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One Kansas City Place 
General information Status Complete Type Commercial offices Location 1200 Main Street
Kansas City, MissouriCoordinates 39°05′59″N 94°35′01″W / 39.099714°N 94.583729°WCoordinates: 39°05′59″N 94°35′01″W / 39.099714°N 94.583729°W Completed 1988 Cost US$140 million Height Antenna spire 190.1 m (624 ft) Roof 177.9 m (584 ft) Technical details Floor count 42
below ground 5Floor area 80,515 m2 (866,660 sq ft) Elevator count 22 Design and construction Owner Executive Hills Management Inc. Main contractor Tom Martin Construction Architect Patty Berkebile Nelson & Immenschuh Structural engineer Seiden & Page/Page McNaghten Associates References [1][2][3] One Kansas City Place is the tallest building located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, bounded by 12th Street to the north, Baltimore Avenue to the west, and Main Street to the east. Built in 1988, the 177.9 m (584 ft) tower was designed by Patty Berkebile Nelson & Immenschuh and replaced the Town Pavilion as the tallest building in the city.
One Kansas City Place is considered an architectural salute to City Hall, which is located 5 blocks east of Main on 12th Street.
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History
One Kansas City Place 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. The plan was developed by Frank Morgan and his uncle Sherman Dreiseszun who had earlier built Town Pavilion.
The tower 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 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.
Morgan and Dreiseszun (operating as DM Management) would see some of their banks fail in the wake of the project in the Savings and loan crisis. They would be indicted on federal charges of bid rigging to get government contracts. Morgan would die in 1993 and Dreiseszun would plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge and pay a fine of US$375,000.[4]
Lighting
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. In November 2007, the University of Missouri played the University of Kansas in football at Arrowhead Stadium. The colors on top One Kansas City Place were yellow and white and a giant "M" and "U" appeared in the side of the building, to show its support for the Missouri Tigers in that game.
Project proposed buildings
Name Floors Status Use 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 Kansas City Plaza is also a main atraction to check out.
Tenants
Bank of America maintains a large branch in the building's lower lobby[5]. The building's largest tenants are Ernst & Young, an accounting firm, and Bryan Cave, a law firm based in St. Louis. Karbank Real Estate Company, a prominent industrial development and brokerage company, occupies the 39th floor. Great Plains Energy and subsidiary Kansas City Power & Light Co. have taken space in the building in 2009. Tenants are provided security by EHI through Securitas AB.
See also
- Architecture in Kansas City
- List of tallest buildings by U.S. state
References
- ^ One Kansas City Place at Emporis
- ^ One Kansas City Place at SkyscraperPage
- ^ One Kansas City Place at Structurae
- ^ Staff writers (Monday, December 3, 2007). "Iconic developer Dreiseszun dies". The Kansas City Business Journal. http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2007/12/03/daily5.html. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
- ^ Yahoo Local. "Bank of America shown at 1200 Main". http://local.yahoo.com/details?id=17775972. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
External links/Sources
- 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
Timeline of the tallest buildings in Kansas City New York Life Building (55 m) (1892) · Commerce Trust Building (78.6 m) (1906) · 925 Grand (91 m) (1921) · Oak Tower (116 m) (1929) · Kansas City Power and Light Building (100 m) (1931) · 2345 Grand (107 m) (1977) · Hyatt Regency Crown Center (154 m) (1980) · Town Pavilion (180 m) (1986) · One Kansas City Place (198 m) (1988)
Categories:- Buildings and structures completed in 1988
- Skyscrapers between 150 and 199 meters
- Skyscrapers in Kansas City, Missouri
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