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100 Years Strong: Welcome from Robert Regnier, Board Chairman and george guastello, president & CEO.

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A City of Importance

Most Notorious Day

City Beautiful

Jarvis Hunt

Kansas City’s Civic Center

War Years & Wonder Trains

Restoration & Re-Opening

A New Direction

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Union Station Editor Joy Torchia publishers Steve Rose | David Small executive editor Barbara Bayer editor Kelli White production director Mike Bennett graphic designer Jen Weber sales executives Deb Mathine | Judy lanes Barb godfrey | Anna Newman

World-Class Traveling Exhibits

Enhancements for Today and tomorrow

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Union Station Celebrates Centennial While Preparing to Serve Future Generations

elcome to this special Centennial Edition of ON TRACK magazine! This issue takes you on a journey through the decades in stories written by railroad historian Peter Hansen. Travel back in time to the turn of the 20th century, and you would find a group of prescient leaders who knew Kansas City needed a transportation hub to become a city of importance. They hired Jarvis Hunt, an expansive architect, who designed one of the most beautiful train stations ever built. Union Station opened to the fanfare of tens of thousands and helped Kansas City become the city these early leaders envisioned. Jarvis Hunt said this station was built to last generations. Eighty years later, it was unclear whether Union Station would make it to this milestone anniversary. Yet, like the leaders who imagined Union Station, civic leaders and our community banded together to bring the Station back to life. Union Station will always be Kansas City’s monument that represents the dogged determination and the sheer willpower of this community to not only preserve the past, but also create what Kansas City needs for the next generation. We thank the many civic leaders, elected officials in both states and, most of all, the community members who took up the fight to save Union Station. When the community said YES to save the station, the vote of confidence for the entire region was put in motion. Following Union Station’s renovation, the six block area surrounding the Station experienced more than $600 million in development. Now, we’re ready for our once-in-a-lifetime Centennial Celebration. On October 30, we host a Centennial Gala, a memorable evening of celebration. At that event, we will announce the total from a magnificent Centennial Celebration fundraising campaign that promises to be a historic number. On Oct. 31, we will open the new rich, diverse and permanent 100-Year History Exhibit. It is designed by the renowned Eisterhold Associates. A mobile app-driven walking tour also has been created by VML to introduce guests to other parts of the station. And, on Nov. 1-2, we invite the community to celebrate

during an Open House Weekend full of family activities, history lectures, vintage trains and special theatre shows. We have many people to thank for organizing and sponsoring this community-wide Centennial Celebration and underwriting the new history exhibit. Proceeds from our celebration fundraising will create a Building Preservation Fund to reserve money for major projects that preserve and maintain the building. More than 100 sponsors provided support, along with more than 400 Centennial members and Centennial supporters this year. They are all listed at the end of this issue. Dozens of volunteers are organizing the events. All of these contributions are central to keeping Union Station a strong and vital organization. We also thank our professional staff. We could not do all that happens here without talents and dedication of this team. When this landmark opened on October 30, 1914, the Kansas City Star reported: “Kansas City opens to the world its superb new doorway. Come on in everybody, everywhere.” As we celebrate this centennial milestone, that statement remains pure and true. Come on in everybody – and enjoy all that Union Station has to offer! We are ready for the next 100 years!

George Guastello President & CEO

Robert Regnier Chairman of the Board

Above: Twelve railroads pooled their resources to create Union Station. Artist Anthony Benton Gude, grandson of famed regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton, created this mural that depicts locomotives from those railroads in the same fluid style made popular by his grandfather. A commission from Kansas City Southern funded the work, and it was donated it to Union Station in the name of KCS chairman Mike Haverty. The railroads are, from left: Chicago Great Western, Rock Island, Union Pacific, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Missouri Pacific, Santa Fe, Kansas City Southern, Frisco, Wabash, Burlington, Chicago & Alton and the Milwaukee Road. Note the likeness of station architect Jarvis Hunt in the exhaust from the Chicago and Alton steam engine.

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n Halloween night in 1914, a tradition with deep, mostly African-American roots unfolded in Kansas City’s West Bottoms. A jazz funeral stepped into the streets at the old Union Depot, which was due to be decommissioned at midnight as the city’s main railroad station. At first the brass

all its faults – the outdated building, the stench of the nearby stockyards, the harrowing cable car ride to downtown on the rickety Ninth Street Incline – the old Union Depot was a source of neighborhood pride. Its prominence was coming to an end now, and the mourners wanted to pay their respects. Kansas City’s original Union Depot, located in the West Bottoms

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band played somber music, but as the crowd of mourners grew, the music and the people became more celebratory – an acknowledgement both of loss and of life to come. The multiracial procession wended its way through the depot and up Union Avenue, stopping in all the dives that had made the neighborhood notorious among travelers nationwide. Still, for

