View Full Version : KC from the West Side


gridley
February 14th, 2008, 11:51 AM
This is looking south out of downtown at the Crown Center skyline.
The cranes are for the Performing Arts Center in the Crossroads District.
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa45/gridleyOmaha/westside2.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa45/gridleyOmaha/westside10.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa45/gridleyOmaha/westside13.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa45/gridleyOmaha/westside14.jpg



Taken from an apartment tower on Quality Hill.
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa45/gridleyOmaha/westside1.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa45/gridleyOmaha/westside3.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa45/gridleyOmaha/westside8.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa45/gridleyOmaha/westside9.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa45/gridleyOmaha/westside5.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa45/gridleyOmaha/westside12.jpg


Looking northward.
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa45/gridleyOmaha/westside6.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa45/gridleyOmaha/westside7.jpg

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa45/gridleyOmaha/westside4.jpg

gridley
February 14th, 2008, 08:13 PM
These are views of KC that you've never seen before.

gridley
February 14th, 2008, 09:22 PM
up to 35 views just an hour later and still no replies.

philadweller
February 14th, 2008, 09:27 PM
why does the side of that art deco tower have no windows?

IraGlacialis
February 15th, 2008, 12:00 AM
Chill! Those are nice pics, though i do wonder about the date thing in the corner.

why does the side of that art deco tower have no windows?
That is the KC Power & Light Building.
I think there was to be twin structures, but the plan was abandoned in the midst of the Depression; notice how the building is slightly lopsided.
I think it would be awesome if there was an art deco design on that; kind of like what graces both sides of the old Federal Reserve entrance, except have it take up the entire blank wall.

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1028/p6090295hx1.jpg
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/1075/p6090294ma0.jpg

Unionstation13
February 15th, 2008, 04:31 AM
up to 35 views just an hour later and still no replies.

AA! CHILLAX!
What is the little victorian gold roofed structure?:)

philadweller
February 15th, 2008, 07:55 PM
that is because people are boring, dull and have no curiosity. great pics.

IraGlacialis
February 15th, 2008, 08:16 PM
What is the little victorian gold roofed structure?:)

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

Here is the website (just in case you may want to know more).
http://www.kcgolddome.org/

MilwaukeeMark
February 15th, 2008, 11:22 PM
I love how some of the downtown buildings look with the sunset in the background. Great stuff.

gridley
February 15th, 2008, 11:43 PM
now that i'm reasonably "challaxed"... thanks for the comments.

Ira you know a lot about KCMO, did you move from there to Rolla?

IraGlacialis
February 16th, 2008, 04:39 AM
Ira you know a lot about KCMO, did you move from there to Rolla?

I actually come from Harrisonville. If you don't know, it is a small town about 30 miles south of KC.

Rolla is where I am going to school (Missouri University of Science and Technology).

calmuse
February 21st, 2008, 10:21 AM
Very nice pics.

I've looked at a few Missouri photo threads now -- it's strange how the better pics even convey how steamy-humid the areas near the rivers in K.C. and St. Louis can get.