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kc_demolished_buildings.json

[
  {
    "name": "Old KCI Control Tower",
    "alternative name": "Old MCI Control Tower",
    "ebn": "275682",
    "building type": "airport tower",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "architectural style": "modernism",
    "zip": "64153",
    "complex": "Kansas City International Airport",
    "zone": "Northland",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "220.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "15",
    "construction start": "1962",
    "renovation": "1969",
    "demolition end": "1996",
    "facts": [
      "The tower was originally built by the city in 1962 when MCI was the overhaul base for defunct Trans World Airlines. TWA was headquartered in Kansas City before moving to\rNew York City in the late 60's.",
      "The FAA purchased and upgraded the soon-to-be KCI Airport in 1969. It replaced Charles Wheeler Downtown Airport as the main airport for commercial aviation in November 1972."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Waldheim Building",
    "ebn": "138918",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "steel",
    "architectural style": "chicago school",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "virtual address": "1029 Main Street",
    "main address": "2 East 11th Street",
    "address as text": "6 East 11th Street",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "213.00 ft",
    "height roof": "213.00 ft",
    "height main roof": "196.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "16",
    "construction end": "1910",
    "demolition end": "1986",
    "elevators": "3",
    "facts": [
      "The Waldheim Building is the tallest building to have been demolished in Kansas City."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Sears Mail Order Center",
    "alternative name": "Sears Catalog Warehouse",
    "ebn": "176767",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "main usage": "warehouse",
    "main address": "3825 Truman Road",
    "address as text": "3825 Truman Road",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "180.00 ft",
    "height roof": "180.00 ft",
    "height main roof": "132.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "11",
    "floors below ground": "1",
    "construction start": "1924",
    "construction end": "1925",
    "demolition end": "1997",
    "facts": [
      "Sears, Roebuck & Co., built this larger structure to replace one it then sold at Northland Lofts in North Kansas City, Missouri.",
      "This structure was shut down as the result of a company-wide consolidation in 1997 and\rno facility replaced it in Metropolitan Kansas City.",
      "A low-rise addition constructed in 1977 was purchased by the United States Postal Service and now serves as a regional distribution center for first-class mail; employees now park where the old section of the building stood."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Columbia National Bank Building",
    "alternative name": "Gloyd Building",
    "ebn": "138106",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "921 Walnut Street",
    "address as text": "921 Walnut Street",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "178.00 ft",
    "height roof": "178.00 ft",
    "height main roof": "172.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "12",
    "floors below ground": "2",
    "construction end": "1909",
    "demolition end": "2001",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [
      "The adjacent UMB Bank purchased the building on a speculative basis to protect its\rmajor investments in the area and then demolished the old building.",
      "When a Dallas developer began rehabbing the 35-story Fidelity National Bank and Trust Apartment project, the old Columbia site was purchased for a multi-story parking garage\rto serve the new residents of the landmark skyscraper.",
      "The former Columbia Building sat abandoned for more than two decades. Its\rdeteriorated condition, narrow frontage and lack of parking lead to its demise.",
      "This bank merged with Union National and moved across the street to become Columbia-Union National Bank in the mid-1970s.",
      "The 919 Garage and Rooftop Garden can now be found atop this site."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "National Fidelity Life Building",
    "ebn": "138072",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "steel",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "1000 Walnut Street, 15 East 10th Street",
    "address as text": "19 East 10th Street, 1002 Walnut Street",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "147.00 ft",
    "height roof": "147.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "12",
    "floors below ground": "2",
    "construction end": "1913",
    "elevators": "3",
    "facts": [
      "The National Fidelity Life Building was demolished to make way for the Commerce Bank Building."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Sharp Building",
    "alternative name": "Lillis Building",
    "ebn": "138916",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "steel",
    "architectural style": "chicago school",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "12 East 11th Street",
    "virtual address": "1028 Walnut Street",
    "address as text": "18 East 11th Street",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "135.00 ft",
    "height roof": "135.00 ft",
    "height main roof": "119.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "10",
    "construction end": "1905",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Baltimore Hotel",
    "ebn": "177865",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "architectural style": "renaissance revival",
    "main usage": "hotel",
    "main address": "1101 Baltimore Avenue",
    "virtual address": "19 West 11th Street",
    "side address": "14 West 12th Street",
    "address as text": "1101-1121 Baltimore Avenue",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "134.00 ft",
    "height roof": "132.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "11",
    "floors below ground": "1",
    "construction start": "1899",
    "construction end": "1908",
    "renovation": "1914",
    "demolition end": "1939",
    "elevators": "6",
    "facts": [
      "Headquarters hotel for the 1900 Democratic National Convention which nominated\rWilliam Jennings Bryan for the U. S. Presidency.",
      "During the Great Depression, the opulent hotel went bankrupt in 1938 and was demolished in 1939 to make way for a surface parking lot.",
      "Live chamber music was played every evening during dinner in the Renaissance Room, a\rtwo-story lightly-colored Italian marble room with a colorful mosaic ceiling.",
      "The 30-story City Center Square was completed on the site in 1978.",
      "The entire facility was remodelled in 1914 at a total cost of $430,000 and was\rcompletely air conditioned at a time when cooling was both novel and a luxury.",
      "The Baltimore was the hotel of choice for the local elite and for visiting dignitaries, including several presidents of the United States."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Macy's Department Store",
    "ebn": "304482",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "steel",
    "main usage": "department store",
    "main address": "1020 Main Street",
    "virtual address": "1017 Baltimore Avenue",
    "address as text": "1040 Main Street",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "133.00 ft",
    "height roof": "133.00 ft",
    "height main roof": "110.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "7",
    "construction end": "1914",
    "elevators": "17",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "1016 Baltimore Building",
    "ebn": "156566",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "steel",
    "main address": "1014 Baltimore Avenue",
    "address as text": "1016 Baltimore Avenue",
    "zip": "64105",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "131.50 ft",
    "height roof": "130.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "10",
    "construction end": "1924",
    "demolition end": "1992",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [
      "This building was demolished in 1992 to make way for a multi-level parking garage."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "TWA Pilot/Flight Training Center",
    "alternative name": "Robert Keith Furniture and Carpet Building",
    "ebn": "198419",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "facade color": "dark red",
