TWA Corporate Headquarters' Building

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TWA headquarters in downtown Kansas City being renovated in August 2006.

Rendering of the final renovation which will bring back the TWA Mooncruiser to downtown Kansas City.

The TWA Corporate Headquarters' Building was the corporate headquarters of Trans World Airlines until 1958 when the airline moved its headquarters to New York City. The building was located at 1735 Baltimore Avenue in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, although the area is now known as the Crossroads Arts District.

The selection of Kansas City for the headquarters for TWA (initially via Transcontinental Air Transport) was said to be done by Charles Lindbergh.

Following the move to New York, TWA continued to use the building for training for its flight attendants until opening the Breech Academy in suburban Overland Park, Kansas in 1969.

In 2002 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It had been vacant for several years although plans as late as 2003 called for the building to be converted to residential condominiums under the names of TWA Lofts LLC. Instead the building was purchased by the Kansas City based advertising agency Barkley. The company moved into the facility on November 14, 2006.

During TWA's heyday, a 40-foot replica of the TWA Moonliner from Tomorrowland at Disneyland graced the top of the building. The rocket has been replicated and placed back on the roof.