The day prior, 100,000 people had gathered at Union Station — about onethird of the city’s population — to witness Kansas City’s coming of age. Masses of people arrived at Union Station on October 30, the day it officially opened at 2:00 p.m. Two city-wide parades had been held for the opening, attracting much of the city’s population. When it opened, the crowds poured into the new

station. At the end of that night, a 50-foot-long effigy of the old Union Depot was erected on the hill across the street, and it was burned ceremoniously to the great delight of the crowd. It was all capped off with a fireworks show. Not even 65 years old, the city was already a leading railroad center, and thus, a place that often drew outsiders. Now, for the first time, Kansas City would welcome its guests in style, in a stunning new station that was bigger than anything west of New York. The celebrations at Union Station lasted for two days, until the very first train pulled into the station just after midnight on November 1. Revelers lined the track and rushed the train. These twin vignettes, unfolding only a short distance apart during the station’s opening days, revealed much of what was and is great about this town. Kansas City is small enough for neighborhood pride, but big enough for grand civic monuments. It has diverse people and diverse opinions. It acknowledges its roots, but thinks mostly about its future. And, then as now, railroads accounted for much of its life force.

securinG the First BriDGe in the reGiOn Kansas City didn’t simply happen. The place we know today exists for a lot of reasons, but the most fundamental of them – the one that led to almost everything else – was the first bridge across the Missouri River, which opened in 1869. In the 1850s and 1860s, Kansas City was just one of several towns that wanted the bridge, and it was actually in a weaker position than most of them. St. Joseph, Mo., looked like the most promising candidate. In the late 1850s, Kansas

The Hannibal Bridge, first railroad bridge across the Missouri River

City had less than 4,000 residents. One of them was Robert T. Van Horn, editor of the Western Journal of Commerce, a local newspaper. Van Horn was one of Kansas City’s biggest boosters. The boosters’ finest hour came in 1866. Acting on a rumor that the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad was about to build a bridge at Leavenworth, Kansas City dispatched a three-man delegation to meet with the railroad’s backers in Boston. The financiers were concerned about legal challenges to the bridge from steamboat interests who might allege that its piers were a navigation hazard. If Kansas City could see that the bridge was immune from such lawsuits, the railroad would build there. By this time, Van Horn was the local congressman, and he engineered the necessary legislation. But Kansas City’s aggressive businessmen weren’t the only reason the railroad came here: Hannibal & St. Joe’s vice president James F. Joy had shrewdly purchased land for a livestock operation in the West Bottoms the previous year, so, unbeknownst to the boosters, he had an interest, too. Regardless, the result was the same: Kansas City got its bridge. The Kansas City Weekly Times wrote, “Today will live forever in the annals of Kansas City as the greatest event in her history. Truly, the present and future greatness of Kansas City turned on this day’s work.” Almost 15 decades later, it’s hard to deny that. Kansas City was on its way, and though its progress wouldn’t be without some setbacks, the overall trend was decidedly, irreversibly up. The Armour plant opened in 1871, the first of the major meatpacking houses to locate in Kansas City, and by the turn of the century, the stockyards sprawled across much of the West Bottoms. Grain milling became increasingly important during the 1870s, in proportion to the settlement of Kansas. All of this economic activity would lead to a demand for capital, and so Kansas City became a banking center and eventually, the home to one of only 12 Federal Reserve Banks. And of course, the bridge ensured that Kansas City would become the gateway to the Southwest, and the junction point to and from which other railroads in the region built. Centennial Celebration •

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1913, the Federal Reserve Act began an initiate to expand their banks around the country. With Kansas City’s population doubling from 1900-1910, it became a contender for its own Federal Reserve Bank. In January of 1914, William McAdoo, the U.S. Treasury secretary, and David Houston, secretary of the Agriculture Department, arrived in Kansas City, Mo., to meet with bankers and business leaders from across the Midwest who supported Kansas City’s bid for a Reserve Bank. What contributed to the booming population growth came from the railroad industry. During the time of their visit Union Station was under construction to make alterations and improvements to handle the growing number of people and baggage that was coming through the station. The presentation from Kansas City’s business leaders, which included information about the soon-to-open Union Station and other features of the city, impressed McAdoo and Houston, and several weeks later, the Reserve Bank Organizing Committee announced Kansas City would be one of 12 Federal Reserve Bank locations.

A story in The Kansas City Star about the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s opening on Nov. 16, 1914, made a connection between the committee’s selection and

Union Station. The Star reported: “A $6 million Union Station with about $50 million for terminals built by the railroads, officially established Kansas City as the gateway or center for the transportation lines of the West and Southwest, and now the (Reserve) Bank officially establishes it as the center for the business and financial lines.” In 2008, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City reinforced this connection, moving to a new headquarters building at 1 Memorial Drive—a short distance from Union Station. (Pictured here)

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and unfit for human habitation. The sentiment had been rising since at least 1890, about the same time Jacob Riis published his seminal indictment of urban America, “How the Other Half Lives.” The movement for better cities seemed to crystallize with the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, a world’s fair that featured a planned and monumental White City – a life-size representation of an urban ideal. Depressing factories and dispiriting slums were out; boulevards, parks and noble architecture were in. The White City was a conscious attempt to redefine the very concept of everything urban, and it influenced an entire