    "virtual address": "19 West 13th Street, 1301 Baltimore Avenue",
    "address as text": "West 13th Street & Baltimore Avenue, SE corner",
    "zip": "64105",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "129.00 ft",
    "height roof": "128.00 ft",
    "height main roof": "116.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "8",
    "construction end": "1925",
    "elevators": "3",
    "facts": [
      "The \"flight simulator,\" as the equipment was referred to, was in use at a critical point\rin the industry as TWA began retiring the DC-3s and Constellations in favor of the\rsleek, new Boeing 707 jets which could get from KC to either coast in an advertised 3:05 minutes.",
      "A painted, weather-worn sign still adorns the building's south facade - touting the cities\rTWA offered non-stop jet service to in the early '60s when such travel was still regarded\ras novel.",
      "With most of the issues surrounding the fate of the President Hotel resolved, at least\rtwo developers are now looking at this building for possible renovation for residential use.\rBecause of the the TWA Airlines connection, there is much sentiment to save the building.",
      "When Trans World Airlines' world headquarters was in Kansas City, MO, this building\rserved as the flight training center for pilots after the furniture store's departure in\rthe mid-'50s.",
      "The world headquarters later moved to New York City and the training center to St.\rLouis, but the TWA overhaul base remained at Kansas City International airport\rthroughout TWA's 75 year history..",
      "This building has been empty for approximately 25 years.",
      "This building was demolished in February 2005 so the site could be used as a part of the new \"Kansas City Live\" Development Project."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "The Hotel State",
    "ebn": "138100",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "main usage": "hotel",
    "main address": "114 West 12th Street",
    "virtual address": "1117 Wyandotte Street",
    "address as text": "122 West 12th Street",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "128.00 ft",
    "height roof": "128.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "10",
    "construction end": "1923",
    "elevators": "3",
    "facts": [
      "Now standing on the site of the demolished Hotel State is 12 Wyandotte Plaza."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Security Building",
    "ebn": "198420",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "steel",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "1 West 11th Street, 1100 Main Street",
    "address as text": "9 West 11th Street",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "126.00 ft",
    "height roof": "126.00 ft",
    "height main roof": "115.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "9",
    "floors below ground": "1",
    "construction start": "1917",
    "construction end": "1918",
    "elevators": "4",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "American Bank Building",
    "alternative name": "Kansas City Public Service Company Building, KCPS Building",
    "ebn": "198332",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "architectural style": "romanesque revival",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "722 Delaware Street",
    "virtual address": "100 West 8th Street",
    "address as text": "728 Delaware Avenue",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "125.00 ft",
    "height roof": "125.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "8",
    "construction end": "1888",
    "demolition end": "1956",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Union Depot",
    "ebn": "254143",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "architectural style": "second empire",
    "main usage": "rail station",
    "address as text": "Union Avenue",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "125.00 ft",
    "construction start": "1877",
    "construction end": "1878",
    "renovation": "1898",
    "demolition end": "1915",
    "facts": [
      "By 1880, an express and baggage annex nearly as large as the depot itself was built.",
      "The depot opened for business on April 8, 1878.",
      "By 1903, 187 trains a day passed through the station.",
      "The traffic in and out of Union Depot nurtured commercial development in Kansas City’s West Bottoms.",
      "This building was replaced by Union Station in 1914."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "916 Walnut Street Building",
    "ebn": "304478",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "steel",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "914 Walnut Street",
    "address as text": "914-918 Walnut Street",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "120.00 ft",
    "height roof": "120.00 ft",
    "height main roof": "110.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "8",
    "floors below ground": "1",
    "construction end": "1916",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Fluor Building",
    "alternative name": "Orear-Leslie Building",
    "ebn": "138236",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "steel",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "1012 Baltimore Avenue",
    "address as text": "1012 Baltimore Avenue",
    "zip": "64105",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "119.00 ft",
    "height roof": "117.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "10",
    "construction end": "1907",
    "demolition end": "1992",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [
      "This building was demolished in 1992 to make way for a multi-level parking garage."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Lathrop Building",
    "ebn": "198328",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade color": "dark yellow",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "1001 Grand Boulevard",
    "side address": "201 East 10th Street",
    "address as text": "1005 Grand Boulevard",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "118.00 ft",
    "height roof": "118.00 ft",
    "height main roof": "103.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "8",
    "construction start": "1913",
    "construction end": "1914",
    "demolition end": "2002",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Dixon Hotel",
    "ebn": "201640",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "main usage": "hotel",
    "main address": "1201 Baltimore Avenue",
    "virtual address": "19 West 12th Street",
    "address as text": "1201 Baltimore Avenue",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "118.00 ft",
    "height roof": "117.00 ft",
    "height main roof": "93.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "7",
    "floors below ground": "1",
    "construction end": "1902",
    "demolition end": "1982",
    "facts": [
      "The 42-story One Kansas City Place office building was completed on this site in 1988.",
      "For a half-century, hotels occupied all four corners at 12th and Baltimore Avenue:\rthe Dixon on the southeast corner, the Muehlebach on the southwest corner, the Phillips\ron the northwest corner and the Baltimore Hotel on the northeast corner."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Orient Express",
    "ebn": "335598",
    "building type": "roller coaster",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "steel",
    "complex": "Worlds of Fun",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "117.13 ft",
    "construction end": "1980",
    "demolition end": "2003",
    "facts": [
      "Track length was 1057.7 meters.",
      "Had four looping inversions."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Railway Exchange Building",
    "alternative name": "Midland Hotel",
    "ebn": "198417",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "architectural style": "romanesque revival",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "701 Walnut Street",
    "side address": "700 Grand Boulevard, 101 East 7th Street",
    "address as text": "705 Walnut Street",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "112.00 ft",
    "height roof": "112.00 ft",
    "height main roof": "107.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "8",
    "construction end": "1888",
    "demolition end": "1965",
    "elevators": "6",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Hotel Andrew Jackson",
    "ebn": "304547",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "steel",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "main usage": "hotel",
