 Kansas City's Country Club Plaza The Country Club Plaza (often referred to as "the Plaza") is an upscale shopping district in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. It was the second shopping center in the world designed to accommodate shoppers arriving by automobile.[citation needed] The 55-acre (223,000 m²) location is located approximately four miles (6.44 km) south of downtown, between 45th street and 51st street to the north and south, and between Broadway and Madison Street to the east and west. The Kansas border is one mile (1.6 km) to the west. Established in 1923 and designed architecturally after Seville, Spain, the Plaza is composed of high-end retail establishments, restaurants, and entertainment venues, as well as offices. The neighborhoods surrounding the Plaza consist of apartment buildings and upscale homes, especially those of the Country Club District built along Ward Parkway on its southern and southwestern side. The Country Club Plaza is named in the Project for Public Spaces' list, 60 of the World's Great Places. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 1. ...
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J.C. Nicholss home in Sunset Hill, located on West 55th Street between Ward Parkway and State Line Road The Country Club District is the name of a group of neighborhoods comprising an upscale, historic residential district in Kansas City, Missouri, and Johnson County, Kansas, USA, developed by noted...
Ward Parkway, located in Kansas City, Missouri near the Kansas-Missouri state line, is one of the most famous parkways in the United States. ...
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Commissioned by renowned real estate developer J.C. Nichols, and designed by Edward Buehler Delk, the Country Club Plaza was named for the associated Country Club District, a residential district lying south and built around the former grounds of the Kansas City Country Club (now Loose Park), and which the J.C. Nichols Company began developing in 1906 to become what is now the largest master-planned community in the United States. The Plaza was situated at the northern terminus of Ward Parkway, a boulevard known for its wide, manicured median lined with fountains and statuary that traverses the Country Club District. J.C. Nichols selected the location carefully in order to provide residents with a direct route to the Plaza through Ward Parkway. Jesse Clyde Nichols (August 23, 1880 - February 16, 1950), better known as J. C. Nichols, was a prominent developer of commercial and residential real estate in Kansas City. ...
Country Club Plaza in Kansas City Philbrook Edward Buehler Delk (1885 – 1956) was an architect who designed many landmark buildings in the Midwest and Southwest. ...
J.C. Nicholss home in Sunset Hill, located on West 55th Street between Ward Parkway and State Line Road The Country Club District is the name of a group of neighborhoods comprising an upscale, historic residential district in Kansas City, Missouri, and Johnson County, Kansas, USA, developed by noted...
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Ward Parkway, located in Kansas City, Missouri near the Kansas-Missouri state line, is one of the most famous parkways in the United States. ...
 Brush Creek on the Plaza at Night Nichols began acquiring the land for the Plaza in 1907, in an area of Kansas City which was then known as Brush Creek Valley. When his plans were first announced the project was dubbed 'Nichols' Folly' due to the then seemingly-undesirable location: at the time, the only developed land in the valley belonged to the Country Day School (now the Pembroke Hill School), and the rest was known for pig farming.[citation needed] The Plaza opened in 1923 to immediate success, and it has lasted with little interruption since that year. New Urbanist land developer Andres Duany noted in Community Builder: The Life & Legacy of J.C. Nichols that the Country Club Plaza has had the longest life of any planned shopping center in the history of the world. Image File history File links Brush_creek. ...
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Brush Creek flowing through Kansas City, Missouri Brush Creek in the Country Club Plaza Brush Creek is a stream that runs from Johnson County, Kansas through Jackson County, Missouri. ...
The Pembroke Hill School or Pembroke Hill is a nonsectarian, coeducational, private preparatory school located on two campuses near the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri. ...
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For its first four decades, the Plaza combined some higher-end shops with a mix of more mainstream retailers such as Sears and Woolworth's, as well as a bowling alley, movie theater, and a grocery store.[citation needed] Starting in the late 1960s, competition from newer suburban shopping malls led management to reposition the Plaza with luxury boutiques, higher end chain restaurants, and upscale retailers. On September 12, 1977, a major flood of Brush Creek caused severe damage to the Plaza and resulted in a number of deaths. The flood prompted a vast renovation and revitalization of the area that has allowed it to not only survive, but thrive through the present day. Sears Holdings Corporation NASDAQ: SHLD is the third largest retailer in the United States, behind Wal-Mart and The Home Depot. ...
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Brush Creek flowing through Kansas City, Missouri Brush Creek in the Country Club Plaza Brush Creek is a stream that runs from Johnson County, Kansas through Jackson County, Missouri. ...
In 1998, the J.C. Nichols Company sold the Country Club Plaza to real estate proprietor Highwoods Properties.
Layout and use The basic design of the Country Club Plaza reflects classical European influences, especially those of Seville, Spain. There are more than thirty statues, murals, and tile mosaics on display in the area, as well as major architectural reproductions, such as a half-sized Giralda Tower of Seville (the tallest building in the Plaza). The Plaza also includes precise light fixture reproductions of San Francisco's Path of Gold streetlights. Other works of art celebrate the classics, nature, and historical American themes such as westward expansion. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1200 × 1600 pixels, file size: 187 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ...
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The Cathedral of Seville was begun in 1402, with construction continuing into the 16th century. ...
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Although the Plaza was designed and built to accommodate visitors arriving by automobile, it is unlike modern shopping malls with sprawling parking lots: parking space is discreetly concealed in multilevel parking garages beneath the shops, or hidden on the rooftops of buildings. Thus the Plaza does not suffer from the sprawl that afflicts modern shopping centers, and this design makes it friendly to pedestrians.
In 1925 a tradition began of outlining the Plaza in colored lights to celebrate Christmas. The yearly lighting ceremony is called Plaza Lights. On Thanksgiving night, thousands of people visit the Plaza to enjoy the local entertainment and to watch the lights initiate the winter season. Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Plaza was also the first shopping center to use the percentage lease, where rents are based on a percentage of the gross receipts of tenants.[citation needed] This concept was novel at the time when J.C. Nichols invented it, but it is now a standard practice in commercial leases.
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