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Title
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KC's Bull Will Be Back in Skyline
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Description
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HNTB Architects Engineers Planners took down the Hereford Bull statue when they bought the American Hereford Association building. Calvin Trillin lamented the loss in The New Yorker last year. Now the famous bull will be located in Mulkey Square Park atop a new 65-foot pre-cast concrete pylon that is being donated by HNTB, DST Systems and the J. E. Dunn Construction Company.
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Date
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2002-05-17
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Letter from Kansas City: The Bull Vanishes--Does Being a Cowtown Require the Presence of Cows?
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Description
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Illustration and article about the removal of the bull statue atop the old American Hereford Association Building (to a nearby park in Downtown Kansas City) with the relocation of the architectural firm of HNTB into the building (originally dedicated by President Dwight Eisenhower in the mid-1950s). Discussion also on Kansas City's general image (by the famous author, a former Kansas Citian) as a "cowtown."
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Date
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2001-06-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article