A strong simple building. Hard to believe it came from the same pen as the architect of the Milwaukee Road depot. That structure was built in 1898; this one came 15 years later, after the City Beautiful movement had established albino classicism as the ideal of the day. It worked well for the area, which contained dozens of old small thin commercial structures - it was broad, big, and new, and brought vitality back to the area. By the time I got to Minneapolis, it was long past its useful life, a sooty derelict. It was knocked down in 1978; the site is now occupied by the third Federal Reserve building. NEXT: postcards and interiors.