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{{Short description|Pedestrian skyway system in Downtown Minneapolis, MN}}
{{Short description|Pedestrian skyway system in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States}}
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{{Infobox urban feature
| name = Minneapolis Skyway System
| location = Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
| coordinates =
| length = 9.5 miles (15.3 km)
| builder = Leslie Park
| owner = Individual buildings
| website =
}}
[[File:Skyway1.jpg|thumb|Minneapolis skyway]]
[[File:Skyway1.jpg|thumb|Minneapolis skyway]]
[[File:World's Longest Skyway Gives Minneapolis Residents a Break From Harsh Winter.webm|thumb|right|[[Voice of America]] report on the Minneapolis Skyway System]]
[[File:World's Longest Skyway Gives Minneapolis Residents a Break From Harsh Winter.webm|thumb|right|[[Voice of America]] report on the Minneapolis Skyway System]]
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The '''Minneapolis Skyway System''' is an interlinked collection of [[skyway|enclosed pedestrian footbridges]] that connect various buildings in 80 full city blocks over {{convert|9.5|mi|km}}<ref name="MeetMinneapolis">{{cite web |title=Your Guide to Navigating the Minneapolis Skyway System |url=https://www.minneapolis.org/map-transportation/minneapolis-skyway-guide/ |website=Meet Minneapolis |access-date=January 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522074224/https://minneapolis-2021.s3.amazonaws.com/images/hotels-minneapolis-skyway-map-3-23-22.pdf?v=1648051918 |archive-date=May 22, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Marshall |first1=Lillie |title=Why See the Minneapolis Skyway and Skyline? – Around the World "L" |url=https://www.aroundtheworldl.com/skyway-minneapolis-skyline/ |website=www.aroundtheworldl.com |access-date=January 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511185632/https://www.aroundtheworldl.com/skyway-minneapolis-skyline/ |archive-date=May 11, 2019 |date=April 15, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> of [[Downtown Minneapolis]], enabling people to walk in climate-controlled comfort year-round.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Meet Minneapolis |title=Your Guide to the Minneapolis Skyway System |url=https://www.minneapolis.org/map-transportation/minneapolis-skyway-guide/ |accessdate=September 23, 2020}}</ref> The skyways are owned by individual buildings in Minneapolis, and as such they do not have uniform opening and closing times.<ref name="MeetMinneapolis" /> The 9.5 miles of skyway are comparable to the [[Houston tunnel system]], the systems in [[Canada|Canadian]] cities such as Toronto's [[PATH (Toronto)|PATH]], Montreal's [[Underground City, Montreal|Underground City]],<ref>Ralph Blumenthal, [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/us/21tunnel.html It’s Lonesome in This Old Town, Until You Go Underground] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801074506/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/us/21tunnel.html |date=2017-08-01 }}, ''The New York Times'', August 21, 2007,</ref> [[Calgary]]'s 11-mile [[+15]] system and the 8-mile [[Edmonton Pedway]] system.
The '''Minneapolis Skyway System''' is an interlinked collection of [[skyway|enclosed pedestrian footbridges]] that connect various buildings in 80 full city blocks over {{convert|9.5|mi|km}}<ref name="MeetMinneapolis">{{cite web |title=Your Guide to Navigating the Minneapolis Skyway System |url=https://www.minneapolis.org/map-transportation/minneapolis-skyway-guide/ |website=Meet Minneapolis |access-date=January 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522074224/https://minneapolis-2021.s3.amazonaws.com/images/hotels-minneapolis-skyway-map-3-23-22.pdf?v=1648051918 |archive-date=May 22, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Marshall |first1=Lillie |title=Why See the Minneapolis Skyway and Skyline? – Around the World "L" |url=https://www.aroundtheworldl.com/skyway-minneapolis-skyline/ |website=www.aroundtheworldl.com |access-date=January 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511185632/https://www.aroundtheworldl.com/skyway-minneapolis-skyline/ |archive-date=May 11, 2019 |date=April 15, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> of [[Downtown Minneapolis]], enabling people to walk in climate-controlled comfort year-round.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Meet Minneapolis |title=Your Guide to the Minneapolis Skyway System |url=https://www.minneapolis.org/map-transportation/minneapolis-skyway-guide/ |accessdate=September 23, 2020}}</ref> The skyways are owned by individual buildings in Minneapolis, and as such they do not have uniform opening and closing times.<ref name="MeetMinneapolis" /> The 9.5 miles of skyway are comparable to the [[Houston tunnel system]], the systems in [[Canada|Canadian]] cities such as Toronto's [[PATH (Toronto)|PATH]], Montreal's [[Underground City, Montreal|Underground City]],<ref>Ralph Blumenthal, [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/us/21tunnel.html It’s Lonesome in This Old Town, Until You Go Underground] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801074506/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/us/21tunnel.html |date=2017-08-01 }}, ''The New York Times'', August 21, 2007,</ref> [[Calgary]]'s 11-mile [[+15]] system and the 8-mile [[Edmonton Pedway]] system.


