33 South Sixth, formerly known as International Multifoods Tower, is a skyscraper

Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...

 in Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...

, Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

. It was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP is an American architectural and engineering firm that was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John O. Merrill. They opened their first branch in New York City, New York in 1937. SOM is one of the largest...

 and stands 52 stories tall at 668 feet (204 meters). Its name comes from its address: 33 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis. It was completed in 1983.

Description

33 South Sixth Street is a 52-story office building located in the heart of the Minneapolis' 64-square block skyway system. The building was constructed and opened in 1983 and is presently one of the tallest buildings in Minneapolis. Tenants include the Target Corporation

Target Corporation

Target Corporation, doing business as Target, is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart. The company is ranked at number 33 on the Fortune 500 and is a component of the Standard & Poor's...

, Meagher & Geer, and Stoel Rives

Stoel Rives

Stoel Rives LLP is a U.S. business law firm with 11 office locations in seven U.S. states. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon in the Standard Insurance Center, it is the 134th largest law firm in the United States, making it the largest law firm in the state of Oregon, and one of the largest in the...

.

The Minneapolis City Center component of the project consists of a retail mall renovated in 2005, There are six skyway connections entering into City Center. The project also houses the Minneapolis Marriott

Marriott International

Marriott International, Inc. is a worldwide operator and franchisor of a broad portfolio of hotels and related lodging facilities. Founded by J. Willard Marriott, the company is now led by son J.W. Marriott, Jr...

 at City Center, a 584-room full-service hotel. The project also contains a 687-stall parking garage office tower tenant and retail patrons.

The basic concrete skyscraper grid is livened up a bit by irregularly spacing the vertical elements. In the wider middle section the spaces between columns is larger than at the ends of the building. This does little to make the structure more visually appealing, and might even do it a disservice by making it seem squatter than it really is.

The design of the tower is very similar to One HSBC Center

One HSBC Center

One HSBC Center is a skyscraper located in downtown Buffalo, New York. Formerly known as the Marine Midland Center, its name was changed in 1999 shortly after Marine Midland's parent company HSBC rebranded the bank as HSBC Bank USA. The building was constructed at a cost of $50 million between...

 in Buffalo.

Additional facts

• The exterior facade continues into the City Center atrium
  Atrium (architecture)
  In modern architecture, an atrium is a large open space, often several stories high and having a glazed roof and/or large windows, often situated within a larger multistory building and often located immediately beyond the main entrance doors...
  
  , and lower level offices on the building's south side directly overlook the shopping center.
• The former Multifoods Tower is located in the heart of Minneapolis' 64-square block skyway system.
• 33 South Sixth is the tallest building in Minneapolis west of Nicollet Mall
  Nicollet Mall
  Nicollet Mall is a portion of Nicollet Avenue running through downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Working as a pedestrian and transit mall, it is also an upscale shopping and dining district...
  
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• Former tenants include the now-defunct law firm
  Law firm
  A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other...
  
   of Rider Bennett
  Rider Bennett
  Rider Bennett, LLP was a 47-year-old, Minneapolis-based law firm that closed in May 2007. It was founded by Stu Rider, Gene Bennett and Bill Egan, all three of whom had attended the University of Minnesota Law School together. They were later joined by Chet Johnson and Ed Arundel...
  
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• It was built on the site formerly occupied by the Hotel Dyckman.
• The building has a view of Target Field
  Target Field
  Target Field is a baseball park located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the home ballpark of the Minnesota Twins, the city's Major League Baseball franchise. It is the franchise's sixth ballpark and third in Minnesota. The Twins moved to Target Field for the 2010 Major League Baseball...
  
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See also

• World's tallest structures contains other discussions about height disputes
• List of tallest buildings in Minnesota