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001			on1031048685
003			OCoLC
005			20190114010250.0
008			180405s2018 mnua b s001 0 eng
010			_a 2018016691
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019			_a1031042497
020			_a9781517904166 _q(hc/j : alk. paper)
020			_a1517904161
035			_a(OCoLC)1031048685 _z(OCoLC)1031042497
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043			_an-us-mn
092			_a720.483 _bM653
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aMillett, Larry, _d1947- _eauthor. _944620
245	1	0	_aMetropolitan dreams : _bthe scandalous rise and stunning fall of a Minneapolis masterpiece / _cLarry Millett.
263			_a1810
264		1	_aMinneapolis : _bUniversity of Minnesota Press, _c2018.
300			_a245 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_aWhen it opened in 1890, the twelve-story Northwestern Guaranty Loan Building was the tallest, largest, and most splendid commercial structure in Minneapolis, a mighty stone skyscraper built for the ages. How this grand Richardsonian Romanesque edifice, which later came to be called the Metropolitan Building, rose with the growth of Minneapolis only to fall in the throes of the city's postwar renewal, is revealed in 'Metropolitan Dreams' in all its scandalous intrigue. It is a tale of urban growing pains and architectural ghosts and of colorful, sometimes criminal characters amid the grandeur and squalor of building and rebuilding a city's skyline. Dubious as its financial beginnings might have been, the economic circumstances of the Metropolitan's demise were at least as questionable. Anchoring Minneapolis's historic Gateway District in its heyday, the building's fortunes shifted with the city's demographics and finally it fell victim to the fervor of one of the largest downtown urban renewal projects ever undertaken in the United States. Though the long and furious battle to save the Metropolitan ultimately failed in 1962, its ghost persists in the passion for historic preservation stirred by its demise - and in 'Metropolitan Dreams', whose photographs, architectural drawings, and absorbing narrative bring the building and its story to vibrant, enduring life.
610	2	0	_aMetropolitan Building (Minneapolis, Minn.) _xHistory. _9383795
600	1	0	_aMix, E. Townsend, _d1831-1890. _9383796
650		0	_aSkyscrapers _zMinnesota _zMinneapolis. _9383797
650		0	_aLost architecture _zMinnesota _zMinneapolis. _9228689
651		0	_aMinneapolis (Minn.) _xBuildings, structures, etc. _xHistory. _9383798
651		0	_aMinneapolis (Minn.) _xHistory. _9228691
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