IDS Tower
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Identification
Name
IDS Tower
Emporis Building Number
122742
Location
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| 64-80 8th Street South |
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| 701-747 Nicollet Mall |
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Technical Data
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Height (architectural)
241.38 m
Height (roof)
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Floors (above ground)
55
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Structure in General
Construction type
skyscraper
Current status
existing [completed]Structural material
composite structure
Facade material
glass
Facade system
curtain wall
Architectural style
modernism
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Usages
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commercial officeSide usages
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One of the city's famous buildings
Facts
The IDS Tower supports two telecommunications antennae rising to 910 feet, the highest point in Minneapolis. |
IDS Tower surpassed the Foshay Tower, the city's tallest since 1929. |
The 50th floor is home to the Windows on Minnesota, a banquet facility operated in conjunction with The Marquette Hotel. |
This building formerly housed a public observation deck, but it has been closed since the late 1990s. The only remaining observation deck in the Twin Cities is in the Foshay Tower. |
The zig-zag shape of the tower's floorplan allows for 32 corner offices on every floor. |
Films with scenes shot in the tower or neighboring Crystal Court include "Purple Rain", "Foolin' Around", and "Joe Somebody". |
The design evolved out of a circa-1962 12-story headquarters building concept for Investors Diversified Services. |
The building was featured prominently in the opening sequence for the much-loved 1970s sitcom, the Mary Tyler Moore Show. |
| Midwest Plaza, located directly across 8th Street, was the home of the fictional WJM-TV of the Mary Tyler Moore Show. |
The architects were recognized with an Honor Award for Design from the American Institute of Architects in 1975. |
Companies involved in this building