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Scenario 2, Views 2 & 3

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           Tall rectangular
            building mass                                                                                    Early 20th-Century Buildings
             complements
           similar building                                                                                       Saint Paul
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            masses in the                                                                                     1 1
                                                                                                                  Athletic Club
                  district               2                                                                        Athletic Club
                                                                                                                  1st National
         Base, middle, cap                                                                                    2 2  1st National
                                                                                                                  Bank Building
                                                                                                                  Bank Building
               articulation
                                                                                                              3 3  M innesota Building
                                                                                                                  Minnesota Building
           Step aligns with
              Athletic Club
                  building                                                   7                               Mid-Century Modern Buildings
              A tower form                                                         5                              Northwestern
             highlights the                                                                                   5
                                                                                                                  Ntl Bank
        skyway connection                                                                                         National Bank
           and is a chance                                           5th St                                   6   Osborn Building
              for a sign or                                                                                       and Plaza
         artwork to enliven                                  Minnesota St                                         MN Mutual Life
           the ground-level                                                             North                 7
              public space                                                                                        Insurance Co. /
                                                                                                                  Pioneer Press
                                                                                                2             8   Degree of
            Building height                                                                                       Honor Building
           aligns with mid-
            cap of Athletic
             Club building                     1
        Transparent atrium
            creates public
          space and “eyes
          on the platform”
               New plaza
         celebrates access                                4th St              Minnesota St
         to transit platform
         and public atrium
                                                                                          North
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