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 origins ...

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 separat ...

, 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 second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it f ...

. 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, f ...

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 CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...

station

WCCO-TV WCCO-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, broadcasting the CBS network to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities area. It is owned-and-operated station, owned and operated by th ...

Official neighborhoods in the Central community

* Downtown East * Downtown West ''where most of the high-rise office buildings are located'' * Elliot Park *

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 first ...

* North Loop ''commonly referred to as the Warehouse District'' * 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. File:Minneapolis skyline-20070805.jpg, Downtown Minneapolis panorama File:Downtown Minneapolis-20060526.jpg, White U.S. Bancorp towers reflected in the

Capella Tower Capella Tower (also 225 South Sixth) is an office skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The building opened in 1992 as First Bank Place, replacing One Financial Plaza as the headquarters for First Bank System. In 1997, First Bank S ...

. 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 North Loop, Minneapolis, 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 hos ...

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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 Cen ...

from the

Foshay Tower The Foshay Tower, now the W Minneapolis – The Foshay hotel, is a skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Modeled after the Washington Monument, the building was completed in 1929, months before the stock market crash in October of that year. It ...

File:IDS Center-Minneapolis-2005-09-27.jpg,

IDS Center The IDS Center is an office skyscraper located at 80 South 8th Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Completed in 1972, it is the tallest building in Minneapolis, and the tallest building in the state at a height of . It originally stood , thou ...

, the tallest building in

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 to ...

File:051907-016-FoshayTower.jpg, The

File:33 South Sixth Minneapolis 1.jpg, 33 South Sixth, 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 Targ ...

, 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, USA, located at 100 Third Avenue South. Completed in 2007, The Carlyle has 41 floors and 249 units. It is the 12th-tallest building in Minneapolis, and the 2nd tallest residential ...

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Campbell Mithun Tower Two22 is a 41-floor tower located on 9th Street and 3rd Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the fifth tallest building in Minneapolis. The building was originally named after Piper Jaffray, which subsequently rebranded to Piper Sa ...

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 skyscrap ...

. File:Hennepin County Government Center 2018.jpg, The

Hennepin County Government Center Hennepin County Government Center is the courthouse and primary county government administration building for Hennepin County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is located in downtown Minneapolis, the county seat of Hennepin County. Before its c ...

, the site of the Occupy Minnesota protests. File:Qwest Building Minneapolis.jpg, The

CenturyLink Building The CenturyLink Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota was completed in 1932 and became the tallest building to be built in the city during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Named for its current owner, it was previously known as the Qwest Building and ...

, the 17th tallest building in

. 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 The Fifth Street Towers is a complex of two buildings in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Fifth Street Towers I was completed in 1987 and is tall and has 26 floors. Fifth Street Towers II was completed in 1988 and is tall and has 36 ...

File:AT&T Tower Minneapolis 1.jpg, AT&T Tower

References

{{Minneapolis neighborhoods Communities in Minneapolis Central business districts in the United States

Official neighborhoods in the Central community

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