Mary Tyler Moore introduced the city of Minneapolis to a national audience. Here are more details about a few of the local sites that her character Mary Richards visited — and made famous — during the run of the show.
1. The house: Mary Richards lived on the top floor of a Kenwood home. Her pal, Rhoda, lived in the attic, in a space that must have been about 40 square feet.
2. Riverside Plaza: In seasons six and seven, Mary moved to Cedar Square West — now Riverside Plaza. She lived in the South 6th Street tower, regarded as one of the ritzier buildings in the complex.
3. Midwest Federal Building: The location of WJM-TV, where Mary was an associate producer. It's now known as RMS Plaza.
4. The grocery store: The exact location of the grocery store Mary visited in the credits isn't certain, but it likely was the Red Owl on Hennepin Avenue, which is a Kowalski's Market today.
5. IDS Center: Mary spent plenty of screen time in the IDS Center, window shopping, riding the escalator, dashing through the skyways. Early seasons included shots of the building construction. When it was completed, the producers brought MTM back to Minneapolis to reshoot the credits.
6. Basil's Restaurant: The credits showed Mary lunching at the Gallery restaurant (now Basil's) in the Marquette Hotel in the IDS Center. For decades, there's been a plaque in the restaurant at "her" table.
7. Loring Park: Mary and, we presume, Rhoda, are shown feeding hungry waterfowl by the bridge over Loring Pond.
