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One Kansas City Place is a Skyscraper in Downtown Kansas City , Missouri , USA , built in 1988 . It is bounded by 12th Street to the north, Baltimore Street to the west, and Main Street to the east. The height of its rooftop is 632 feet (192.6 meters) from the main entrance to the top, making One Kansas City Place the '''tallest habitable structure (building) in Missouri ''' (2 feet taller at its rooftop than the Gateway Arch in St. Louis , and 21 feet taller at the top of its antenna). The height of its antenna is 651 feet (198.4 meters) from the main entrance to the top. HISTORY One Kansas City Place was constructed as the first part of a much larger project named ''Kansas City Place'', which was never completed. The project included townhomes, office towers, and residential/hotel towers. One Kansas City place was to be one of many towers constructed, and the third tallest of all. Today, One Kansas City Place is one of the most recongizable buildings in Kansas City's Skyline . USAGE At the four sides of its top, One Kansas City Place glows at night with red, white, and blue lights. Throughout the year, the colors change to red and yellow for important Kansas City Chiefs games, blue and white for important Kansas City Royals games, red for Valentine's Day , green for St. Patrick's Day , pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October), and red and green for Christmas . It is also considered an architectural salute to City Hall, which is located 5 blocks east of main on 12th Street. Bank Midwest maintains a large branch in the building's lower lobby. The building's largest tenants are Ernst & Young , an accounting firm, and Bryan Cave , a law firm based in St. Louis. ADDITIONAL FACTS From its completion in 1988 until the First National Bank Tower was built in Omaha, Nebraska , in 1999 , One Kansas City Place was the tallest habitable structure in the United States situated between Minneapolis and Denver . One Kansas City Place replaced the Town Pavilion as the tallest habitable structure in Kansas City, and as the tallest habitable structure in Missouri. KANSAS CITY PLACE The Kansas City Place project was originally proposed during the real estate boom of the 1980s. Designed by Frank Morgan, a local real estate mogul and banker, it was proposed for the South Loop (So-Lo) area south of Downtown's Central Business District. The project included a plethora of skyscrapers with uses ranging from offices to hotels and residential buildings. The project's downfall, however, came because of several reasons, not least of which was that residents complained it would ruin Kansas City's Skyline , which had been the same for 30 years. After the project failed, two other projects were also announced and cancelled for its location, and the south loop decayed over the next 10 years until the Power And Light District was proposed and construction on it was begun. The Kansas City Place project also called for the renovation of the President Hotel and Muehlebach Hotel and their conversion to once again functioning hotels. Several years later, the west annex of the Muehlebach was torn down and replaced by a new hotel of the same size and name. The President Hotel was renovated as part of the Power and Light District, and is now the Hilton President Hotel. Since the cancellation of Kansas City Place, Executive Hills, the chief developer of the project, decided to build several campuses around the became a large center for business campuses. Skyscrapers planned for the Kansas City Place project SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS/SOURCES
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