    "main address": "1201 McGee Street",
    "virtual address": "301 East 12th Street",
    "address as text": "1201-1205 McGee Street",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "111.00 ft",
    "height roof": "111.00 ft",
    "height main roof": "97.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "8",
    "construction end": "1912",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [
      "The Kansas City School District Headquarters can now be found atop this site."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Reliance Building",
    "ebn": "304495",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "210 East 10th Street",
    "virtual address": "924 McGee Street",
    "address as text": "210-222 East 10th Street",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "98.00 ft",
    "height roof": "98.00 ft",
    "height main roof": "90.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "7",
    "construction end": "1919",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "112-114 West 10th Street",
    "ebn": "304486",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "112 West 10th Street",
    "address as text": "112-114 West 10th Street",
    "zip": "64105",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "96.00 ft",
    "height roof": "96.00 ft",
    "height main roof": "88.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "7",
    "construction end": "1923",
    "elevators": "1",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Zambezi Zinger",
    "ebn": "335586",
    "building type": "roller coaster",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "steel",
    "complex": "Worlds of Fun",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "75.13 ft",
    "construction end": "1973",
    "demolition end": "1997",
    "facts": [
      "Track length was 640.1 meters."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Extremeroller",
    "alternative name": "EXT, Screamroller",
    "ebn": "335596",
    "building type": "roller coaster",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "steel",
    "complex": "Worlds of Fun",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "69.88 ft",
    "construction end": "1976",
    "demolition end": "1988",
    "facts": [
      "In 1983, this coaster was converted into a stand-up ride, making it the first stand-up looping roller coaster in the world. In 1984, it was converted back into a traditional sit-down roller coaster.",
      "Track length was 381 meters.",
      "Had two looping inversions."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Schussboomer",
    "ebn": "335599",
    "building type": "roller coaster",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "steel",
    "complex": "Worlds of Fun",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height architectural": "44.29 ft",
    "construction end": "1973",
    "demolition end": "1984",
    "facts": [
      "Track length was 460 meters."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Muehlebach Towers",
    "ebn": "192387",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "architectural style": "modernism",
    "main usage": "hotel",
    "virtual address": "113 West 12th Street, 1201 Wyandotte Street",
    "address as text": "1201 Wyandotte Street",
    "zip": "64105",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "200.55 ft",
    "floors above ground": "17",
    "construction end": "1957",
    "demolition end": "1996",
    "facts": [
      "The main reasons this structure was demolished were the fact the floor plates were too\rsmall, the support walls unmoveable and therefore, the plumbing in the wrong locations\rto meet 21st century hotel guest room standards."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Hotel Kansas Citian",
    "ebn": "177754",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "main usage": "hotel",
    "main address": "1330 Broadway Boulevard",
    "address as text": "1330 Broadway Boulevard",
    "zip": "64105",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "141.56 ft",
    "floors above ground": "12",
    "construction end": "1985",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "National Cloak & Suit Company Building",
    "ebn": "138921",
    "building type": "high-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "address as text": "Harvesty Avenue & Independence Avenue",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "165.18 ft",
    "floors above ground": "12",
    "construction end": "1919",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Browhardt Apartments",
    "ebn": "181041",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "main usage": "residential",
    "main address": "801 East Linwood Boulevard",
    "virtual address": "3201 Charlotte Street",
    "address as text": "801 East Linwood Boulevard",
    "zip": "64109",
    "zone": "Midtown",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "140.18 ft",
    "floors above ground": "11",
    "demolition end": "2000",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Twin Oaks Towers 2",
    "ebn": "121795",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "facade color": "orange",
    "architectural style": "early modernism",
    "main usage": "residential",
    "main address": "5050 Oak Street",
    "address as text": "5050 Oak Street",
    "zip": "64112",
    "complex": "Twin Oaks Towers",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "141.27 ft",
    "height main roof": "112.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "11",
    "construction start": "1950",
    "construction end": "1951",
    "renovation": "2002",
    "demolition end": "2007",
    "elevators": "3",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Twin Oaks Towers 1",
    "ebn": "121870",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "facade color": "orange",
    "architectural style": "early modernism",
    "main usage": "residential",
    "main address": "5000 Oak Street",
    "address as text": "5000 Oak Street",
    "zip": "64112",
    "complex": "Twin Oaks Towers",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "141.27 ft",
    "height main roof": "112.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "11",
    "construction start": "1950",
    "construction end": "1951",
    "renovation": "2002",
    "demolition end": "2007",
    "elevators": "3",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Summit House Apartments",
    "ebn": "312160",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "facade color": "orange",
    "architectural style": "early modernism",
    "main usage": "rental apartments",
    "side usage": "club house",
    "main address": "750 West 47th Street",
    "virtual address": "4617 Summit Street",
    "address as text": "750 West 47th Street",
    "zip": "64108",
    "zone": "Country Club Plaza",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "141.27 ft",
    "floors above ground": "11",
    "construction end": "1951",
    "demolition end": "1986",
    "facts": [
      "In 1982, a two-square-block area was cleared to make way for MacKenzie Hotel & Apartments and Sheraton Suites Country Club Plaza."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Westgate Hotel",
    "alternative name": "Hotel Kay",
    "ebn": "201637",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "main usage": "hotel",
    "main address": "814 Main Street",
    "virtual address": "815 Delaware Street, 2 West 9th Street",
    "address as text": "814 Main Street",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "129.77 ft",
    "height main roof": "120.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "11",
    "floors below ground": "1",
    "construction start": "1915",
    "construction end": "1916",
    "demolition end": "1956",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [
      "The hotel was demolished to make way for the 6th Street Expressway, which was\rredesignated Interstate 70 after the U. S. Congress passed legislation to build the\rinterstate system.",
      "The Coffee Shop was called The Bungalow.",
      "The 200-room hotel was built at a cost of $400,000 and billed itself as a \"moderately priced hostelry with rates ranging from $1.50-$2.50 per day\".",
      "Fire Insurance maps indicate this building was 120 feet to the main roof, not including the penthouse."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Frederick Hotel",
    "ebn": "177426",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "main usage": "residential",
    "main address": "405 East 8th Street",
