street level, by a growing web of skyways, now approaching eight miles in total length.
Loring Park
Neighborhood
Loring Park is a neighborhood in the Central Community of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Located on the southwest corner of downtown Minneapolis, it also lends its name to Loring Park, the largest park in the neighborhood.
Stevens Square, Minneapolis
Neighborhood
Photo: Michael Hicks, CC BY 2.0.
Stevens Square is the southernmost neighborhood of the Central community in Minneapolis. It is bordered on Lyndale Avenue on the west, Franklin Avenue on the south, and Interstates 94 and 35W on the north and east, respectively.
Foshay Tower
- Category: skyscraper
- Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Twin Cities, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.97449° or 44° 58′ 28″ northLongitude
-93.27178° or 93° 16′ 18″ westInception
October 1929Open location code
86P8XPFH+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 28525360OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q3748980
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Foshay Tower” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Foshay Tower”
- Egyptian Arabic: “برج فوشاى”
- French: “Foshay Tower”
- French: “W Minneapolis - The Foshay”
- Italian: “Foshay Tower”
- Italian: “Torre Foshay”
- Japanese: “フォシェイ・タワー”
- Persian: “برج فوشای”
- Spanish: “Foshay Tower”
- Spanish: “The Foshay”
- Spanish: “W Minneapolis”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Foshay Museum and Observation Deck and 901 Marquette.
Nearby Places
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Foshay Tower”. Photo: Bobak, CC BY 3.0.