The Financial District of
Kansas City, Missouri is a neighborhood in the center of
Downtown Kansas City
Downtown Kansas City is the central business district (CBD) of Kansas City, Missouri and the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is between the Missouri River in the north, to 31st Street in the south; and from the Kansas–Missouri state line east ...
. It is bordered roughly by Ninth Street to the north, Oak Street to the east, Baltimore Avenue to the west, and
Interstate 670 (Kansas-Missouri) Interstate 670 may refer to:
* Interstate 670 (Kansas–Missouri), a connector highway within Kansas City
* Interstate 670 (Ohio), a spur highway connecting Columbus, Ohio, to Gahanna, Ohio
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to the south. The neighborhood includes many of the city's largest offices, and headquarters of much of Kansas City's major financial institutions.
The neighborhood is rich in diverse architecture, spanning from historic nineteenth century highrises and classic
Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...
structures such as the
Kansas City Power and Light Building
The Kansas City Power and Light Building (also called the KCP&L Building and the Power and Light Building) is a landmark skyscraper located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri. It was constructed by Kansas City Power and Light in 1931 as a way to p ...
, to international, modernist, and
postmodern architecture. Many of Kansas City's tallest skyscrapers dominate the area, all with Class A office space, such as
One Kansas City Place
One Kansas City Place is the tallest building in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is 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, this 18 ...
(Missouri's tallest habitable building),
City Center Square
Lightwell Building (formerly City Center Square) is a skyscraper in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, built by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, in the Spring of 1977. It occupies the entire block of 11th Street to 12th Street, and from Main Street to ...
,
Town Pavilion, and
1201 Walnut
The 1201 Walnut Building is a Skyscraper located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA, built by HNTB Architects in 1991. Found at the intersection of 12th and Walnut streets, it is the eighth Architecture in Kansas City, tallest habitable struct ...
. Many of the buildings have light features that illuminate the city's towers at night, contributing to the uniqueness of Kansas City's skyline.
Previously, the neighborhood was considered to be primarily a destination for daytime traders and office workers from in and around the
Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The neighborhood now has a growing number of full-time residents, with estimates made in 2008 showing that there were approximately 16,000 people living in the area, a jump from the ten thousand living there in 2000. Many of the neighborhood's older highrises have been renovated into lofts and condominiums, catering to young professionals living and working in the city.
Neighborhoods in Kansas City, Missouri
Downtown Kansas City
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