    "address as text": "405 East 8th Street",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "128.43 ft",
    "floors above ground": "10",
    "demolition end": "1997",
    "facts": [
      "Demolished to make way for the Charles Evans Whitaker Federal Courthouse."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Military Division of the Rahe Auto and Tractor School",
    "alternative name": "Kansas City Journal (newspaper), Milgram's Grocery General Offices",
    "ebn": "202027",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "main usage": "school",
    "address as text": "200 block of East Pershing Road",
    "zip": "64108",
    "zone": "Midtown",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "157.98 ft",
    "floors above ground": "10",
    "floors below ground": "1",
    "construction start": "1926",
    "demolition end": "1968",
    "facts": [
      "The undeveloped rough ground behind this building and the Plaza Hotel was known as\r\"Signboard Hill\" for decades because it faced Union Station and was considered worthless\rfor other purposes. The property lay east of Main Street and south of Pershing Road..",
      "The Kansas City Journal merged with the Post to become \"The Kansas City Journal-Post.\"\rHowever, the merged paper ceased publication entirely in 1942."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Carlton Tower",
    "alternative name": "Quality Hill Tower 4",
    "ebn": "177740",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "architectural style": "early modernism",
    "main usage": "residential",
    "main address": "1010 Jefferson Street",
    "virtual address": "707 West 10th Street",
    "address as text": "707 West 10th Street",
    "zip": "64105",
    "complex": "Quality Hill Towers",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "128.43 ft",
    "height main roof": "105.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "10",
    "floors below ground": "1",
    "construction end": "1949",
    "demolition end": "2004",
    "facts": [
      "This property was recently purchased by DST, Inc., a major Downtown land\rowner who has bought many properties on a spectulative basis. DST was\rthe major property owner on the site of the new \"Kansas City Live\" Development."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Carriage House",
    "alternative name": "Quality Hill Tower 5",
    "ebn": "177752",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "architectural style": "early modernism",
    "main usage": "residential",
    "main address": "1020 Jefferson Street",
    "address as text": "1020 Jefferson Street",
    "zip": "64106",
    "complex": "Quality Hill Towers",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "128.43 ft",
    "height main roof": "105.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "10",
    "floors below ground": "1",
    "construction end": "1949",
    "demolition end": "2004",
    "facts": [
      "This property was recently purchased by DST, Inc., a major Downtown land\rowner who has bought many properties on a speculative basis. DST was the\rmajor property owner on the site of the new \"Kansas City Live\" Development."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Belleclaire Apartment Hotel",
    "ebn": "218740",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "main usage": "rental apartments",
    "main address": "401 East Armour Boulevard",
    "virtual address": "3501 Gillham Road",
    "address as text": "401-403 East Armour Boulevard",
    "zip": "64111",
    "zone": "Midtown",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "128.43 ft",
    "height main roof": "108.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "10",
    "construction end": "1927",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Heritage House",
    "alternative name": "Schuyler Hotel, Drake Apartment Hotel",
    "ebn": "177427",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "main usage": "residential",
    "main address": "1016 Locust Street",
    "address as text": "1016 Locust Street",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "128.43 ft",
    "floors above ground": "10",
    "construction end": "1925",
    "demolition end": "1997",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [
      "Demolished to make way for the Charles Evans Whitaker Federal Courthouse and\radjacent green space/park improvements."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "The Jason Building",
    "ebn": "312171",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "architectural style": "neo-gothic",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "side usage": "shop(s)",
    "main address": "1209 Walnut Street",
    "address as text": "1209 Walnut Street",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "165.30 ft",
    "floors above ground": "10",
    "construction end": "1925",
    "demolition end": "1987",
    "facts": [
      "The building was demolished and replaced by 1201 Walnut."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "The Robert E. Lee Hotel",
    "ebn": "201639",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "main usage": "hotel",
    "virtual address": "1230 Wyandotte Street, 200 West 13th Street",
    "address as text": "W Streets, SE corner",
    "zip": "64105",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "106.17 ft",
    "height main roof": "92.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "9",
    "floors below ground": "1",
    "construction start": "1925",
    "demolition end": "1954",
    "elevators": "3",
    "facts": [
      "The Crowne Plaza Kansas City Downtown has been on this site, directly across the street to the east of Municipal Auditorium, since 1968.",
      "During demolition, the 9th floor collapsed unexpectedly, pelting two passing vehicles with bricks and mortar and narrowly missing four pedestrians on the opposite side of the street. Reportedly, no one was injured."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Plaza Hotel",
    "ebn": "202026",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "main usage": "hotel",
    "address as text": "100 block of East Pershing Road",
    "zip": "64108",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "106.17 ft",
    "floors above ground": "9",
    "floors below ground": "1",
    "construction start": "1912",
    "demolition end": "1968",
    "facts": [
      "The hotel has no known relationship to any other \"Plaza\" referenced property -- including the Country Club Plaza District.",
      "The Plaza was the hotel closest (walking distance) to Kansas City's Union Station and saw\rits fate change dramatically in the early 1960s as rail travel dwindled.",
      "East Pershing Road is 23rd Street west of Broadway Boulevard and east of McGee Trafficway in Kansas City, MO."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Victoria Hotel",
    "ebn": "201638",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "main usage": "hotel",
    "main address": "300 East 9th Street",
    "virtual address": "817 McGee Street",
    "address as text": "East 9th Street & McGee, NE corner",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "106.17 ft",
    "floors above ground": "9",
    "floors below ground": "1",
    "construction end": "1888",
    "demolition end": "1960",
    "facts": [
      "Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the building as firefighters successfully rescued 35 occupants in subfreezing temperatures in January 1960. The site has been a surface\rparking lot since then.",
      "The Victoria opened in May of 1888 with 240 rooms, all parlor and bedroom suites with\r\"a private bath for each\"."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "School of Nursing",
    "ebn": "182562",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "main usage": "residential",
    "main address": "4315 Wornall Road",
    "address as text": "4315 Wornall Road",
    "zip": "64111",
    "complex": "St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City",
    "zone": "Midtown",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "102.74 ft",
    "floors above ground": "8",
    "demolition end": "1993",
    "facts": [
      "This building was antiquated and was demolished to make way for the H. O. Peet\rCancer Center."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Gibraltar Building",
    "ebn": "229538",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "facade color": "dark red",
    "architectural style": "neo-gothic",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "818 Wyandotte Street",
