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Category Archives: Missouri
Math
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Car Wash
In Maine, we would wash our car at home. Living in the city makes that a bit difficult and so we went to a car wash for the first time in a long time. Well, it was quite a show! I expected the brushes and soap, but not the colors. Click on the image for a larger view.
TWA Moonliner IV
The TWA Moonliner IV on the restored TWA Headquarters building in Kansas City, Missouri. The original 76 ft. Moonliner was part of Walt Disney’s 1955 Tomorrowland exhibit. Howard Hughes placed a smaller 22 ft. model on the TWA Headquarters in Kansas City. Both Moonliners were eventually sold, the first model ending in a boneyard and the second being found, restored, and exhibited at National Airline History Museum in Kansas City. The current Moonliner on the restored TWA Headquarters building is a replica of number two. (In 1998, a model III was made for Tomorrowland and stands next to Redd Rockett’s Pizza Port.) Click on the image for a larger view.
Life in a Box
Life in Kansas City is very different from the one in Maine. We live hundreds of feet above the ground. In some ways our landscape is static and removed, filled with immovable buildings and shielded by glass. Yet, the sun and weather constantly modifying that. Like a nest, our habitat is at once within and outside this city. Click on the image for a larger view.
The City Streets
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Steel and Concrete
The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Kansas City. It is home to the Kansas City Symphony, the Kansas City Ballet, and the Lyric Opera of Kansas City. Those groups were formerly housed in the Lyric Theater. Click on the image for a larger view.
1228 Baltimore Ave
The 1926 Gothic Revival building was the former home of the Kansas City Club and now luxury apartments. Click on the image for a larger view.
Inside Out, Part 2
Lyric Theater, Kansas City, Missouri. Click on the image for a larger view.
Inside Out
The former Lyric Theater in downtown Kansas City. Built in 1929 as the Ararat Shrine Temple, the Shriners spent one million dollars on its construction. The property was foreclosed in 1936 with $600,000 on the note. The building has been occupied by a Red Cross blood collection center and a television broadcasting station. Click on the image for a larger view.
