Many of you may know this already, but if you don't let me share a little, tucked away urban secret. If you head to the Ameriprise building at 901 Third Avenue South in downtown Minneapolis you can check out a vintage
Maya Lin (of Vietnam Veteran's Memorial fame) installation. It is called "the character of a hill, under glass" and is a winter garden in the lobby of this office building. It was built in 2000. The most defining feature is the wall of water that flows down the exterior windows into a pond--all of which freezes this time of year. It's always a treat to find an artistic treasure in an unexpected place.
Images:
Stanford University.
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We did not know this wonderful work of art existed in our area, until we attended a retrospective of Maya Lin's work at the Pulitzer Museum in St. Louis.
They work really needs to be publicized more.
Sandi Gilbert & Dann Dobson
Saint Paul
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