Thursday, December 17, 2009

Slideshow: Crown Center's early years

Posted by David Martin on Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:01 AM

Cascading waterfalls. A classic marketplace reminiscent of the colorful bazaars of the Middle Ages. The world's largest privately owned underground garage.

These were the words Crown Center, the subject of this week's feature story, used to excite potential visitors in the early 1970s, when pieces of the development took shape. The city and the Kansas City Library preserved a number of the promotional materials issued in that hopeful time. Click here or on the photo below for a slideshow.


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