• The Foshay Tower, now the W Minneapolis – The Foshay hotel, is a skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Modeled after the Washington Monument...
  • The Art Deco tower, finished in 1929 just in time for the Great Depression, was commissioned/built by Wilbur Foshay, a businessman/entrepreneur...
  • In the 1970s and 1980s, much taller skyscrapers were built, but the attractive Foshay Tower remained a crowning glory of Minnesota architecture.
  • If you’ve lived in Minneapolis long enough you know of the Foshay Tower. ... 1959 ca Minneapolis MN Crooked Foshay Tower RPPC back screenshot.
  • The Foshay Tower is an Art-deco skyscraper designed by Magney & Tusler Architects, and built between 1927 and 1929, for a reported $3.75 million dollars...
  • At 447 feet housing 32 stories, the Foshay Tower was the tallest building in the Midwest for 48 years.
  • Though the Foshay Tower was built 2 years earlier, that Big Apple cousin may have been the inspiration for a recently added observation deck here.
  • Foshay Tower isn't just somewhere to rest your head — it's a tourist attraction in its own right.
  • The 32-story Foshay Tower, completed in 1929, is 447 feet tall and is the highest building in the Upper Midwest.
  • The tower, completed in 1929 and inspired on the Washington Monument, was converted from an office building into a W Hotel in 2008.