Power & Light District – Kansas City, Missouri

Isaac Kremer/ March 25, 2018/ downtown, placemaking, preservation

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This Art Deco skyscraper with setbacks had a striking silhouette and towered above neighboring buildings.

Only in later decades would similar tall buildings be constructed, though they lacked the same detail, character, and massing.

At night we noted a unique take on lights over the street. An angled pattern is created of lights over the street. Tree lights with their blue wrapping lights frame this and make the lights over the street stand out.

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IsaacKremer.com is the personal website of Isaac Kremer, MSARP, a nationally recognized leader in the Main Street Approach to commercial district revitalization with over 25 years of experience. Kremer, New Jersey's first certified Main Street America Revitalization Professional (MSARP), has served as founding executive director for organizations like Experience Princeton and the Metuchen Downtown Alliance, which won a Great American Main Street Award under his leadership. He recently became director of the Royal Oak Downtown Development Authority in Michigan.