The Architectural Styles of Downtown Kansas City
Shows the range of architectural styles found in Downtown Kansas City - taken from the West Bottoms on W 12th Street
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Woodswhether Road
Buildings were squeezed into every vacant corner of the Bottoms, although now many of the originals have become abandoned, derelict or completely removed so that the landscape is much more open
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Mulberry and W 8th in the WestBottoms
Kansas city began as a 'gateway' and service center for the West of the United States. The Bottoms area still has a number of warehouses in use from that era
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Oak Street View 3
View of two office buildings in Downtown Kansas City
Warehouse 2
On W 8th Street in the West Bottoms
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Taken in the West Bottoms, the original site of Kansas city along the Missouri River
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Town Pavilion, Kansas City
Viewed from 11th Street West
Side View, Federal Justice Building
the US District Court taken from Margaret Kemp Park, Kansas City
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Truman Road View
Looking north towards Downtown and the Power and Light district
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Walnut Street
View from the edge of the Power and Light District north
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City Hall and the Federal Justice Buildings
View of the details in the two adjacent buildings
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Block'n Chip
View of a local Chipotle and the H and R Block Building taken at dawn
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Bartle Hall
Part of the Kansas City Conference Center
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TWA World Headquarters
Why TransWorld Airlines chosea rocket for their headquarters is unclear; the building is still in use long after the Airline has disappeared.
Skyline 11st Street West
Tower of the Catholic Cathedral with DownTown office buildings in background
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11th Street West
Catholic Cathedral with Downrown offices background
Broadway Detail
Photo of one of the supports of the Broadway Bridge over the Missouri River in Kansas City, Missouri
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Under the Broadway Bridge
In downtown Kansas City
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12th Street Bridge
This is a two storey bridge in downtown Kansas City leading from the modern downtown to the original center of the town in the Bottoms along the Missouri river. This lower section is now closed to traffic.
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Kit Bond Bridge
The completed Kit Bond Bridge over the Missouri River in Kansas City taken on a foggy day in February.
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Pedestrain Access
Not strictly a bridge but a set of steps and a elevator proving pedestrian access to Riverside Park along the Missouri River in Kansas City
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I35
Taken off SW Boulevard, Kansas City
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Construction of the Kit Bond Bridge - 2
A detail from the construction of the Kit Bond Bridge over the Missouri River in Kansas City.
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The Broadway Bridge
A bridge over the Missouri River in downtown Kansas City, Missouri
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Construction of the Kit Bond Bridge - 1
A detail from the construction of the Kit Bond Bridge over the Missouri River in Kansas City.
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