Re: PESOs (5) - Minneapolis Foshay Tower

[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 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 letters. He left Minneapolis 
for Salida, Colorado when the stock market crashed in 1929.

Alas his gains were ill-gotten, as he had operated a pyramid scheme with his 
companies. He was tried in 1932, convicted, and sentenced to 15 years in 
Leavenworth. He only served three years, though, because Franklin Roosevelt 
commuted 10 years of his sentence, and he had two more years deducted for good 
behavior. He then settled in Colorado, where he continued a career as a 
shameless promoter until his death in 1957.

His tower was the tallest building in Minneapolis until it was surpassed 1974. 
It now houses a posh hotel. $10 gets one a ticket to an observation deck, which 
disappoints my having only small square portholes for viewing.

Here are views in each direction from the tower. I liked the reflections off 
the irregular glass tower across the street in the third photo. The last photo 
looks east—it’s pretty flat out there.

https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/Oct2022/2022-10/Minneapolis-10-22/Foshay-Tower-View/ 


Comments always appreciated!

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Re: PESOs (5) - Minneapolis Foshay Tower

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Excellent and enjoyable city views.  The reflections in the second and
third images make them quite special.

Dan Matyola
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On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 9:16 PM Rick Womer  wrote:

> 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
> letters. He left Minneapolis for Salida, Colorado when the stock market
> crashed in 1929.
>
> Alas his gains were ill-gotten, as he had operated a pyramid scheme with
> his companies. He was tried in 1932, convicted, and sentenced to 15 years
> in Leavenworth. He only served three years, though, because Franklin
> Roosevelt commuted 10 years of his sentence, and he had two more years
> deducted for good behavior. He then settled in Colorado, where he continued
> a career as a shameless promoter until his death in 1957.
>
> His tower was the tallest building in Minneapolis until it was surpassed
> 1974. It now houses a posh hotel. $10 gets one a ticket to an observation
> deck, which disappoints my having only small square portholes for viewing.
>
> Here are views in each direction from the tower. I liked the reflections
> off the irregular glass tower across the street in the third photo. The
> last photo looks east—it’s pretty flat out there.
>
>
> https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/Oct2022/2022-10/Minneapolis-10-22/Foshay-Tower-View/
> <
> https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/Oct2022/2022-10/Minneapolis-10-22/Foshay-Tower-View/
> >
>
> Comments always appreciated!
>
> Rick
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PESOs (5) - Minneapolis Foshay Tower

[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 letters. He left Minneapolis 
for Salida, Colorado when the stock market crashed in 1929.

Alas his gains were ill-gotten, as he had operated a pyramid scheme with his 
companies. He was tried in 1932, convicted, and sentenced to 15 years in 
Leavenworth. He only served three years, though, because Franklin Roosevelt 
commuted 10 years of his sentence, and he had two more years deducted for good 
behavior. He then settled in Colorado, where he continued a career as a 
shameless promoter until his death in 1957.

His tower was the tallest building in Minneapolis until it was surpassed 1974. 
It now houses a posh hotel. $10 gets one a ticket to an observation deck, which 
disappoints my having only small square portholes for viewing.

Here are views in each direction from the tower. I liked the reflections off 
the irregular glass tower across the street in the third photo. The last photo 
looks east—it’s pretty flat out there. 

https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/Oct2022/2022-10/Minneapolis-10-22/Foshay-Tower-View/
 


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Re: Who was here in 2005?

[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 left. 
Bruce Dayton in the middle? Not sure about the woman on the right.

- Marco

Spot on.

The other one *should* be easier - there weren't all that many female 
contributors!


  

On Nov 20, 2022, at 9:21 PM, John Francis  wrote:


Who can identify any of these people?
(I know who they are - I was asking who else remembers them)

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Re: Who was here in 2005?

[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:
> > 
> > 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 
> >> left. Bruce Dayton in the middle? Not sure about the woman on the right. 
> >> 
> >> - Marco
> > 
> > Spot on.
> > 
> > The other one *should* be easier - there weren't all that many female 
> > contributors!
> > 
> > 
> > 
>  On Nov 20, 2022, at 9:21 PM, John Francis  wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Who can identify any of these people?
> >>> (I know who they are - I was asking who else remembers them)
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