Minneapolis Skyway System
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The Minneapolis Skyway System is a pedestrian skywalk system that connects various buildings in Downtown Minneapolis enabling people to walk in a climate controlled environment. The extensive system is renowned as the largest continuous system in the world,[1] and is compared alongside the underground cities of Canadian cold weather cities Toronto and Montreal.[2]
The system forms a network of climate-controlled, pedestrian walkways that link sixty-nine full city blocks over seven miles (11 km).[3] However the skyways do close during off business hours. The skyways are owned by individual buildings in Minneapolis, and as such they do not have uniform opening and closing times.[4].
The skyway is a series of passageways which connect the second and third floors of various office towers to hotels, banks, corporate and government offices, restaurants, and retail stores in addition to the Nicollet Mall shopping district, the Block E Entertainment District, the IDS Tower and Foshay Tower, the Target Center, and Minneapolis Convention Center.
[edit] References
- ^ Millett, Larry (2007). AIA Guide to the Twin Cities: The Essential Source on the Architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Minnesota Historical Society Press, pp. 32-33. ISBN 0-87351-540-4.
- ^ Ralph Blumenthal, It’s Lonesome in This Old Town, Until You Go Underground, The New York Times, August 21, 2007.
- ^ Skyways. Meet Minneapolis. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.
- ^ Gill, N.S.. Skyways: Downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul Skyways. About.com. About, Inc., The New York Times Company. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
