One Kansas City Place
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One Kansas City Place is a skyscraper in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA, built in 1988. It is bounded by 12th Street to the north, Baltimore Street to the west, and Main Street to the east. The height of its rooftop is 632 feet (192.6 meters) from the main entrance to the top, making One Kansas City Place the tallest habitable structure (building) in Missouri (2 feet taller at its rooftop than the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, and 21 feet taller at the top of its antenna). The height of its antenna is 651 feet (198.4 meters) from the main entrance to the top.
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[edit] History
One Kansas City Place was constructed as the first part of a much larger project named Kansas City Place, which was never completed. The project included townhomes, office towers, and residential/hotel towers. One Kansas City place was to be one of many towers constructed, and the third tallest of all.
The project was proposed for a distressed section of downtown Kansas City, known as the south loop, which until 2004 remained undeveloped. Now, however, the Power and Light District is being constructed on this site. Today, One Kansas City Place is one of the most recongizable buildings in Kansas City's skyline.
[edit] Usage
At the four sides of its top, One Kansas City Place glows at night with red, white, and blue lights. Throughout the year, the colors change to red and yellow for important Kansas City Chiefs games, blue and white for important Kansas City Royals games, red for Valentine's Day, green for St. Patrick's Day, pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), and red and green for Christmas. It is also considered an architectural salute to City Hall, which is located just west on 12th Street.
Bank of America maintains a large branch in the building's lower lobby. The building's largest tenants are Ernst & Young, an accounting firm, and Bryan Cave, a law firm based in St. Louis.
[edit] Additional Facts
From its completion in 1988 until the First National Center was built in Omaha, Nebraska in 1999, One Kansas City Place was the tallest habitable structure in the United States situated between Minneapolis and Denver.
One Kansas City Place replaced the Town Pavilion as the tallest habitable structure in Kansas City, and as the tallest habitable structure in Missouri.
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[edit] External links/Sources
- Skyscraperpage.com: One Kansas City Place
- Emporis: One Kansas City Place
- First National Bank History
- "One Kansas City Place" (January 31, 1988) Kansas City Star pp. 19J: 3
- Linda Chesney Kaut (December 17, 1989) "Q: What is the Tallest Building in Kansas City?" Kansas City Star pp. 6
- Diana Dawson (December 19, 1984) "Up to date in KC, and getting taller too." Kansas City Star Section C
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