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.
Tag Archives: Cityscape
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.
Stone, Brick, Glass
Downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Click on the image for a larger view.
Shinbashi, Tokyo
A solitary figure is standing in the usually vibrant district of Shinbashi, Tokyo. Unlike Ginza, its exclusive neighbor to the north, Shinbashi caters to the average Tokyo worker with reasonably-priced restaurants and bars. This is from our book Earth, Water, Wind, Fire, Emptiness: Tokyo Landscape. Click on the image for a larger view.
Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station at night after the rush hour. When it opened in 1914, half a million passengers used the station in the first year. Today, 420,000 people pass through daily on over 3,000 trains. This is not the busiest station in Tokyo. From our book Earth, Water, Wind, Fire, Emptiness: Tokyo Landscape. Click on the image for a larger view.
City of Lights
Tokyo at night. Click on the image for a larger view.
