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Riverside Plaza

Identification

Riverside Plaza
Cedar-Riverside Plaza, Cedar Square West
100607

Facts

  • A large urban renewal project east of downtown Minneapolis near the University of Minnesota's West Bank Campus, Cedar-Riverside Plaza was originally conceived as a mixed-income community of fourteen high-rise towers, nine of which were never built.
  • Riverside Plaza occupies the entire superblock bounded by Cedar Avenue and 15th Avenue South, from 4th to 6th Streets.
  • The architects were recognized with an Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects in 1975.
  • In 2004 this complex was given the 25-year Award by the Minnesota chapter of the AIA.

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Also recorded for this building:

Master plan architect, Property management, General contractor, Landscape architect, Traffic research, Structural engineering, Mechanical systems installation, MEP engineering, Electrical contractor

# Building Images Height Floors Building type Year Status
1 View to the west from the 21st Avenue Ramp McKnight Tower Apartments 15 103 m 39 skyscraper 1973
2 Distant view to the east from 13th Avenue South, in front of the McKnight Tower Chase House Apartments 9 69 m 25 high-rise building 1973
3 View to the northwest from Cedar Avenue Tower D 7 56 m 21 high-rise building 1973
4 View to the west from the 19th Avenue Ramp Tower E 9 53 m 20 high-rise building 1973
5 View to the southwest from the19th Avenue Ramp, over early 20th century rooftops along Cedar Avenue Tower F 7 35 m 13 high-rise building 1973
6 View to the north from 6th Street Tower B 2 10 low-rise building 1973