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unusual facts about Downtown Minneapolis



K25IA-D

It broadcasts locally on digital channel 25 at 15 kilowatts from an antenna located atop the IDS Center at 80 South 8th Street in downtown Minneapolis.

Minneapolis Streetcar System

This line would run mostly along Hennepin Avenue from the Uptown Transit Center through Downtown Minneapolis (connecting with the Blue and Green lines at Warehouse District / Hennepin Avenue Station) to the University of Minnesota's East Bank, at which point it would become the University/4th Street Line.


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Elevator operator

The Young–Quinlan Building in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota and City Hall in Buffalo, New York are two of the few in the United States to employ elevator operators.

International Diabetes Center at Park Nicollet

Originally called the Diabetes Education and Detection Center, it was located in Asbury Methodist Hospital in downtown Minneapolis.

KFAI

In 1984, the primary transmitter was moved from the roof of the Seward Co-op to the top of the Foshay Tower in downtown Minneapolis and upgraded to 125 watts.

KZJK

An auxiliary transmission facility is located atop the IDS Center in downtown Minneapolis.

Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day fire

The Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day fire destroyed two buildings, covering an entire block of Downtown Minneapolis on November 25–26, 1982: the 16-story headquarters of Northwestern National Bank (now Wells Fargo) and the vacant, partially demolished location formerly occupied by Donaldson's department store, which had recently moved across the street to the new City Center mall.

Nicollet Mall

The Blue Line light rail, opened in 2004, has a Nicollet Mall station, and connects downtown Minneapolis to the airport and the Mall of America in Bloomington.

Northwestern Health Sciences University

Founded on June 2, 1941, with just three students, Northwestern College of Chiropractic was first housed on the sixth floor of the W. T. Grant Department Store on Nicollet Avenue in downtown Minneapolis.

Rifle Sport Gallery

Rifle Sport Gallery was open from 1985 to 1988 in the Block E segment of Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis, USA.

Target Plaza South

Target Plaza South is a 33-story skyscraper in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, which serves as part of the corporate headquarters for Target Corporation.

Twin Cities Rail Transport

Rail transport in the Twin Cities currently consists of Amtrak service between Chicago and Seattle, the METRO Blue Line light rail service running between downtown Minneapolis and the Mall of America, passing by the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, and the Northstar Commuter Rail line between downtown Minneapolis and a number of northwest suburbs.