. City of Minneapolis. A review of her growing industries and commercial development, historical and descriptive .. . offices in all. Thefirst floor is designed for banks and financial institutions. The finish will be very costly and elaborate. 42 RESOURCES OF MINNESOTA. The New York Life Insurance Companys building, on Fifth Street and Second Avenue South, willbe ten stories high, fireproof, throughout, and will be finished in the finest style of modern architecture. Next in consequence is the Masonic Temple, on Hennepin Avenue and Sixth Street. The materialused is blue Ohio sand-stone, and i
. City of Minneapolis. A review of her growing industries and commercial development, historical and descriptive .. . offices in all. Thefirst floor is designed for banks and financial institutions. The finish will be very costly and elaborate. 42 RESOURCES OF MINNESOTA. The New York Life Insurance Companys building, on Fifth Street and Second Avenue South, willbe ten stories high, fireproof, throughout, and will be finished in the finest style of modern architecture. Next in consequence is the Masonic Temple, on Hennepin Avenue and Sixth Street. The materialused is blue Ohio sand-stone, and it will be eight stories high, with a front of 88 feet on Hennepin by15s on Sixth Street. The building will be entirely fireproof, with all the modern improvements. The National Bank of Commerce Block, recently finished, is a beautiful, six-story brown granitebuilding, fireproof, and containing all modern improvements. It is located on the corner of FourthStreet and First Avenue South. one of the most beautiful structures recently erected. It isof brick and stone, eight The G/ifie Block on Fourth Stree 03 C^Sks9. stories high, and fire-|)roofThe building is enclosedand will be uged for officepurposes. The Co-Operative Blockis a stately nine-story brickand granite building, ad-joining the Kasota Blockon Hennepin Avenue. Itis fire-proof and suppliedwith all modern conve-niences. natures beauty spots. One feature about Min-neapolis worthy of morethan passing mention, isthe number of lakes andothei pleasure resorts with-in the city limits. HereiLst and recreation mayfound in the summer,and an abundant oppor-Emanuel Baptist Church. ju„ity fo, exhilarating sport is offered in the winter. There are three lakes of considerable size within the city limits andwithin four miles of the business center. There are almost innumerable ponds and other bodies ofwater, but the three of any considerable size—Lake Calhoun, Lake Harriet and Lake of the Isles—are all full-fledged lakes and very
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