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Downtown Kansas City and Union Station |
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Union Station and Downtown at Night |
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Skyline from the Downtown Airport You can't see downtown from the KC International Airport 15 miles North... (unless you're in the air) |
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Downtown Airport in the Center Downtown to the Right... across the river (Excuse the quality of the print... scanned from a Newspaper Insert) The Kansas River at the bottom flowing into the Missouri River... Kansas to the left of both rivers Parkville is to the far left of the photo |
| Same Here...Not my pic, not a good pic, but a good aerial view of downtown |
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Bartle Exibition Hall at night... The weird things on top of the struts caused quite a Civic comment, called them a toaster and hair curlers and space ships Interstate 70 goes underneath the building |
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City Hall, in downtown Kansas City, was completed in 1937 When it was first built, it was the tallest building in the state. It remains one of the tallest city halls in the country, housing about 1,500 city government employees. |
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Union Station Probably the most photographed building in Kansas City The third largest Union Station in the U.S. |
| This fully restored 1914 landmark is Kansas City's most prominent destination for entertainment and cultural activities. |
| The Station is home to a permanent rail exhibit with vintage rail cars, an interactive science center, a vibrant Theater District featuring giant-screen movies and live theater, fine restaurants, unique shops, spaces for meetings and events and much more. |
| Of course, you can still catch the train at Union Station, once again among Amtrak's busiest stops |
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"Meet Me Under the Clock" In Kansas City, that expression tends to say it all. No further explanation needed. People have been saying it ever since Union Station first opened in 1914. They realized there's no simpler way to arrange a meeting in the vastness of the Station. Perhaps the Station's most famous icon, the clock - at 6-1/2 feet across and 3 feet thick - weighs a whopping half-ton. Light illuminates the enormous clock face |
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It seemed only natural for Kansas Citians to mark the passage of time under the city's greatest timepiece.
Ringing in New Year's "under the clock" rapidly evolved into a KC tradition Throughout the 1930s, as many as 15,000 revelers packed a smoky Grand Hall and waiting room each Dec. 31. As train travel withered, so did Union Station's New Year's Eve parties. Finally, in the early 1960s, they stopped altogether. But with the Station reopening in 1999, the tradition was renewed. |
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The Main Waiting Room Arrivals and departures for 12 Trunk Lines in the early days One of the busiest Rail Stations in the country |
| 100 foot high ceilings, beautifully decorated |
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Just across the street from Union Station The World War One Liberty Memorial The only Monument to World War One in the Nation |
| After three years of construction, the completed Liberty Memorial opened on November 11, 1926, eight years after the end of the War. President Calvin Coolidge delivered the dedication speech, in which he spoke of how "the magnitude of this memorial, and the broad base of popular support on which it rests, can scarcely fail to excite national wonder and admiration." |
| The monument underwent an extensive $30 million restoration project beginning in early 2000 and concluding in May 2002 |
| The Liberty Memorial is the official World War I monument of the United States. Its grounds include two Sphinx sculptures, two museums, and the centerpiece 217-foot tower, among other things. A new larger museum opened in 2006 below the tower |
| A view of Downtown after an elevator ride to the top |
| Illuminated at Night with the Flame of Victory at the top |
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