The Central
Minneapolis
Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origin ...
community is located in the central part of the city, consisting of 6 smaller official neighborhoods, and includes Downtown Minneapolis and the
central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
. It also includes the many old
flour mills
A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that has been separated ...
, the
Mill District, and other historical and industrial areas of Downtown Minneapolis. It also includes some high-density residential areas surrounding it, excluding areas east of the
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem), second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest Drainage system (geomorphology), drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson B ...
. Businesses based in the Central area include the corporate headquarters of
Target
Target may refer to:
Physical items
* Shooting target, used in marksmanship training and various shooting sports
** Bullseye (target), the goal one for which one aims in many of these sports
** Aiming point, in field artillery, fi ...
,
US Bank
U.S. Bancorp (stylized as us bancorp) is an American bank holding company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and incorporated in Delaware. It is the parent company of U.S. Bank National Association, and is the fifth largest banking institution ...
, and the broadcast facilities of Minnesota
CBS station
WCCO-TV
WCCO-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, broadcasting the CBS network to the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division, and maintains studio ...
.
Official neighborhoods in the Central community
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Downtown East
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Downtown West ''where most of the high-rise office buildings are located''
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Elliot Park
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Loring Park
Loring Park is a park in the Loring Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
History
Loring Park was established in 1883 after the passage of the Park Act, which first created the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. The park was fir ...
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North Loop ''commonly referred to as the Warehouse District''
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Stevens Square/Loring Heights
Gallery
File:A view of downtown Minneapolis from the Stone Arch Bridge.jpg, View of downtown Minneapolis from the Stone Arch Bridge
An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side. A viaduct (a ...
.
File:Minneapolis skyline-20070805.jpg, Downtown Minneapolis panorama
File:Downtown Minneapolis-20060526.jpg, White U.S. Bancorp
U.S. Bancorp (stylized as us bancorp) is an American bank holding company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and incorporated in Delaware. It is the parent company of U.S. Bank National Association, and is the fifth largest banking institution i ...
towers reflected in the Capella Tower.
File:Lake Calhoun-Minneapolis-2006-07-22-crop2.jpg, Downtown Minneapolis from Bde Maka Ska
Bde Maka Ska (, previously named Lake Calhoun, its former official designation) is the largest lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, and part of the city's Chain of Lakes. Surrounded by city park land and circled by bike and walking ...
.
File:MPLSSkyline.jpg, Minneapolis Skyline from Target Field
Target Field is a baseball stadium in the historic warehouse district of downtown Minneapolis. Since its opening in 2010, the stadium has been the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Minnesota Twins. The stadium hosted the 2014 Major Leagu ...
.
File:225 South Sixth.jpg, Capella Tower
File:Wells Fargo Center from Foshay.jpg, Wells Fargo Center Wells Fargo Center may refer to:
*Wells Fargo Center (Los Angeles), California
*Wells Fargo Center (Sacramento), California
* Wells Fargo Center (San Francisco), California
* Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California
*Wells Fargo Cent ...
from the Foshay Tower
File:IDS Center-Minneapolis-2005-09-27.jpg, IDS Center, the tallest building in Minneapolis
Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origin ...
and Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over t ...
File:051907-016-FoshayTower.jpg, The Foshay Tower
File:33 South Sixth Minneapolis 1.jpg, 33 South Sixth
33 South Sixth, formerly known as International Multifoods Tower, is a skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and stands 52 stories tall at . Its name comes from its address: 33 South S ...
, also known as the City Center.
File:Target Plaza South.jpg, Target Plaza South
Target Plaza South is a 33-story skyscraper in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota completed in 2001. The building serves as the corporate headquarters for Target Corporation. It is located a few blocks away from the original building which the Ta ...
, the headquarters of Target Corporation
Target Corporation ( doing business as Target and stylized in all lowercase since 2018) is an American big box department store chain headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the seventh largest retailer in the United States, and a com ...
, lit up multicolored during the winter.
File:The Carlyle Minneapolis 1.jpg, The Carlyle
The Carlyle is a tall skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Missi ...
File:Campbell Mithun Tower 1.jpg, Campbell Mithun Tower
File:Ameriprise Financial Center Minneapolis 1.jpg, The Ameriprise Financial Center
Ameriprise Financial Center is a in Minneapolis, Minnesota located at 707 2nd Avenue South. It was completed in 2000 and has 31 floors. It is the tallest building completed in the US in 2000.
This building is the largest single-tenant skyscr ...
.
File:Hennepin County Government Center 2018.jpg, The Hennepin County Government Center, the site of the Occupy Minnesota protests.
File:Qwest Building Minneapolis.jpg, The CenturyLink Building, the 17th tallest building in Minneapolis
Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origin ...
.
File:US Bank Plaza 1 Minneapolis 1.jpg, US Bank Plaza U.S. Bank Plaza may refer to:
* U.S. Bank Plaza (Boise), a high-rise building located in Boise, Idaho, formerly the tallest building in the state
* U.S. Bank Plaza (Minneapolis), a tall, 23-floor skyscraper
* U.S. Bank Plaza (Sacramento), a sk ...
, the 6th tallest building in Minneapolis.
File:Dain Rauscher Plaza Minneapolis 1.jpg, RBC Plaza
File:US Bancorp Center Minneapolis 1.jpg, US Bancorp Center
File:Fifth Street Towers Minneapolis 1.jpg, Fifth Street Towers
File:AT&T Tower Minneapolis 1.jpg, AT&T Tower
See also
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Neighborhoods of Minneapolis
The U.S. city of Minneapolis is officially defined by the Minneapolis City Council as divided into eleven communities, each containing multiple official neighborhoods. Informally, there are city areas with colloquial labels. Residents may also g ...
References
{{Minneapolis neighborhoods
Communities in Minneapolis
Central business districts in the United States