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By Camille LeFevre | Published Thu, Feb 26 2009 9:00 am
By this weekend, according to meteorologists, we’ll be blanketed in snow once again and enjoying (or suffering) sub-freezing temperatures. But for local architects and designers, and for ardent fans of miniature golf, it’ll be game-on in the skyways of downtown Minneapolis.
This Friday and Saturday, the third-annual Skyway Open will be held again as a benefit for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities. A project of the Minneapolis Downtown Network, the event showcases holes created by architects and designers, who compete for prizes just as the putt-putt golfers do.
Check out previous winners to get an idea of the course.
Last year, the theme was "Minneapolis 2050." Two Minneapolis design firms, Silvercocoon and Feyereisen Studios, received first place for a left-handed hole played counter-clockwise that they created out of building materials retrieved from the garbage.
For this year’s "Made in Minnesota" theme, the designers have reworked their hole on reuse, recycling and rethinking our consumer lifestyles — making good on form and content. They’ve reportedly added a water feature and made the hole more portable. Prepare to tee up.
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