    "address as text": "818 Wyandotte Street",
    "zip": "64105",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "110.12 ft",
    "floors above ground": "8",
    "demolition end": "1971",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Lee Building",
    "ebn": "304477",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "steel",
    "main address": "1001 Main Street",
    "virtual address": "1 East 10th Street",
    "address as text": "1001-1003 Main Street",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "110.12 ft",
    "height main roof": "104.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "8",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [
      "The Commerce Bank Building can now be found atop this site."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Shukert Building",
    "ebn": "304558",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "1113 Grand Boulevard",
    "address as text": "1113-1119 Grand Boulevard",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "110.12 ft",
    "height main roof": "98.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "8",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "National Garage",
    "ebn": "185112",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "steel",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "facade color": "dark brown",
    "architectural style": "art deco / art moderne",
    "main usage": "parking",
    "side usage": "mercantile",
    "main address": "1100 McGee Street",
    "virtual address": "215 East 11th Street",
    "address as text": "1105 McGee Street",
    "zip": "64106",
    "complex": "Professional Building/National Garage Project",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "112.35 ft",
    "height main roof": "82.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "8",
    "construction end": "1930",
    "demolition end": "2004",
    "parking places": "350",
    "facts": [
      "A developer is proposing a renovation of the historic garage and the adjacent Professional Building at 1104 Grand Boulevard into mixed use apartments, parking and\rretail services.",
      "The design of this building is a camouflage, that is, the art deco/art moderne exterior\rhides the fact it is an enclosed parking lot.",
      "The camouflage was made even more effective by the fact each floor has double-hung\rwindows with glass -- the same style which was typical of office and residential\rstructures built in 1930.",
      "This is the only structure of its kind in Metro KC and it is believed if any others existed,\rthey were long ago demolished.",
      "The first floor of the garage would be retail, the second through sixth floors parking, and\rtop two floors residential lofts.",
      "The parking lot entry appears to be an ordinary loading dock with only a discreet\rneon sign overhead which states, \"National Garage Parking.\".",
      "The National Garage has federal historic status.",
      "The advanced deterioration of the structure made the cost of renovation prohibitive,\rthus the decision to demolish the garage."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Law Building",
    "alternative name": "Exchange Building",
    "ebn": "225816",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "steel",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "1215 Grand Boulevard",
    "virtual address": "201 East 12th Street",
    "address as text": "1215 Grand Boulevard",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "110.12 ft",
    "height main roof": "96.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "8",
    "floors below ground": "1",
    "construction end": "1930",
    "demolition end": "2005",
    "facts": [
      "No plans have been announced for the site, but it is one block from the tax increment financing district created for the new Sprint Center Arena.",
      "Although listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the building had no protection from demolition because it was not listed as a \"local\" landmark."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "901 Main Street",
    "ebn": "304480",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "main usage": "parking",
    "virtual address": "1 East 9th Street",
    "main address": "901 Main Street",
    "address as text": "901-907 Main Street",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "112.35 ft",
    "height main roof": "87.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "8",
    "construction end": "1929",
    "parking places": "500",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Haven Hill Apartments",
    "ebn": "312246",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "main usage": "rental apartments",
    "main address": "700 West 47th Street",
    "virtual address": "4637 Jefferson Street",
    "address as text": "700-708 West 47th Street",
    "zip": "64112",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "102.74 ft",
    "height main roof": "96.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "8",
    "construction end": "1929",
    "elevators": "4",
    "facts": [
      "The Plaza Steppes Building now occupies this site."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "The Ritz Apartments",
    "alternative name": "Cavalier Apartments",
    "ebn": "322795",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "main usage": "residential",
    "main address": "1105 East Armour Boulevard",
    "address as text": "1105-1113 East Armour Boulevard",
    "zone": "Midtown",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "102.49 ft",
    "floors above ground": "8",
    "construction end": "1929",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Senate Apartment Hotel",
    "ebn": "311744",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "architectural style": "neo-classicism",
    "main usage": "residential",
    "main address": "1011 East Armour Boulevard",
    "address as text": "1011-1017 East Armour Boulevard",
    "zip": "64108",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "102.49 ft",
    "height main roof": "88.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "8",
    "construction end": "1928",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Wrennmoor Apartment Hotel",
    "ebn": "311745",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "architectural style": "neo-gothic",
    "main usage": "residential",
    "main address": "915 East Armour Boulevard",
    "virtual address": "3500 Harrison Boulevard",
    "address as text": "915 East Armour Boulevard",
    "zip": "64108",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "102.49 ft",
    "height main roof": "84.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "8",
    "construction end": "1927",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Victor Building",
    "ebn": "304484",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "2 West 10th Street",
    "virtual address": "938 Main Street",
    "address as text": "2-10 West 10th Street",
    "zip": "64105",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "110.12 ft",
    "height main roof": "94.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "8",
    "construction end": "1904",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Wolferman Building",
    "ebn": "229549",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "facade material": "terra-cotta",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "facade color": "gray",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "side usage": "mercantile",
    "main address": "1108 Walnut Street",
    "address as text": "1108 Walnut Street",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "96.35 ft",
    "floors above ground": "7",
    "demolition end": "1972",
    "facts": [
      "This was the headquarters for the Fred B. Wolferman grocery chain which was started\rby German immigrant Wolferman in 1888. The last Wolferman's Grocery closed in\rsurburban Fairway, Kansas in the early 1990's.",
      "One of Downtown Kansas City's most popular lunch hour eateries for generations operated on the mezzanine, overlooking Walnut Street on one side and the retail grocery floor on the other side."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Armour Plaza Apartment Hotel",
    "ebn": "311743",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "architectural style": "renaissance revival",
    "main usage": "residential",
    "main address": "1220 East Armour Boulevard",
    "virtual address": "3430 Tracy Avenue",
    "address as text": "1220 East Armour Boulevard",
    "zip": "64108",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "89.68 ft",
