Bandana Square

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Northern Pacific Railway Company Como Shops Historic District
(U.S. Registered Historic District)
Bandana Square: steam locomotive and water tower enhancing the railroad theme
Location:	Energy Park Dr. and Bandanna Blvd. Saint Paul, Minnesota
Coordinates:	44°58′18″N 93°9′11″W / 44.97167, -93.15306Coordinates: 44°58′18″N 93°9′11″W / 44.97167, -93.15306
Built/Founded:	1885
Added to NRHP:	March 31, 1983
NRHP Reference#:	83000937 [1]
Governing body:	Private

Bandana Square is an office center and a former enclosed shopping center in the Energy Park industrial park in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

It includes a Best Western hotel and conference center, the Twin City Model Railroad Club museum, as well as a few restaurants.

The complex opened in 1984 after several early twentieth century railroad buildings (the Northern Pacific Railway's Como Locomotive Shops) were converted as an envisioned festival marketplace. The venture was unsuccessful and the facility was transformed into office space.

The Minnesota Children's Museum moved from Bandana Square to downtown Saint Paul in 1995, taking with it many visitors. The site is in the National Register of Historic Places.

[edit] See also

• Galtier Plaza, a similar development in Saint Paul
• Saint Anthony Main, a similar development in Minneapolis

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Twin Cities Model Railroad Museum

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