The Minneapolis skyways connect the second or third floors of various office towers, hotels, banks, corporate and government offices, restaurants, and retail stores to the [[Nicollet Mall]] shopping district, the [[Mayo Clinic Square]], and the sports facilities at [[Target Center]], [[Target Field]] and [[U.S. Bank Stadium]]. Several condominium and apartment complexes are skyway-connected as well, allowing residents to live, work, and shop downtown without having to leave the skyway system.
The Minneapolis skyways connect the second or third floors of various office towers, hotels, banks, corporate and government offices, restaurants, and retail stores to the [[Nicollet Mall]] shopping district, the [[Mayo Clinic Square]], and the sports facilities at [[Target Center]], [[Target Field]] and [[U.S. Bank Stadium]]. Several condominium and apartment complexes are skyway-connected as well, allowing residents to live, work, and shop downtown without having to leave the skyway system.<ref name="HSP">{{Cite web |url=https://homesmsp.com/2018/01/minneapolis-condos-connected-skyway.html |title=Minneapolis condos connected to the Skyway |date= |access-date= |author=Sharlene Hensrud |website=homesmsp.com |lang=en }}</ref>


==History and development==
==History and development==
The city's first skyways were planned by real estate developer Leslie Park in the early 1960s and built by Crown Iron Works Company of Minneapolis. Sensing pressure from indoor shopping malls such as [[Southdale Center]], Park wanted to create a similar environment in Downtown Minneapolis that would offer a climate-controlled space and a way for pedestrians to move from building to building. He built two skyways connecting the newly constructed Northstar Center building to the Northwestern Bank Building and the Roanoke Building. The skyway to the Northwestern Bank Building was built in 1962 and the skyway to the Roanoke Building followed the next year. The second skyway still remains in use today and is the system's oldest segment.<ref name="nathanson">{{cite web|last1=Nathanson|first1=Iric|title=Minneapolis' oldest skyway still in use turns 50|url=https://www.minnpost.com/minnesota-history/2013/07/minneapolis-oldest-skyway-still-use-turns-50|website=MinnPost|access-date=2016-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201040821/https://www.minnpost.com/minnesota-history/2013/07/minneapolis-oldest-skyway-still-use-turns-50|archive-date=2016-02-01|url-status=live}}</ref>
The city's first skyways were planned by real estate developer Leslie Park and his architect Edward Baker (Baker Associates) in the early 1960s and built by Crown Iron Works Company of Minneapolis. Sensing pressure from indoor shopping malls such as [[Southdale Center]], Park wanted to create a similar environment in Downtown Minneapolis that would offer a climate-controlled space and a way for pedestrians to move from building to building. He built two skyways connecting the newly constructed [[Northstar Center]] building to the Northwestern Bank Building and the Roanoke Building. The skyway to the Northwestern Bank Building was built in 1962 and the skyway to the Roanoke Building followed the next year. The second skyway still remains in use today and is the system's oldest segment.<ref name="nathanson">{{cite web|last1=Nathanson|first1=Iric|title=Minneapolis' oldest skyway still in use turns 50|url=https://www.minnpost.com/minnesota-history/2013/07/minneapolis-oldest-skyway-still-use-turns-50|website=MinnPost|access-date=2016-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201040821/https://www.minnpost.com/minnesota-history/2013/07/minneapolis-oldest-skyway-still-use-turns-50|archive-date=2016-02-01|url-status=live}}</ref>