    "height main roof": "74.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "7",
    "construction end": "1925",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "1019 McGee",
    "ebn": "304498",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "1019 McGee Street",
    "address as text": "1019-1021 McGee Street",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "96.35 ft",
    "height main roof": "96.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "7",
    "construction end": "1924",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Hotel Fredric",
    "ebn": "304493",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "main usage": "hotel",
    "main address": "312 East 9th Street",
    "address as text": "312 East 9th Street",
    "zip": "64105",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "82.58 ft",
    "height main roof": "81.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "7",
    "construction end": "1917",
    "elevators": "1",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "1013 Grand",
    "ebn": "304496",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "1013 Grand Boulevard",
    "address as text": "1013-1015 Grand Boulevard",
    "zip": "64105",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "96.35 ft",
    "height main roof": "102.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "7",
    "construction end": "1906",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Senator Hotel",
    "ebn": "229543",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "facade material": "terra-cotta",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "facade color": "white",
    "main usage": "hotel",
    "side usage": "restaurant",
    "address as text": "17 West Main Street",
    "zip": "64105",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "70.78 ft",
    "floors above ground": "6",
    "demolition end": "1973",
    "facts": [
      "One Kansas City Place stands on this site today."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Ridge Building",
    "ebn": "304481",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "main address": "909 Main Street",
    "address as text": "909-921 Main Street",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "82.59 ft",
    "height main roof": "86.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "6",
    "elevators": "3",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "1011 Walnut Street Building",
    "ebn": "312175",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "architectural style": "romanesque revival",
    "main usage": "shop(s)",
    "side usage": "commercial office",
    "address as text": "1011 Walnut",
    "zip": "64105",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "98.87 ft",
    "floors above ground": "6",
    "demolition end": "1986",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Madison Apartments",
    "ebn": "311751",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "architectural style": "early modernism",
    "main usage": "rental apartments",
    "main address": "720 East Armour Boulevard",
    "virtual address": "3450 Charlotte Street",
    "address as text": "720 East Armour Boulevard",
    "zip": "64109",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "77.06 ft",
    "floors above ground": "6",
    "construction end": "1950",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Union National Bank Building",
    "ebn": "304479",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "900 Walnut Street",
    "virtual address": "15 East 9th Street",
    "address as text": "900-906 Walnut Street",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "82.59 ft",
    "height main roof": "82.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "6",
    "construction end": "1948",
    "elevators": "2",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "1200 Oak",
    "ebn": "304546",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "steel",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "1200 Oak Street",
    "virtual address": "321 East 12th Street",
    "address as text": "1200-1206 Oak Street",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "82.59 ft",
    "height main roof": "72.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "6",
    "construction end": "1927",
    "elevators": "1",
    "facts": [
      "The Kansas City School District Headquarters can now be found atop this site."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "YWCA Building",
    "ebn": "304497",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "steel",
    "facade material": "brick",
    "facade system": "applied masonry",
    "main usage": "commercial office",
    "main address": "1016 McGee Street",
    "address as text": "1016-1024 McGee Street",
    "zip": "64105",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "82.59 ft",
    "height main roof": "90.00 ft",
    "floors above ground": "6",
    "floors below ground": "1",
    "construction end": "1905",
    "elevators": "1",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Warder Grand Opera House",
    "alternative name": "Auditorium Theater",
    "ebn": "254140",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "main usage": "theater/opera",
    "side usage": "industry (unspecified)",
    "address as text": "9th and Holmes",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "91.83 ft",
    "floors above ground": "6",
    "construction start": "1886",
    "construction end": "1887",
    "demolition end": "1929",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "The Old, Old Federal Building",
    "ebn": "314848",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "main usage": "governmental office",
    "side usage": "post office",
    "address as text": "901 Walnut Street",
    "zip": "64105",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "82.59 ft",
    "floors above ground": "6",
    "construction end": "1884",
    "demolition end": "1930",
    "facts": [
      "This building was demolished to make way for the 909 Walnut Street apartments."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Schultz & Hoge Building",
    "ebn": "314850",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "main usage": "shop(s)",
    "side usage": "commercial office",
    "address as text": "1219 Walnut Street",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "82.39 ft",
    "floors above ground": "5",
    "construction end": "1892",
    "demolition end": "1989",
    "facts": [
      "The parking garage for 1201 Walnut now stands on this site."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Cherry Street Inn",
    "alternative name": "Travelodge Motel",
    "ebn": "281290",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "architectural style": "modernism",
    "main usage": "motel",
    "address as text": "NE corner 9th and Cherry Sts.",
    "zip": "64108",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "47.19 ft",
    "floors above ground": "4",
    "demolition end": "2006",
    "facts": [
      "Declared blighted and removed as part of the East Village Project."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Greyhound Bus Terminal Building",
    "alternative name": "MC Sports Castle",
    "ebn": "281291",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "architectural style": "modernism",
    "address as text": "12th-13th, Charlotte to Holmes",
    "zip": "64108",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "41.29 ft",
    "floors above ground": "3",
    "demolition end": "2006",
    "facts": [
      "This structure covered an entire city block."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Old Republic Title Company",
    "alternative name": "Eddy's Restaurant",
    "ebn": "325392",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "architectural style": "early modernism",
    "address as text": "1300 Baltimore Avenue",
    "zip": "64105",
    "complex": "KC Power & Light Building",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height estimated": "40.76 ft",
    "floors above ground": "3",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "WDAF TV (Old) Tower",
    "ebn": "288026",
    "building type": "mast (wired)",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "main usage": "tv transmission",
    "address as text": "3030 Summit Street",
    "zip": "64108",
    "zone": "Midtown",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "height tip": "750.01 ft",
    "construction start": "1949",
    "construction end": "1949",
    "demolition end": "1971",
    "facts": [

