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KC-GB_130900_firstlook.indd 8 8/29/13 1:43:30 PM Union Station It’s the amazing, all-purpose visitor destination in the glo- riously repurposed rail center: Science City, the KC Rail Experience, the Planetarium, the 4-story-tall Extreme Screen theater, shops, restaurants and major traveling exhibits. And, oh yes, there’s an Amtrak station. 30 W. Pershing Rd., 816.460.2222, www.unionstation.org firstlook KC-GB_130900_firstlook.indd 9 9/4/13 5:53:39 PM First look Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art This magnificent comprehensive art museum exhibits work spanning 5,000 years of human creativity. Highlights of the encyclopedic collection include impression- ist works, American art and the world-famous collection of Asian art. The Steven Holl-designed Bloch Building addition for contemporary art has been justifiably hailed as a modernist triumph. 4525 Oak St., 816.751.1ART, www.nelson-atkins.org Kauffman Center for The Performing Arts Visually stunning, state-of-the-art performance center designed by internationally acclaimed architect Moshe Safdie features a theater and a concert hall that accommodates the seasons of its resident companies—Kansas City Symphony, Kansas City Ballet and Lyric Opera of Kansas City—as well as a sparkling cavalcade of touring events. 1601 Broadway, downtown, 816.994.7222, www.kauff- mancenter.org. ©STEVE MOHLENKAMP; FROM PREVIOUS LANCASTER; ©STEVE D. MOHLENKAMP LEFT: PAGE 10 WHERE GUESTBOOK KC-GB_130900_firstlook.indd 10 8/29/13 1:43:49 PM J.C. Nichols Fountain In a city of fountains, this one is easily the most famous. Sitting prettily at the eastern entrance to Country Club Plaza, the fountain’s four equestrian figures were created by French sculptor Henri-Léon Gréber, and are widely believed to represent four great rivers of the world: Mississippi, Volga, Seine and Rhine. 47th Street and J.C. Nichols Parkway National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial One of Kansas City’s premier architectural landmarks is the only pub- lic museum in the U.S. dedicated to the history of World War I, where state-of-the-art interactive technology brings history to life—a do-not- miss Kansas City experience. 100 W. 26th St. in Penn Valley Park, 816.888.8100, www.theworldwar.org. Oceans of Fun That’s the watery half of Worlds of Fun, that together form a 235-acre amusement complex. Highlights include the Mamba, one of the tallest, longest and fastest roller coasters in the world, live entertainment and Hurricane Falls, a 680-foot-long super-slide. I-435 at Parvin Rd. (exit 54), 816.454.4545, www.world- FROM TOP: D. FROM LANCASTER; ©STEVE D. MOHLENKAMP; TOP: CITY ©KANSAS CONVENTION & ASSOCIATION VISITORS soffun.com WHERE GUESTBOOK 11 KC-GB_130900_firstlook.indd 11 8/29/13 1:43:57 PM ANIMALS IN A KANSASSTONE CITY MENAGERIES IN GRANITE AND LIMESTONE. PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEVEN MOHLENKAMP PHOTO CREDIT BOOK GOTHAM 5.5/9PT PHOTO 12 WHERE GUESTBOOK KC-GB_130900_photoessay.indd 12 9/5/13 9:20:59 AM KC-GB_130900_photoessay.indd 13 9/4/13 6:09:49 PM N ANY OTHER MIDWESTERN CITY two stylized Chinese lions guarding the south entrance to City Hall might seem out of place, but the two in Kansas City, presented by the government of the Republic of China on the occasion of the Bicentennial of the Independence of the United States, are right at home in a city whose major art museum (Nelson- Atkins) houses one of the best collections of Asian art in the U.S. Elsewhere in KC, a roaring menagerie of stone animals (heavy on lions) flanks stairways, decorates buildings and greets visitors. Go ahead and pet them; they won’t bite. PREVIOUS SPREAD: LIOnS kEEP wAtch At thE EntRAncE tO Kansas cIty LIfE InSURAncE Company At BroadwAy AnD ARmOUR/ LIOnS fLAnk- Ing thE colonnADED mEmORIAL tO thOmas h. SwOPE In thE park thAt BEARS hIS nAmE ARE By DIStIngUIShED AmERIcAn ScULPtOR chARLES kEck. thIS SPREAD fROm LEft: OnE Of twO chInESE LIOnS At cIty hALL, 414 E. 12th St./RhInO, hIPPO AnD ELEPhAnt At thE Kansas cIty ZOO.