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1. City of Art, Kansas City's Public Art City of Art, Kansas City's Public Art 2001 The author describes the Kansas City Power and Light Building as "Kansas City's most distinctive skyscraper and one of the country's best examples of art-deco design." Includes photographs of the outside...
2. Drawing of Kansas City Power and Light Building Drawing of Kansas City Power and Light Building 1930 Photograph of drawing of building.
3. Godfrey Swenson Godfrey Swenson 1938 Biographical sketch of Godfrey Swenson, president of the Swenson Construction Company in the Victor Building. Born in Sweden in 1876 and emigrating to Kansas City in 1896 as a stonemason, establishing...
4. Historic Kansas City Architecture Historic Kansas City Architecture //1975 Building at 14th and Baltimore Avenues by Hoit, Price & Barnes, architects, in 1931.
5. Kansas City Power & Light Kansas City Power & Light May-June//1982 History of the company at its centennial, including photo of the skyscraper.
6. Kansas City Power & Light Building Kansas City Power & Light Building Postcard of the Kansas City Power & Light Building
7. Kansas City Power & Light Company: The First Ninety Years Kansas City Power & Light Company: The First Ninety Years 1972 Building at 1330 Baltimore Avenue at time of first occupation in 1931 was the tallest west of the Mississippi River.
8. Kansas City Power and Light Building Kansas City Power and Light Building Full rear view; located at 104 W. 14th (southwest corner of Baltimore and 14th).
9. Kansas City Power and Light Building Kansas City Power and Light Building Full rear view.
10. Kansas City Power and Light Building Kansas City Power and Light Building Full frontal view; located at 1330 Grand.
11. Kansas City Power and Light Building Kansas City Power and Light Building Full frontal and partial side view; located at 1330 Grand.
12. Kansas City Power and Light Building Kansas City Power and Light Building 1930 Construction view. Looking north along Baltimore from 15th Street.
13. Kansas City Power and Light Building Kansas City Power and Light Building 1930 Construction view, looking north along Baltimore.
14. Kansas City Power and Light Building Kansas City Power and Light Building August 23, 1931 The Kansas City Power & Light Building is 36 stories in height and 478.5 feet in elevation.
15. Montgomery Foto Service Building Montgomery Foto Service Building Full frontal view, with sign in window that reads "Montgomery Foto Service"; located at 1330 Grand.
16. P&L Building Lights Up KC P&L Building Lights Up KC November 4, 2009 Postcard image and short article about the Kansas City Power and Light Building at 14th and Walnut streets. The 31-story building was constructed by local architects Hoit, Price & Barnes in 1931 and capped...
17. Power and Light Building Power and Light Building 1994 [Q]uickly became Kansas City's leading landmark. Photos and description of the 30-story building at 1330 Baltimore Avenue.
18. Quality Hill and Downtown Kansas City Quality Hill and Downtown Kansas City 1956 Aerial view looking toward the southeast with the Quality Hill area and portions of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, in view. The 8th Street Tunnel is visible in the lower right side. Other buildings in...
19. Tallest Building Here? That Question Is Unanswerable: Comparisons of Lofty New Structures Show That Tallest Building Here? That Question Is Unanswerable: Comparisons of Lofty New Structures Show That Possession of the Kansas City Height Record Depends Entirely on How You Look at the Matter May/3/1931 Photos, caption, and article about the problems in defining the tallest building in Kansas City, with the primary candidates being the Kansas City Power & Light Building (shown under construction), the...
20. Telephone Building to Lose Height Record to Two Rivals Telephone Building to Lose Height Record to Two Rivals May/11/1930 Picture showing relative heights of five tallest buildings at the time compared with the Liberty Memorial.