Town Pavilion

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The Town Pavilion from the corner of 12th and Baltimore.

The Town Pavilion is a 38-story skyscraper located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA, which was built in 1986. At 591 feet (180 metres), it is the second tallest building in Kansas City (behind One Kansas City Place) and third tallest in Missouri (behind One Metropolitan Square in St. Louis). Two of the building's main tenants are Transamerica and H&R Block.

1 History
2 Location
3 Appearance
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

The Town Pavilion was completed in 1986, temporarily becoming the state's tallest building. Two year later, it was surpassed by One Kansas City Place, which is located just across the street to the Southwest. Ever since its completion, it's been home to a significant amount of Downtown Kansas City's offices and retail, with over 1.2 million square feet of office space.

[edit] Location

It is located on the NE corner of 12th and Main, it's main entrance is at 1111 Main Street.

The tower occupies the former site of the Harzfeld Store Building. The 11-storeys of both the Harzfeld's old exterior and part of the old Boley Building have been integrated into the Town Pavilion's design.

[edit] Appearance

The exterior of the building was constructed with granite, glass with steel trim. 90% of the building is enclosed in glazed glass, the majority of which is dark blue. The structural system of the roof is in a truss form.

When viewed from the sky, this skyscraper appears to be a glass "cathedral" in the Latin Cross Design. It is unknown if the Architect purposely made it appear this way.