The system grew to seven total segments by 1972, though many of the skyways remained disconnected from one another. The construction of the [[IDS Center]] in 1972 helped to unify the system. The building featured skyways in all four directions as well as a spacious atrium area called the Crystal Court, allowing it to act as a central hub for the entire system. In 1976, the Downtown Council produced the first formal maps and signage for the system.<ref name="nathanson"/><ref name="aiareport">{{cite book |last1=Jacob |first1=Bernard |last2=Morphew |first2=Carol |title=Skyway Topology Minneapolis: A Study of the Minneapolis Skyways |date=1984 |publisher=AIA Press |location=Washington DC |page=25 }}</ref>
The system grew to seven total segments by 1972, though many of the skyways remained disconnected from one another. The construction of the [[IDS Center]] in 1972 helped to unify the system. The building featured skyways in all four directions as well as a spacious atrium area called the Crystal Court, allowing it to act as a central hub for the entire system. In 1976, the Downtown Council produced the first formal maps and signage for the system.<ref name="nathanson"/><ref name="aiareport">{{cite book |last1=Jacob |first1=Bernard |last2=Morphew |first2=Carol |title=Skyway Topology Minneapolis: A Study of the Minneapolis Skyways |date=1984 |publisher=AIA Press |location=Washington DC |page=25 }}</ref>

The 1987 album ''[[Pleased to Meet Me]]'' by The Replacements contained a song entitled ''Skyway.'' Inspired by Minneapolis, the song used the skyway as a metaphor for unrequited love.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nordheim |first=Dan |title=The making of Pleased to Meet Me by The Replacements - featuring Bob Mehr and Luther Dickinson |url=https://lifeoftherecord.com/the-replacements-notes |access-date=22 May 2024 |website=Life of the Record}}</ref>


In 2016, the [[U.S. Bank Stadium]] became connected to the Minneapolis skyway via a mixed-use development of office buildings and apartment complexes in [[Downtown East, Minneapolis]].<ref name="strib">{{cite web |last=Moore |first=Janet |title=Wells Fargo to spend $300M to build 2 towers near Vikings stadium |work=Minneapolis StarTribune |url=http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/236591111.html |access-date=2014-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009133317/http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/236591111.html |archive-date=2014-10-09 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2016, the [[U.S. Bank Stadium]] became connected to the Minneapolis skyway via a mixed-use development of office buildings and apartment complexes in [[Downtown East, Minneapolis]].<ref name="strib">{{cite web |last=Moore |first=Janet |title=Wells Fargo to spend $300M to build 2 towers near Vikings stadium |work=Minneapolis StarTribune |url=http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/236591111.html |access-date=2014-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009133317/http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/236591111.html |archive-date=2014-10-09 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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* [[Butler Square]]
* [[Butler Square]]
* [[IDS Center]]
* [[IDS Center]]
* [[Northstar Center]]
* [[Foshay Tower]]
* [[Foshay Tower]]
* [[U.S. Bank Stadium]]
* [[U.S. Bank Stadium]]
* [[Target Center]]
* [[Target Center]]
* [[Target Field]]
* [[Target Field]]
* [[Hawthorne Transportation Center]]
* [[Mayo Clinic Square]]
* [[Mayo Clinic Square]]
* [[Minneapolis Central Library]]
* [[Minneapolis Convention Center]]
* [[Minneapolis Convention Center]]
* [[University of Saint Thomas (Minnesota)|University of St. Thomas]]
* [[University of Saint Thomas (Minnesota)|University of St. Thomas]]
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==Guides==
==Guides==
Various guides to navigation exist including paper and online maps as well as apps.
Various guides to navigation exist including paper and online maps<ref name="MeetMinneapolis" /> as well as an app.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Skyway Map Minneapolis - Apps on Google Play |url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adriapolis.skywaymappgoogle&hl=en_US |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=play.google.com |language=en-US}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 07:31, 9 June 2024

