IDS Center

IDS Tower reflecting the nearby Wells Fargo Center
Begun:	1968
Opened:	1972 [1]
Height:	792 (241 meters)
Floors:	57 (52 occupied)
ZIP Code:	55402
World Rank:	117th (as of July 2005)
City Rank:	1st (as of early 2005)
Location:	80 8th St. South
Architect:	Philip Johnson Johnson/Burgee Architects
Developers:	Investors Diversified Services (now known as Ameriprise Financial, Inc.)

Lower structures

Opened in 1974, the IDS Center (or IDS Tower; in its first years its name was officially spelled IDS Centre; at the time the europeanism was supposed to reflect the tower's role in catapulting Minneapolis into its present status as a world-class city) is the tallest building in Minneapolis and the state of Minnesota at 792 feet (241.4 m). It stood 775 feet 6 inches (236.4 m) tall when built, though a 16-foot (4.9 m) garage for window washing equipment was added at a later date. In 1992, the 776-foot (236.5 m) tall First Bank Place, now known as 225 South Sixth, was completed nearby. However, it was advertised at the time as 774 feet (235.9 m) tall, one foot (0.3 m) shorter than the IDS "out of respect". A dispute eventually erupted in 2004–2005 and the rooftop garage is now included in the building's height, restoring it to first-place status in the city. Overall, the structure rises to 910 feet (277.4 m) when including communications spires on the roof, indisputably the highest points in the city. The IDS was constructed as the headquarters of Investors Diversified Services, Inc.—now Ameriprise Financial. It also housed the headquarters for the Target stores division of Dayton Hudson Corporation (now Target Corporation) from 1972 until it moved to its own new headquarters building in 2002. Image:IDS reflecting Wells Fargo. ... Image:IDS reflecting Wells Fargo. ... The Wells Fargo Center, formerly known as Norwest Center, is the third-tallest building in Minneapolis, Minnesota after 225 South Sixth and the IDS Center tower. ... 1933 Portrait of Philip Johnson by Carl Van Vechten Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an influential American architect. ... Ameriprise Financial, Inc. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 587 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 587 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A blonde haired, very skilled worker with a 70s look. ... This article is about the city in Minnesota. ... Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Area  Ranked 12th  - Total 87,014 sq mi (225,365 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 8. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre (American English:meter) is a measure of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... 225 South Sixth is a skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. It is currently the second tallest building in Minneapolis after the IDS Center. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ameriprise Financial, Inc. ... This article is about the United States retail company. ...

The IDS became the tallest skyscraper in Minneapolis when it surpassed the height of the 30-story Foshay Tower in 1972 while under construction, ending that building's 43-year reign over the city skyline. Assembly of the building was followed with great interest, and the topping-off ceremony was a major civic event in the city. Today, many high-rise buildings in Minneapolis echo design features of the IDS Center, particularly its sleek, modernistic glass facing. The Foshay Tower, looking east. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... High-rise is a 1975 novel by J. G. Ballard. ...

Design and environment

A lobby and shopping area at the bottom of the tower is known as the Crystal Court, and provides skyway connections between the tower and the rest of downtown Minneapolis. The building has an observation deck (closed in 1978 and now rented by the law firm of Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A.), but it has been closed to the public since the beginning of 1994. Thousands of people came for one last visit on December 31, 1993. A public restaurant named Windows on Minnesota operated for several more years on the 50th floor. Windows on Minnesota now exists as a banquet space and is owned and operated by the Marquette Hotel, which is part of the IDS complex. A lobby is a room in a building which is used for entry from the outside. ... Shopping is the examining of goods or services from retailers with intent to purchase. ... In an urban setting, a skyway, catwalk, or skywalk, is a type of pedway consisting of an enclosed (or covered) bridge between two buildings. ... In architecture, a deck is a constructed flat surface capable of supporting weight, similar to a floor but typically constructed outdoors and usually (though not always) connected to a building. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

