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How Barney Allis Plaza got its name, and what's that big smokestack doing there?

Discover how Convention Hall, Municipal Auditorium, and a coal-powered smokestack shaped downtown Kansas City at the site now ...

Vintage postcard of Barney Allis Plaza shows forgotten tower in downtown KC

The buildings that surround this forgotten part of downtown KC are familiar, but the smokestack at the center of this postcard image has not been seen for decades.