Kansas City Board of Trade (2nd) 1887
Once called the "Toughest building of it’s period on either side of the Atlantic," this handsome structure was the pride of downtown Kansas City. The city’s very first "Skyscraper" (by 1880’s standards), the building cemented the town’s transformation from trading post to urban metropolis. Not to be taken lightly, its design was decided by competition of the Western Association of Architects. The winning design by Chicago firm Burnham & Root was one of solid sophistication. The large vaulted exchange room was perched 5 stories above the bustling boomtown streets, carved brick and terracotta festooned the exterior in beutifully ornate patterns, while the soaring central tower housed the newest elevator technology.
The following century was not kind to the structure, and in the end, the city’s success proved to be the building’s downfall. By the 1920’s many of the grain companies which occupied it outgrew their aging offices. The Board of Trade, by which it was named moved on, and by the 1960’s the area was considered blighted. It was razed in 1968. A surface parking lot now occupies where the proud building once stood. 🙁
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