Wells Fargo Center

1:3000 scale miniature paper model, about 3 inches tall when built

Minneapolis' third-tallest skyscraper was designed by architect Cesar Pelli in 1988 as headquarters for Norwest Bank. The Kasota limestone-clad exterior evokes the Art Deco setbacks and verticality of 30 Rockefeller Center. Interior chandeliers were salvaged from the previous bank offices here which were destroyed by fire in 1982.

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• Official site of Wells Fargo Center
• Wells Fargo Center was built on the site of the 1930 Northwestern National Bank which burned on Thanksgiving 1982
• Minneapolis' first skyway, built in 1962, connected Northstar Center to the old Northwestern Bank, though it was demolished when Wells Fargo Center was built
• The building's verticality remains eye-catching

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