Because of the IDS Center's peculiar and unique stepback design, termed "zogs" by its architect, Philip Johnson, each floor has a maximum of 32 corner offices. The area of Nicollet Mall just in front of the IDS Center is familiar to many television viewers: the character of Mary Richards on Mary Tyler Moore tossed her hat into the air on the site in the opening sequence used for several seasons. A statue of her was erected across the street from the building three decades later. She is also seen in the opening credits at the Basil's Restaurant in the Marquette Hotel, where diners can sit on the terrace at the table where the shot was filmed. 1933 Portrait of Philip Johnson by Carl Van Vechten Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an influential American architect. ... View of Nicollet Mall from the skyway Nicollet Mall is a portion of Nicollet Avenue in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Along with Hennepin Avenue, it forms the cultural and commercial heart of the city. ... Mary Tyler Moore is an American television sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. ...

Mechanical floors are present both 50 feet above street level and at the very top of the building, these can be easily told from the inhabited floors by their darker facing. A mechanical floor, mechanical penthouse, or mechanical level is a floor of a high-rise building that is dedicated to mechanical and electronics equipment. ...

The Wells Fargo Center (formerly the Norwest Tower) is very close to the IDS Center; from certain angles, the reflection of the WFC can be seen in the glass facing of the IDS Center. The same is also true of the Foshay Tower. The Wells Fargo Center, formerly known as Norwest Center, is the third-tallest building in Minneapolis, Minnesota after 225 South Sixth and the IDS Center tower. ...

The building has not been without structural problems. Since soon after its construction, the Crystal Court has had issues with water leaking through the roof after rain or snow due to effects of Minnesota's extreme freeze-thaw cycle.^[2]

The battle for tallest status

The Crystal Court

The Crystal Court

IDS Tower from the ground

The owners of 225 South Sixth (formerly First Bank Place) and the architects behind the design stated that it rose 774 feet (235.9 m) tall upon its completion in 1992. However, the height had been increased due to an engineering need, according to Tom O'Mara, the building's construction manager. There were some ventilation ducts near the roof that required about 14 more inches (35.6 cm) of height. O'Mara added an extra 10 inches (25.4 cm) to that, bringing the building to a total of 776 feet 0 inches (236.5 m). Image File history File linksMetadata IDSday. ... Image File history File linksMetadata IDSday. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 421 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1412 × 2008 pixel, file size: 751 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 421 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1412 × 2008 pixel, file size: 751 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... IDS Tower (photo by User:Hephaestos 3/24/2004 GFDL) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... IDS Tower (photo by User:Hephaestos 3/24/2004 GFDL) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 225 South Sixth is a skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. It is currently the second tallest building in Minneapolis after the IDS Center. ... An architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Return inlet (left)Supply outlet (right). ... A duct may refer to: An atmospheric duct. ...

In the years following completion, the actual height eventually became known as it was published in almanacs and other listings of building height. The owners of 225 South Sixth were hesitant to claim that their building was taller than IDS, and usually deferred the honor to the more well-known structure. As area journalists reported on the sale of the IDS Center to the John Buck Company in 2004 and the death of designer Philip Johnson in 2005, they came face-to-face with the fact that the roof of the tower was one foot lower than its neighbor. An almanac (also spelled almanack, especially in Commonwealth English) is an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields often arranged according to the calendar. ... 225 South Sixth is a skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. It is currently the second tallest building in Minneapolis after the IDS Center. ... 1933 Portrait of Philip Johnson by Carl Van Vechten Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an influential American architect. ...

Emporis.com restored the IDS Center to first-place status in the city in February 2005 by including the height of the window-washing garage, although that has not completely ended the dispute. A spokesperson for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, which sometimes handles height disputes, stated that it would be unlikely for the garage to be included in the official height because many would not consider it to be an integral part of the building's design. Emporis is a real estate data company with headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany. ... February 2005 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → Pope John Paul II is taken to a hospital suffering from a serious case of influenza. ... The Council on Tall buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) was founded at Lehigh University in 1969. ...

It is unclear if the height of 225 South Sixth reaches to the top of the "halo" surrounding the screen walls (walls designed to hide cooling towers on the roof), so the height of the flat roof might be somewhat shorter, or that building might similarly be able to add to its height by including the additional structure. Presently, the IDS is considered to be 15 feet (4.6 m) taller than the former First Bank Tower.

