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Amazing. Thank you

Yes, thanks for the pictures.

Boy do these bring back some memories. I use to go here all the time when it had a Gold's Gym...loved playing racquetball there.

Wow, what a massive building. Thank you for posting the great pictures.

Stumbled across these floor plans from its early years, from this site: https://www.hudsonholdings.com/mark-twain























And an architectural drawing of the ballroom



And some old photos, though they're very low res

teclis wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2020 6:05 pmBoy do these bring back some memories. I use to go here all the time when it had a Gold's Gym...loved playing racquetball there.

What years was the Gold's Gym there? What facilities did it have?

It's encouraging to finally see this building getting redeveloped.

I can't remember. Are the ballrooms going to be an rental event space?

TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2020 10:25 pm

teclis wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2020 6:05 pmBoy do these bring back some memories. I use to go here all the time when it had a Gold's Gym...loved playing racquetball there.

What years was the Gold's Gym there? What facilities did it have?

I first started going there in 1997 and I believe it closed maybe around 1998. I'm not sure what all was there. I know the gym had a number of racquetball courts, a fitness area including free weights and cardio machines, and a track. I want to say that there was also a court to play basketball on and I believed the pool was still being used too.

I mainly used it for racquetball and was pretty disappointed because I had to drive from the River Market to Independence to play after it closed. I also remember how much of a pain it was to cancel my membership. As I recall, I was only able to cancel it because I moved to Denver in '99 and there was no Golds Gym in town.

I'm so glad to see the building finally getting a makeover as it really does have a great history.

Thanks for sharing these photos! Any chance we will see that signage structure reused? I've always wished something was on it!

FangKC wrote: ↑Tue Jan 14, 2020 10:34 pm It's encouraging to finally see this building getting redeveloped.

I can't remember. Are the ballrooms going to be an rental event space?

Yes, at least the one I got to see will be an event space

smh wrote: ↑Wed Jan 15, 2020 10:22 am Thanks for sharing these photos! Any chance we will see that signage structure reused? I've always wished something was on it!

From what I understand, the signage structure will remain but there are no plans to actually add signage. Not a fan of that choice, but it probably has to do with the expense of removing it

You beat me to it. I just walked by this building yesterday and had plans to call and ask for a tour! Great photos, as always.

Are there any renderings yet?

smh wrote: ↑Wed Jan 15, 2020 10:22 am Thanks for sharing these photos! Any chance we will see that signage structure reused? I've always wished something was on it!

Postcard when it was the Hotel Kansas Citian.

It catches my eye sometimes and I'm amazed how big that building really is