    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Belmont Theatre",
    "ebn": "254187",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "architectural style": "art deco / art moderne",
    "main usage": "theater/opera",
    "main address": "5607 St. John Avenue",
    "address as text": "5607 St. John Avenue",
    "zip": "64123",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "construction end": "1948",
    "demolition end": "1969",
    "facts": [
      "When the theatre opened in 1948 the seating capacity was 506."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Brookside Theatre",
    "alternative name": "Fox theatre, Mann theatre",
    "ebn": "254188",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "architectural style": "renaissance revival",
    "main usage": "theater/opera",
    "main address": "6325 Brookside Plaza",
    "address as text": "6325 Brookside Plaza",
    "zip": "64113",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "construction end": "1937",
    "demolition end": "1978",
    "facts": [
      "The Brookside closed in 1977, however in January 1978 the building was being converted into a nightclub when fire broke out, destroying the building."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Bagdad Theatre",
    "ebn": "254186",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "main usage": "theater/opera",
    "main address": "922 Troost Avenue",
    "address as text": "922 Troost Avenue",
    "zip": "64106",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "construction end": "1926",
    "facts": [
      "Seating capacity was 626 at the time of demolition."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Municipal Stadium",
    "alternative name": "Muehlebach Field",
    "ebn": "220914",
    "building type": "stadium",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "address as text": "Brooklyn Avenue at NW corner of 22nd St.",
    "zip": "64108",
    "zone": "Midtown",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "construction start": "1922",
    "construction end": "1923",
    "renovation": "1955",
    "demolition end": "1976",
    "facts": [
      "The lower grandstand was built by the city for use by the Yankees Triple AAA farm team, the Kansas City Blues and the Kansas City Monarchs of the old Negro Leagues, both baseball teams.",
      "Both the Blues and the Monarchs went out of existence in 1955 when the Philadelphia\rAthletics became the Kansas City Athletics. The A's stayed through the 1967 season,\rthen moved to Oakland.",
      "In 1963, Lamar Hunt moved the Dallas Texans of the old American Football League to Kansas City, and they became the Chiefs.",
      "The existing stadium was completely renovated for the A's in 1955. The upper grandstand was built, which brought the seating capacity to approximately 32,000.",
      "An American League baseball expansion team, the Kansas City Royals, began play at Municipal Stadium in April 1969.",
      "Official seating capacity was 17,489 when the facility opened in 1923. After numerous renovations the final seating capacity was 49,002 during the last Chiefs game."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Association Park",
    "ebn": "250552",
    "building type": "stadium",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "address as text": "19th and Olive Avenue",
    "zip": "64129",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "construction end": "1903",
    "demolition end": "1923",
    "facts": [
      "The baseball stadium was the predecessor to Muehlebach Field.",
      "Association Field was on the south side of 19th between Olive and Prospect Avenue,\rjust southeast of Downtown.",
      "The Triple-A Kansas City Blues used the facility throughout its existence.",
      "The Kansas City Monarchs of the old Negro League used the park for the 1923\rseason before the spiffy, new Muehlebach Field opened nearby at 22nd and Brooklyn Avenue."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Convention Hall",
    "ebn": "222384",
    "building type": "low-rise building",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "main address": "215 West 12th Street",
    "address as text": "215 West 12th Street",
    "zip": "64105",
    "complex": "Kansas City Convention Center",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "construction start": "1900",
    "construction end": "1900",
    "demolition end": "1935",
    "facts": [
      "After fire destroyed the square block structure while it was under construction, it was rebuilt in 90 days so the 1900 Democratic Party's National Convention could be held on schedule.",
      "This structure was replaced by Municipal Auditorium and the 1,200 car Auditorium Plaza Parking Garage was built on this site."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Exposition Park",
    "ebn": "250553",
    "building type": "stadium",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "address as text": "19th and Olive Streets",
    "zip": "64129",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "construction end": "1888",
    "demolition end": "1902",
    "facts": [
      "This baseball stadium preceded Association Park.",
      "The KC Cowboys of the National (minor) League used the park between 1888 and 1903.",
      "The KC Maroons shared the park during the team's brief existence from 1890 to 1906.\rThere is no record of what league this team was affiliated with.",
      "The KC Packers of the Federal League used the field for two seasons, 1914 and 1915."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Old Chouteau Bridge",
    "ebn": "319731",
    "building type": "bridge",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "structural material": "concrete",
    "facade color": "black",
    "address as text": "Chouteau Trafficway and the MO River",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "construction end": "1888",
    "renovation": "1928",
    "demolition end": "2002",
    "facts": [
      "This bridge was replaced by the new Chouteau Bridge."
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "Old Burlington Bridge",
    "ebn": "319666",
    "building type": "bridge",
    "building status": "demolished [destroyed]",
    "address as text": "1st Street and the MO River",
    "zip": "64105",
    "city": "Kansas City",
    "state": "Missouri",
    "country": "U.S.A.",
    "construction end": "1859",
    "demolition end": "1916",
    "facts": [
      "When this first river rail crossing opened shortly before the Civil War, it forever\rprovided the economic development advantage to Kansas City, Mo., over the\rnearby cities of St. Joseph, Atchison, Leavenworth and Kansas City, Kan.",
      "This bridge was replaced by the Burlington Bridge, which had an upper vehicle deck, recognizing the emergence of trucks and cars."
    ]
  }
]

