Naming Kansas City's Castle Of FAIL

Actually . . .

Castle of FAIL sounds like a really great techno CD that might or might not change your life.  

In the meantime, we wanted to highlight this apt passage regarding yet another local impossible project: 

"After the prison shut down, it was repurposed a handful of times. It served in a variety of capacities, including city storage, a marine training facility and a dog euthanization center, before it was completely abandoned in 1972. It earned a place on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 2007. However, despite its status on the register and the special place it holds in many Kansas Citians’ minds, it has completely deteriorated over the last few decades. The roof collapsed, destroying the floors and leaving a large vacuous space. Various efforts by community groups and developers to bring it back to life have floundered."

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