Forum Cafeteria 36 S 7th St, Minneapolis 1930 On National Register of Historic Places The Forum Cafeteria was part of a national chain of cafeteria restaurants. Its classic Zig Zag Moderne interior, featuring sleek glass, tile, and stone…

Architect: P.C. Bettenberg, 1936 National Register of Historic Places The Armory was a Depression-era PWA (Public Works Administration) project and exemplifies the PWA Moderne style. Like Minneapolis’s Main Post Office (also on this tour), the…

Lumen Technologies Building formerly Bell Telephone Building 224 S 5th St. Architects: Hewitt and Brown, 1932 The Northwestern Bell Building (later renamed the Qwest Building; then the Century Link Building; and now the Lumen Technologies…

Rand Tower now a Marriott Hotel 527 Marquette Avenue Architects: Holobird and Root, 1929 On National Register of Historic Places No building typifies the Jazz Age better than a skyscraper, and while some skyscrapers were built to resemble…

Former Scandinavian Bank 527 Marquette Avenue Architects: Bertrand and Keith, 1895; rebuilt by Gage and Vanderbilt, 1925 This is an example of the fad for all things Egyptian that followed discovery and excavation of King Tut’s tomb in 1922.…

Main Post Office 100 1st Street South 1933 The main post office, an example of the PWA Moderne style, was designed by Frenchman Leon Arnal for the firm of Magney and Tusler. (Also designed by Arnal for Magney and Tusler: the Foshay Tower, 821…