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Union Station, designed by Chicago architect Javis Hunt, is the most prominent architectural landmark of the City Beautiful movement in Kansas City. At 850,000 square feet, it was, at its completion, the country’s third largest terminal. In 1933, gang members gunned down four unarmed FBI agents in the building in what would be come to be known as the “Kansas City Massacre.”
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Comments (2)
I think you need to check out Ogden, Utah. The union station has great history and architecture
Posted by susan church | February 15, 2007 6:57 PM
Posted on February 15, 2007 18:57
You left out the "facelift" and revitalization this one got a few years ago. It's a grand structure!!!!
Posted by Wade Moore | March 15, 2007 12:35 PM
Posted on March 15, 2007 12:35