Episode 14: Foshay Tower

from Archive Hoppers Podcast · host Alberto

This episode of Archive Hoppers explores the dramatic story of Minneapolis's Foshay Tower, a unique Art Deco obelisk built to be the masterpiece of flamboyant utilities mogul Wilbur B. Foshay. The episode details his "Roaring Twenties" ambition, the tower's lavish 1929 grand opening, and his spectacular downfall into fraud and prison following the stock market crash just two months later.

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