scrape_buildings.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#encoding: UTF-8


require 'mechanize'
require 'nokogiri'
require 'open-uri'
require 'json'
require 'iconv'

start_url = "http://www.emporis.com/city/kansascity-mo-usa/demolished-buildings"

output_filename = "kc_buildings.json"


@agent = Mechanize.new

buildings = Array.new

def fix_title title
  title = title.strip.gsub("(","").gsub(")","").downcase
end

def get_building link
  puts link
  page = @agent.get(link['href'])
  page_data = {}
  boxes = page.parser.css('.box .box')
  puts boxes.size
  boxes.each do |box|
    title = fix_title(box.css('.left').text)
    value = box.css('div').text.strip.gsub("\n","")
    page_data[title] = value
  end
  page_data['facts'] = []
  facts = page.parser.css('ul.facts')
  facts.css('li').each do |f|

    page_data['facts'] << f.text.strip.gsub("\n","")
  end
  page_data
end

def get_buildings root_page
  buildings = []
  parser = root_page.parser

  links = parser.css(".toplist table td a")

  puts links.size

  links.each do |link|
    if link.css('img').size == 0
      buildings << get_building(link)
    end
  end
  buildings
end

root_page = @agent.get(start_url)
# next_link = root_page.parser.css("#pager-next a")
  next_link = @agent.page.link_with(:text => 'Next »')


buildings.concat(get_buildings(root_page))

while(next_link)
  root_page = next_link.click()
  # next_link = root_page.css("#pager-next a")
  next_link = @agent.page.link_with(:text => 'Next »')
  buildings.concat(get_buildings(root_page))
end

File.open(output_filename, 'w') do |file|
  file.puts JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(buildings.to_json))
end