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Valley View Apartments

Architecture in MinnesotaBuildings and structures demolished in 1995Buildings and structures in Blue Earth County, MinnesotaDemolished buildings and structures in MinnesotaMankato, Minnesota

Valley View Apartments (also known as Tornado Towers) was a block of buildings in Mankato, Minnesota, United States, constructed by placing mobile homes in a concrete frame, stacked four high.The building was erected in the 1970s, and demolished in 1995. The buildings were widely condemned as ugly, and were eventually bought by the city for $160,000 and demolished. They were replaced with more conventional apartments, of the same name.

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Valley View Apartments
Monks Avenue, Mankato

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56001 Mankato
Minnesota, United States
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