The Foshay Tower rises above the downtown Minneapolis skyline, distinguished by its tapering Art Deco silhouette that narrows as it ascends. Completed in nineteen twenty-nine, the thirty-two-story structure was modeled after the Washington Monument, reflecting the personal ambition of its creator, Wilbur Foshay. He was a utilities magnate who insisted that his own name be spelled out in ten-foot-tall, backlit letters on all four sides of the limestone-clad pyramid near the top.
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