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The "No Reservations" episode got me searching the web and I cam across this great web site with TONS of old KC photos.

http://kcmeesha.com/old-photos/
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shinatoo wrote:The "No Reservations" episode got me searching the web and I cam across this great web site with TONS of old KC photos.

http://kcmeesha.com/old-photos/

The guy is Fang on wodka.
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Oak Tower (former SW Bell Building) looked so much better before they modernized it.

http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/3693db0814f7fdd3_large
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FangKC wrote:Oak Tower (former SW Bell Building) looked so much better before they modernized it.

http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/3693db0814f7fdd3_large
Question: I believe I've heard it said that "they" simply covered up the decoration rather than removed it. Any truth to this? Oak Tower is a pock mark on the skyline at this point, but it would be beautiful if returned to its original facade.

What year was it "modernized"?
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smh wrote:
FangKC wrote:Oak Tower (former SW Bell Building) looked so much better before they modernized it.

http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/3693db0814f7fdd3_large
Question: I believe I've heard it said that "they" simply covered up the decoration rather than removed it. Any truth to this? Oak Tower is a pock mark on the skyline at this point, but it would be beautiful if returned to its original facade.

What year was it "modernized"?
The facade was altered in the early 70's. The raised terra cotta was hacked away, to create a "smooth" surface to which the new skin could be affixed.
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loftguy wrote:
smh wrote:
FangKC wrote:Oak Tower (former SW Bell Building) looked so much better before they modernized it.

http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/3693db0814f7fdd3_large
Question: I believe I've heard it said that "they" simply covered up the decoration rather than removed it. Any truth to this? Oak Tower is a pock mark on the skyline at this point, but it would be beautiful if returned to its original facade.

What year was it "modernized"?
The facade was altered in the early 70's. The raised terra cotta was hacked away, to create a "smooth" surface to which the new skin could be affixed.
Depressing.
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The terra cotta was removed in 1975 when Civic Plaza National Bank purchased the building after SW Bell moived to their new building a few blocks north. The gothic tracery made it the most romantic element on the skyline.
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shinatoo wrote:The "No Reservations" episode got me searching the web and I cam across this great web site with TONS of old KC photos.

http://kcmeesha.com/old-photos/
kcmeesha has posted here at least a few times
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