44°58′35″N 93°16′15″W / 44.97639°N 93.27083°W / 44.97639; -93.27083

Minneapolis Skyway System
BuilderLeslie Park
Length9.5 miles (15.3 km)
OwnerIndividual buildings
LocationDowntown Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Minneapolis skyway
Voice of America report on the Minneapolis Skyway System
Skyway interior, Minneapolis. Nicollet Mall between 9th and 10th streets
View through window, Minneapolis

The Minneapolis Skyway System is an interlinked collection of enclosed pedestrian footbridges that connect various buildings in 80 full city blocks over 9.5 miles (15.3 km)[1][2] of Downtown Minneapolis, enabling people to walk in climate-controlled comfort year-round.[3] The skyways are owned by individual buildings in Minneapolis, and as such they do not have uniform opening and closing times.[1] The 9.5 miles of skyway are comparable to the Houston tunnel system, the systems in Canadian cities such as Toronto's PATH, Montreal's Underground City,[4] Calgary's 11-mile +15 system and the 8-mile Edmonton Pedway system.

The Minneapolis skyways connect the second or third floors of various office towers, hotels, banks, corporate and government offices, restaurants, and retail stores to the Nicollet Mall shopping district, the Mayo Clinic Square, and the sports facilities at Target Center, Target Field and U.S. Bank Stadium. Several condominium and apartment complexes are skyway-connected as well, allowing residents to live, work, and shop downtown without having to leave the skyway system.[5]

History and development

The city's first skyways were planned by real estate developer Leslie Park and his architect Edward Baker (Baker Associates) in the early 1960s and built by Crown Iron Works Company of Minneapolis. Sensing pressure from indoor shopping malls such as Southdale Center, Park wanted to create a similar environment in Downtown Minneapolis that would offer a climate-controlled space and a way for pedestrians to move from building to building. He built two skyways connecting the newly constructed Northstar Center building to the Northwestern Bank Building and the Roanoke Building. The skyway to the Northwestern Bank Building was built in 1962 and the skyway to the Roanoke Building followed the next year. The second skyway still remains in use today and is the system's oldest segment.[6]

The system grew to seven total segments by 1972, though many of the skyways remained disconnected from one another. The construction of the IDS Center in 1972 helped to unify the system. The building featured skyways in all four directions as well as a spacious atrium area called the Crystal Court, allowing it to act as a central hub for the entire system. In 1976, the Downtown Council produced the first formal maps and signage for the system.[6][7]

The 1987 album Pleased to Meet Me by The Replacements contained a song entitled Skyway. Inspired by Minneapolis, the song used the skyway as a metaphor for unrequited love.[8]

In 2016, the U.S. Bank Stadium became connected to the Minneapolis skyway via a mixed-use development of office buildings and apartment complexes in Downtown East, Minneapolis.[9]

Notable buildings connected

Guides

Various guides to navigation exist including paper and online maps[1] as well as an app.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Your Guide to Navigating the Minneapolis Skyway System". Meet Minneapolis. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 22, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  2. ^ Marshall, Lillie (April 15, 2019). "Why See the Minneapolis Skyway and Skyline? – Around the World "L"". www.aroundtheworldl.com. Archived from the original on May 11, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  3. ^ "Your Guide to the Minneapolis Skyway System". Meet Minneapolis. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  4. ^ Ralph Blumenthal, It’s Lonesome in This Old Town, Until You Go Underground Archived 2017-08-01 at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, August 21, 2007,
  5. ^ Sharlene Hensrud. "Minneapolis condos connected to the Skyway". homesmsp.com.
  6. ^ a b Nathanson, Iric. "Minneapolis' oldest skyway still in use turns 50". MinnPost. Archived from the original on 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
  7. ^ Jacob, Bernard; Morphew, Carol (1984). Skyway Topology Minneapolis: A Study of the Minneapolis Skyways. Washington DC: AIA Press. p. 25.
  8. ^ Nordheim, Dan. "The making of Pleased to Meet Me by The Replacements - featuring Bob Mehr and Luther Dickinson". Life of the Record. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  9. ^ Moore, Janet. "Wells Fargo to spend $300M to build 2 towers near Vikings stadium". Minneapolis StarTribune. Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
  10. ^ "Skyway Map Minneapolis - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
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