Excellent and enjoyable city views. The reflections in the second and third images make them quite special.
Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 9:16 PM Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > Wilbur Foshay was a 1920s businessman who made his fortune buying and > selling utility companies. He celebrated himself with the construction of > this tower in 1929. It is the size and shape of the Washington Monument. > Near the top Foshay had his name is chiseled into each side in 10-foot > letters. He left Minneapolis for Salida, Colorado when the stock market > crashed in 1929. > > Alas his gains were ill-gotten, as he had operated a pyramid scheme with > his companies. He was tried in 1932, convicted, and sentenced to 15 years > in Leavenworth. He only served three years, though, because Franklin > Roosevelt commuted 10 years of his sentence, and he had two more years > deducted for good behavior. He then settled in Colorado, where he continued > a career as a shameless promoter until his death in 1957. > > His tower was the tallest building in Minneapolis until it was surpassed > 1974. It now houses a posh hotel. $10 gets one a ticket to an observation > deck, which disappoints my having only small square portholes for viewing. > > Here are views in each direction from the tower. I liked the reflections > off the irregular glass tower across the street in the third photo. The > last photo looks east—it’s pretty flat out there. > > > https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/Oct2022/2022-10/Minneapolis-10-22/Foshay-Tower-View/ > < > https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/Oct2022/2022-10/Minneapolis-10-22/Foshay-Tower-View/ > > > > Comments always appreciated! > > Rick > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
