The Landing (Kansas City)

Coordinates: 39°00′43″N 94°34′19″W / 39.011848°N 94.571891°W / 39.011848; -94.571891
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The Landing is a small mall in

Kansas City Zoo, but the sculptures never arrived.[2]

It was enclosed in 1970, and was renamed The New Landing Mall. So far, no renovation plans have been made. The Landing was named for the landing place of Noah's Ark. There was previously a menagerie mural and play area within the mall. It is managed by Block & Company, which lists its current capacity at 131,497 square feet, with the surrounding traffic at 54,000 cars a day.[3]

One of the mall's original tenants was Macy's, which became Dillard's in 1988.[4] The centers original anchor was a branch of the original R.H. Macy company. It was last open as Gold's Department Store and currently operates with a barber college on the second floor.[5]

The mall still stands today and is a marker of the history present in the city.

References

  1. ^ "The Curious Case of The Animals at The Landing Mall". Flatland. 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  2. ^ "curiousKC: Why Jac Bowen Made a Sculpture For a 2-Year-Old in the '60s". Flatland. 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  3. ^ "Landing Shopping Center".
  4. ^ Lester, Chris (August 22, 1993). "Landing's debt is restructured". The Kansas City Star. p. F15. Retrieved May 28, 2019 – via NewsBank.
  5. ^ Smith, Joyce (August 13, 1997). "Center offers shopping...and more". The Kansas City Star. p. A1. Retrieved May 28, 2019 – via NewsBank.

39°00′43″N 94°34′19″W / 39.011848°N 94.571891°W / 39.011848; -94.571891