It is also important to note that height measurements are sometimes incorrectly reported due to conversion from U.S. customary units to the metric system and back again. The IDS was often reported as 774 feet (235.9 m) in height because of this problem, occasionally appearing to be two feet shorter than its competitor. U.S. customary units, commonly known in the United States as English units or standard units, are units of measurement that are currently used in the U.S., in some cases alongside units from SI (the International System of Units—the modern metric system). ... The International System of Units (symbol: SI) (for the French phrase Syst me International dUnit s) is the most widely used system of units. ...

Secret floors

The building has two secret floors between the 8th and 9th floors. They are known as 8A and 8B. They are not accessible from any of the building's passenger elevators and contain HVAC equipment. As a result, the 9th floor is really the 11th floor and the 51st floor is really 53rd. This can be elucidated from the outside of the building or by walking down the stairwell from the 9th floor or higher.

Ownership

The building has been owned by the John Buck Company since December 2004, which paid US$225 million for the building. Just over a year later in January 2006, the company began looking for new buyers. In August of 2006 it was sold to The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc., for approximately $277 million. ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ...

The IDS has 1.4 million square feet (120,000 m²) of office and retail space.

Broadcasting

Communication spires on top of the building tower to 910 feet (277.3 m), the highest point in Minneapolis. A number of major FM radio stations formerly broadcast from the site, but now use the IDS as a backup in case their primary location in Shoreview, Minnesota were to fail. Some television broadcasters using the tower include religious broadcasters like EWTN and TBN, and the Home Shopping Network. The roof of the IDS Center is also home to the W0IDS UHF Amateur radio repeater, one of the widest coverage repeaters in the midwest. In most of the world, the FM broadcast band, used for broadcasting FM radio stations, goes from 87. ... Shoreview is a city located in Ramsey County, Minnesota. ... EWTN - or The Eternal Word Television Network - is a television and radio operation that broadcasts Catholic religious programming, via satellite and shortwave radio. ... The Trinity Broadcasting Network, or TBN, is the worlds largest Christian television network, with a larger U.S. viewership than its three main competitor networks combined. ... The Home Shopping Network (HSN) is a mostly 24-hour shopping network that is seen on cable, satellite, and some terrestrial channels in the United States. ... This article is about the radio frequency. ... An amateur radio repeater is an electronic device that receives a weak or low-level amateur radio signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power, so that the signal can cover longer distances without degradation. ...

IDS Center in film

The building was briefly mentioned by Steve Buscemi in Fargo - "IDS Building, the big glass one, tallest skyscraper in the Midwest after the Sears - uh, Chicago...John Hancock building whatever..." It also appeared in Remy Zero's music video, "Save Me." Steven Vincent Buscemi (born December 13, 1957) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American actor and film director. ... Fargo is a 1996 film created by brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nickname: Motto: “Urbs in Horto” (Latin: “City in a Garden”), “I Will” Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country United States State Illinois Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... Several buildings bear this name, all built by John Hancock Insurance and named after John Hancock. ... Remy Zero was an Alabama based alternative rock band made up of Cinjun Tate (vocals, guitar), Shelby Tate (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Gregory Slay (drums), Cedric Lemoyne (bass), and Jeffery Cain (guitar). ...

See also

• KPXM Tower – the tallest guyed structure in Minnesota
• Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
• Philip Johnson Modern Architect

The KPXM Tower (formerly KXLI Tower) is the tallest structure in Minnesota, a guyed aerial mast rising 1505 feet (458. ... Ameriprise logo Ameriprise Financial, Inc. ... 1933 Portrait of Philip Johnson by Carl Van Vechten Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an influential American architect. ...

References

• Katherine Glover (May 2004). Public Icon, Private Property. The Rake.
• Rick Bronson (February 17, 2005). IDS Tower restored to tallest status. Emporis.com.
• Business Wire (August 21, 2006). [2]
• Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A. [3]

The Rake (subtitled Secrets of the City) is a free monthly magazine in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ...

See Also

• List of tallest buildings by U.S. state
• List of tallest buildings in Minnesota

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External links

• IDS Center
• Emporis.com: IDS Tower
• IDS Tower photos

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