Kansas City Scarrit Building Redux 2026

Merely in service of sentimentality . . . We share old school pretty pix & grand plans amid taxpayer funded development schemes that have garnered a modicum of support . . . Take a peek: 

"Planned rehabilitation work is moving forward at Downtown Kansas City’s Scarritt Building and arcade, one of the city’s earliest skyscrapers and a defining early-20th-century commercial landmark. Constructed in 1907–08 by the Scarritt Estate Company and designed by Root & Siemens, the building is widely recognized as Kansas City’s finest example of Chicago School architecture, distinguished by its terra cotta base, light brick shaft, and dramatic multi-story interior arcade. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, the building has been vacant for several years, during which deferred maintenance, water damage, and vandalism have accelerated the deterioration of historic interior features that define its character"

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

HistoricKC: "Throughout the project, historic materials are to be repaired in place where possible and salvaged for reuse when removal is necessary, with the goal of halting further deterioration and returning this long-vacant landmark to active public use"