When was crown center built

Hall, envisioned the complex, which is home to Hallmark's international headquarters. Crown Center Redevelopment Corp. Five interconnected, seven-story buildings comprised the initial office complex, which was completed in The Crown Center Complex has more than 2. There is an open area here with water fountains and tables, and also an ice skating rink.

The ice skating rink is open each year from around the beginning of November to the beginning of March. If you cross over Grand Boulevard from here, you will find one of the main entrances to the shops and hotels within the Crown Center. This area is a great place to wander and explore. Spin Pizza, Einstein Bagels, and a large Crayola store are just some of the many shops lining the walkways. One restaurant, called Fritz's Railroad Restaurant, delivers food to your table by overhead trains!

It is a great experience for young children. The Link walkway continues out of this area through the Westin Hotel, where it passes by some wonderful gardens that can be viewed at leisure.

Union Station is a railroad station that was originally built in , and has since been re-purposed as both a station and an entertainment facility. While the station still services passengers on Amtrak, it is now also home to the Kansas City Science Center, The Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium, and numerous exhibits and events throughout the year. At Christmastime, thousands of children come to visit Santa, and the station hall is transformed into a Christmas wonderland with hundreds of beautiful Christmas decorations.

According to the Crown Center website, the main facility hours are 10 A. The City of Kansas City formally approved the plans for Crown Center named after the Hallmark corporate symbol by the end of The master design was prepared by Edward Larrabee Barnes. Ground was broken for the complex in September Construction of the hotel, designed by Harry Weese in the Brutalist style, began in Signboard Hill is included in the hotel's design as a waterfall.

Norman Fletcher designed the first residences. Henry Cobb of the I. Pei firm designed Grand office and Dan Kiley laid out the park in the south area of the complex. In , the restaurant announced plans to close and to become primarily a special event venue. The original concept for the shops was an international bazaar, part of which was a maze-like area known as West Village.

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