Comments on: Fun IDS Tower Facts http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9105 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:28:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JC65 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9105#comment-131583 JC65 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:55:43 +0000 #comment-131583 DML,<br /> <br /> Windows On Minnesota is still a banquet location, but no longer a restaurant:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.marquettehotel.com/windows.htm" target="_blank">Link</a><br /> <br /> I worked for a company that had a year-end-holiday party there sometime in the late '90s. It was pretty cool. DML,

Windows On Minnesota is still a banquet location, but no longer a restaurant:

Link

I worked for a company that had a year-end-holiday party there sometime in the late ’90s. It was pretty cool.

]]> By: DML http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9105#comment-131580 DML Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:40:50 +0000 #comment-131580 Is the restaurant still there? what is it called? Is the restaurant still there? what is it called?

]]> By: RC http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9105#comment-54697 RC Sat, 04 Nov 2006 16:08:40 +0000 #comment-54697 You can still go to the top of the IDS tower! The restaurant at the top has a Sunday brunch but you don't have to buy it. You can walk in and look out the windows if you wish.<br /> <br /> And I too remember the UFO museum. You can still go to the top of the IDS tower! The restaurant at the top has a Sunday brunch but you don’t have to buy it. You can walk in and look out the windows if you wish.

And I too remember the UFO museum.

]]> By: msparber http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9105#comment-32962 msparber Sat, 29 Apr 2006 17:02:59 +0000 #comment-32962 God damn it. Why do they have to get rid of everything cool? I mean, sure, the questionable medical devices from the Museum of Questionable Medical devices are now at the science museum, but you used to be able to try them out! And don't get me started on the mysteriously missing collection of terrifying antique dental items that used to be in Moos Tower! God damn it. Why do they have to get rid of everything cool? I mean, sure, the questionable medical devices from the Museum of Questionable Medical devices are now at the science museum, but you used to be able to try them out! And don’t get me started on the mysteriously missing collection of terrifying antique dental items that used to be in Moos Tower!

]]> By: dig it http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9105#comment-32960 dig it Sat, 29 Apr 2006 16:33:38 +0000 #comment-32960 <em> I remember it too. It's not still there, is it?</em><br /> <br /> I was at the Mayo twice in the last 8 years, and looked for it both times. No longer at it's old location; no idea where it is, or if it is... I remember it too. It’s not still there, is it?

I was at the Mayo twice in the last 8 years, and looked for it both times. No longer at it’s old location; no idea where it is, or if it is…

]]> By: msparber http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9105#comment-32942 msparber Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:08:11 +0000 #comment-32942 I remember it too. It's not still there, is it? I remember it too. It’s not still there, is it?

]]> By: DaveM http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9105#comment-32938 DaveM Fri, 28 Apr 2006 23:42:16 +0000 #comment-32938 <em>Ack, yes. The plastic models of farm accidents stick with me for a looooong time. </em><br /> <br /> "stuck" Ack, yes. The plastic models of farm accidents stick with me for a looooong time.

“stuck”

]]> By: DaveM http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9105#comment-32902 DaveM Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:37:16 +0000 #comment-32902 <em>Does anyone also remember the museum of medical...well, "oddities" at the Mayo in Rochester? Farm and industrial accidents photos and maniquins, weird shit in jars, mechanical body parts...I went there for an elementary school field trip, and I ain't never been the same.</em><br /> <br /> Ack, yes. The plastic models of farm accidents stick with me for a looooong time. Does anyone also remember the museum of medical…well, “oddities” at the Mayo in Rochester? Farm and industrial accidents photos and maniquins, weird shit in jars, mechanical body parts…I went there for an elementary school field trip, and I ain’t never been the same.

Ack, yes. The plastic models of farm accidents stick with me for a looooong time.

]]> By: tmayhem http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9105#comment-32887 tmayhem Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:18:43 +0000 #comment-32887 I'm still sad I never made it to the Mutter Museum in Philly. I’m still sad I never made it to the Mutter Museum in Philly.

]]> By: MGene http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/9105#comment-32876 MGene Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:50:52 +0000 #comment-32876 Umm, that was a few years ago, I believe that the acceleration was around either 1.2 or 1.9 meters per second per second. Umm, that was a few years ago, I believe that the acceleration was around either 1.2 or 1.9 meters per second per second.

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