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1111 Main
1111 Main
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Commercial offices
Location	1111 Main Street; Kansas City, Missouri
Coordinates	39°06′02″N 94°34′58″W / 39.100567°N 94.582838°W
Completed	1986; 38 years ago
Owner	Copaken Brooks, LLC
Management	Copaken Brooks, LLC
Height
Roof	180.1 m (591 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	38
Floor area	111,483 m2 (1,199,990 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	18
Design and construction
Architect(s)	HNTB
Main contractor	J. E. Dunn Construction
Other information
Public transit access	RideKC; KC Streetcar
Website
	www.townpavilionkc.com
References

1111 Main is a 38-story, 180.1 m (591 ft) skyscraper at 1111 Main Street on the northeast corner of 12th and Main Streets in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, around the corner from Oppenstein Brothers Memorial Park. The tower occupies the former site of several retail buildings, including Kline's Department Store and Kresge's Dime Store. The 11-story former Harzfeld's Department Store and the former Boley Building were preserved and have been integrated into the design of 1111 Main.

Completed in 1986, 1111 Main is the second-tallest habitable building in Kansas City (behind One Kansas City Place), and it is the third-tallest in the state of Missouri (behind One Metropolitan Square in St. Louis). The building's main tenants are Transamerica, Bank Midwest, and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).

Background edit

1111 Main was originally constructed as the "AT&T Town Pavilion" and opened in 1986. It was built as the Southwest Regional Headquarters for AT&T. AT&T occupied the 34-story tower from its opening through the present day. However, in about 1997, due to AT&T's drastic downsizing, they no longer served as the major tenant for the building. For a while, Transamerica took most of the office space and placed its name and logo at the top of the tower. At some point, Bank Midwest’s name replaced Transamerica’s on the building and remains to this day. The project was undertaken as a joint venture between AT&T Resource Management (AT&T's Real Estate Group) and Copaken, White & Blitt. The architect was HNTB of Kansas City. It was built as a mixed-use office-retail complex. The main components were the three-story retail base (which included a food court on the third floor) and the 34-story office tower. This component took up the entire block of Walnut St., Main St., 11th St. (Petticoat Lane), and 12th St. AT&T's official entrance was at 1100 Walnut St., and the official retail entrance was at 1111 Main St. Also included in this component were two historic renovations: the Harzfeld's building on the corner of 11th and Main and the Boley Building on the corner of 12th and Walnut. The Boley building was touted as the first example of French iron curtain wall construction in the United States. This main component was attached to two anchor stores, The Jones Store and Macy's, via sky bridges. There was also a sky bridge crossing Walnut St. to the 1201 Walnut office tower, as well as a multi-level parking garage that also incorporated two historic renovations, retaining the façade of the Jenkins Music building, and the Bonfils Building at the corner of 12th and Grand.

History edit

1111 Main was completed in 1986, temporarily becoming the state's tallest building. It contained a shopping mall that was anchored by Dillard's and the Jones Store Co. Two years later, it was surpassed in height by One Kansas City Place, which is located at the same 12th and Main Streets intersection. Since its completion, it has been home to a significant amount of Downtown Kansas City's office and retail space, with over 1,200,000 sq ft (110,000 m²) of office space. In 2023, its official name was changed from Town Pavilion to 1111 Main.

It was developed by Frank Morgan and his uncle Sherman W. Dreiseszun (operating as MD Management), who would build One Kansas City Place.^[5]

Appearance edit

The exterior of the building was constructed with granite, glass with steel trim. At least 90% of the building is enclosed in glazed glass, most of which is dark-blue. The structural system of the roof is in a truss form.

Town Pavilion from street level

When viewed from the sky, this skyscraper appears to be a "glass cathedral" in the Latin Cross design. It is unknown as whether or not the architect purposely made it appear this way.

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References edit

^ "Town Pavilion". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
^ "Emporis building ID 121837". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
^ "Town Pavilion". SkyscraperPage.
^ Town Pavilion at Structurae
^ "Iconic developer Dreiseszun dies". The Kansas City Business Journal. 3 December 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
^ Google Maps