Using 'surgical eminent domain,' the city seizes the air rights above the small parking lot fronting 8th ST S on the south side of 720 Main Ave (the former bank building, now vacant many years). The city also takes the south strip of parking spaces on the tiny lot, the bank elevator, and the air rights above the vacant lot east of the bank.

The city then builds a solarium/staging area at the second floor level above the parking lot and adjacent lot. They are connected/open to one another.

Along 8TH ST a glassed-in stairway is built going up to the solarium, atop the parking spaces.

A new skyway segment is built from the solarium across Main Ave & the RR tracks, at which point it branches left to NDSU's arts college & right to new development built on the large O.B. parking lot. (Guess where we've moved the cars.)

At the point where the skyway branches,, the sight line provides a striking view looking straight N up Roberts ST. The view is preserved with clear glass.

Meanwhile, back at 720 Main, the elevator is being used for handicapped access to the skyway. Theatre B has built an entrance into the skyway from the 2nd floor of its building. The bank has also built an entrance & customer window into the skyway.

And skyway users have begun ordering lunches from the websites of neighborhood restaurants with their smartphones for delivery to the solariums.

There are comfortable tables and chairs sprinkled all over these greenery-filled spaces.