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Architecture
3:34 pm
Fri February 8, 2013

Do Cities Need Old Buildings, Even If They're Not 'Historic'?

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Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
Orion Pictures building at 118 W. 17th St., with the Power and Light Building in the background.
Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
The Orion Pictures building was built in 1946 as the Film Delivery Building. It's likely it will be torn down to make way for a parking garage.
Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
Webster House is one of several downtown buildings renovated by philanthropist Shirley Helzberg. According to Helzberg, there's a parking shortage.
Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
The Vitagraph Film Exchange building was constructed for Warner Brothers in 1930. It's listed on the Historic Register.
Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
A close-up of details of the Art Deco architecture of the Vitagraph building. Renovations were completed in 2010.
Credit Old Film Row Urban Design Concept Plan, 2005 / City Development Department
The Film Row buildings in Kansas City are concentrated in a five-block area.
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A proposal is in the works to tear down the Orion Pictures building in the Film Row District in the Crossroads Arts District in Kansas City, Mo. and put a 180-space garage in its place. But some say the 1946 building should be preserved.

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