One Kansas City Place

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One Kansas City Place
Information
Location One Kansas City Place (1200 Main Street), Kansas City, Missouri
Coordinates 39°05′59″N 94°35′01″W / 39.099714, -94.583729
Status Completed
Constructed 1988
Use Office
Roof 193m/632 feet[1]
Technical details
Floor count 42
Floor area 80,515 m²
Elevator count 18
Cost $140 million
Companies
Architect Patty Berkebile Nelson & Immenschuh
Owner Executive Hills Management Inc

One Kansas City Place is the tallest building in Missouri, located in Downtown, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Built in 1988, it is bounded by 12th Street to the North, Baltimore Avenue to the West, and Main Street to the East. At 632 vertical feet (192.6 meters) from the main entrance to the rooftop, One Kansas City Place exceeds the height of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis by two feet at its rooftop, and by 21 feet at the top of its antenna. It was designed by Patty Berkebile Nelson & Immenschuh.

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[edit] History

The building was constructed as the first part of a much larger project named Kansas City Place, which never was completed. The project was to include townhomes, office towers, and residential/hotel towers. The Kansas City Place project was originally proposed during the real estate boom of the 1980s. Designed by Frank Morgan, a local real estate mogul and banker, it was proposed for the South Loop (So-Lo) area south of Downtown's Central Business District. The project included a plethora of skyscrapers with uses ranging from offices to hotels and residential buildings. Unsubstantiated claims hold that a major cause of the project's failure to come to its full stature was the complaints of residents, claiming it would "ruin Kansas City's skyline," which had remained largely unchanged for 30 years.

One Kansas City Place was to be the third tallest of several towers constructed, though it is the tallest that actually was constructed. Today, it is one of the most recognizable buildings in Kansas City's skyline.

[edit] Proposed New Buildings in the Kansas City Place project

Name Floors Status
Two Kansas City Place 65 Cancelled Office
Three Kansas City Place 55 Cancelled Office
One Kansas City Place 42 Built Office
Four Kansas City Place 24 Cancelled Office
Kansas City Place Apartments 20 Cancelled Residential
1200 Wyandotte 18 Built Office
Kansas City Place Apartments 16 Cancelled Residential
Kansas City Place Apartments 14 Cancelled Residential

[edit] Tenants

Bank of America maintains a large branch in the building's lower lobby[2]. The building's largest tenants are Ernst & Young, an accounting firm, and Bryan Cave, a law firm based in St. Louis.

[edit] Superlatives

From its completion in 1988 until the First National Bank Tower was built in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1999, One Kansas City Place was the tallest building in the United States situated between Minneapolis and Denver. One Kansas City Place replaced the Town Pavilion as the tallest building in Kansas City, and as the tallest building in Missouri.

[edit] Lights

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 5 blocks east of main on 12th Street.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Emporis - Retrieved January 16, 2008
  2. ^ Yahoo Local. Bank of America shown at 1200 Main. Retrieved on [[October 5, 2007]].

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Preceded by
Town Pavilion		 Kansas City's Tallest Building
1988—present
632 feet		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Town Pavilion		 Missouri's Tallest Building
1988—present
632 feet		 Succeeded by
Incumbent