Re: PESOs (5) - Minneapolis Foshay Tower

2022-11-21 Thread Alan C
Impressive images, Rick. Mind you, I'm not particularly partial to all that glass. Foshay must have made an exceedingly huge fortune to be able to finance an edifice like that. The mind boggles. Alan C On 22-Nov-22 04:16 AM, Rick Womer wrote: Wilbur Foshay was a 1920s businessman who made

Re: PESOs (5) - Minneapolis Foshay Tower

2022-11-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Excellent and enjoyable city views. The reflections in the second and third images make them quite special. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 9:16 PM Rick Womer wrote: > Wilbur Foshay was a 1920s businessman

PESOs (5) - Minneapolis Foshay Tower

2022-11-21 Thread Rick Womer
Wilbur Foshay was a 1920s businessman who made his fortune buying and selling utility companies. He celebrated himself with the construction of this tower in 1929. It is the size and shape of the Washington Monument. Near the top Foshay had his name is chiseled into each side in 10-foot

Re: Who was here in 2005?

2022-11-21 Thread ann sanfedele
I spy Marnie Parker .. I also spied Bruce.  Shel gained weight since I saw him in 2002 so I didn't recognize him ann On 11/21/2022 2:04 AM, John Francis wrote: On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 10:21:06PM -0800, Marco Alpert wrote: I was on that outing. I???m pretty sure that???s Shel Belinkoff on the

Re: Who was here in 2005?

2022-11-21 Thread mike wilson
That's who I was thinking of. But I haven't met any of them, so what do I know? > On 21/11/2022 07:23 Marco Alpert wrote: > > > Right. But it doesn’t look like who I’m thinking of (Marnie Parker). Maybe > just the pic? > > - Marco > > > On Nov 20, 2022, at 11:04 PM, John Francis wrote: >