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Title
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There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City
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Description
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Origins of the Kansas City Power & Light company itself as well as its building, erected by the Swenson Construction Company. General drawings under the direction of Mr. Meriwether. Mechanical drawing under the direction of Mr. Cassell. Structural drawings under the direction of Mr. Glass. General construction by Swenson Construction Company. Plans for building started in 1930 by Mr. Joseph Porter, President of Kansas City Power & Light Company. The building stands 479 feet above the sidewalk, made of Indiana limestone.
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Date
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1934
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Kansas City Power and Light Building
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Description
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The Kansas City Power & Light Building is 36 stories in height and 478.5 feet in elevation.
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Date
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1931-08-23
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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City of Art, Kansas City's Public Art
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Description
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The author describes the Kansas City Power and Light Building as "Kansas City's most distinctive skyscraper and one of the country's best examples of art-deco design." Includes photographs of the outside of the building as well as artistic motifs found throughout the building. Also included are a number of basic statistics concerning the building.
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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A Score of Slender Towers: Skyscraper Development in Kansas City, Missouri, 1929-1932
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Description
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Article discusses architectural, economic and cultural factors that drove a surge in skyscraper construction in the late-1920s and early-1930s. The design and building of the Telephone Building, the Professional Building, the Bryant Building, the Fidelity Building, and the Kansas City Power and Light Building are described in detail.
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Date
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2017-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Power and Light Building
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Description
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[Q]uickly became Kansas City's leading landmark. Photos and description of the 30-story building at 1330 Baltimore Avenue.
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Date
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1994
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Object Type
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Book
