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CenturyLink Building

Minneapolis, Italy

CenturyLink Building

The Lumen Technologies Building is a 26-story building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It is named for its current owner, and has been previously known as the CenturyLink Building, Qwest Building, and the Northwestern Bell Telephone Building. Completed in 1932, it stood at 346 feet (105 m)

tall until an AT&T communications array was built atop it in the mid 20th century, increasing the structure to 416 feet (127 m) until its removal in 2019. The building has many small details on the exterior, including electric bolts and a stylized bird above the main entrance. When under construction, an unusual move was made by stripping a 1920s Northwestern Bell building on the site and the steel frame was incorporated into the new structure. The building was expanded on its west side in the 1940s.

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