Above: Postcard of Jarvis Hunt’s first proposed design of Union Station, a more elaborate design

generation of architects, including Jarvis Hunt. But the City Beautiful movement didn’t seek merely to

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he sole advantage of the site of the first Union Depot was that it was low and flat, but those very factors set the stage for a disastrous flood in 1903. Union Depot was inundated to a depth of six feet, and the receding waters left a foot of sediment behind. Service wasn’t restored for a week, and Santa Fe Railway President Edward P. Ripley spoke for many when he wrote that, “the flood has forever settled the proposition against the location of a Union Depot in the West Bottoms.” The 12 railroads that served Kansas City began looking for other sites. By July 1906, they had settled on a location to the south of downtown, and together, they pooled their capital to form a new corporation – the Kansas City Terminal Railway. It was KCTR that would build Union Station. The new site was not without controversy. Several streets and trolley lines already crossed the area, intersecting the Kansas City Terminal’s tracks at grade. Clearly, viaducts

would have to be constructed over the Union Station trackage. An open sewer named O.K. Creek bisected the site and would have to be relocated. Perhaps most significant for the city’s self-image, the terrain of the area dictated that the station face south, away from the downtown business district. These drawbacks were offset by several advantages, however: The site was flat, not especially prone to flooding, and was broad enough to accommodate the number of tracks needed for a bigger station. Even the south-facing front of the station turned out to be an advantage in the long run. It left enough space for a plaza to satisfy the City Beautiful planners, and the classic view of the building’s front elevation, with downtown looming behind it, underscores the station’s role as Kansas City’s symbolic front door. The south-facing station was symbolic for another reason: Kansas City, a child of the river since the days of fur trapper Francois Chouteau, was turning its back on the Missouri.

Union Station Construction Facts: Date Opened: October 30, 1914 Architect: Jarvis Hunt (1863-1941) General Contractor: George A. Fuller Construction Co. Mechanical Engineer: Martin Schwab Interior Decorator: William F. Behrens Co. Cost: $10.6 million for building, land, and other appurtenances; part of $48 million total for comprehensive railway terminal development – roads, bridges, beltline. Architectural Design: Beaux Arts, a French term meaning fine arts. Construction Statistics: • Construction began Aug. 27, 1910 • Excavation of 670,000 cubic feet of dirt and rock • Re-routing of OK Creek • At peak of construction approximately 500 worked on the job. • Skilled labor made up to .60 cents/hour; unskilled labor made .27.5 - .30 cents/hour • Project claimed five lives • Steel construction with concrete walls up to the first story • Façade is “Indiana Blue” Bedford Limestone

with gray Vermont granite at base • Three arched windows extend roughly 40 feet high and are flanked by giant columns. • Polychromatic marble covered 105,000 square feet of flooring and 80,000 feet of wainscoting. Various types of marble was used including Kasota, Scagiola and Great Bend, Tennesee brown marble. • When completed it was the third largest train station in the country (behind Grand Central Station, NYC and Pennsylvania Station, NYC). Building Facts: • Building is 850,000 square feet (covering 5.5 acres) with 900 original rooms • Complex is 37 acres including train sheds and express buildings; that’s 11 city blocks • Front elongated façade is the length of two city blocks • Grand Hall is 242 ft. by 103 ft. in area and 95 ft. high. It contains three chandeliers–each is 12 feet in diameter, weighs 3,500 pounds and carries 155 light bulbs. • North Waiting Room

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is 352 ft. long x 78 ft. wide and 65 ft. high. It held 44 double mahogany benches with a capacity for 750 people. The station is six stories high with 10 separate levels. Multiple basement levels for train and building operations Baggage room totaled approximately 75,000 sq. ft. – more than New York’s Grand Central Station. Train shed measured 1,370 ft. long and extended over eight platforms. Total through tracks: 16

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arvis Hunt was no stranger to the design of railroad stations, but Kansas City would be the crowning achievement of his career. A member of a distinguished artistic family, his uncle included architect Richard Morris Hunt – the designer of New York’s Metropolitan Museum and much of the Columbian Exposition. Jarvis Hunt was a noted designer of railroad stations, and many of them bear a certain family resemblance: Oakland’s 16th Street Station in California and Joliet Union Station in Illinois, both much smaller and built in 1912, also feature triple-arched facades and limestone facing. Hunt’s resume would also include Dallas Union Station (1916). His first design for Kansas City may have been made as early as 1901, commissioned in secret by several of the railroads that were dissatisfied with the old depot. The Kansas Photo courtesy of KC Public Library: Missouri Valley Special Collection Photo

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City Terminal didn’t choose an architect officially until 1906, by which time two other firms had been asked to submit designs, including D.H. Burnham and Co., architects of Washington’s Union Station. In a story now regarded as apocryphal, Daniel Burnham is said to have urged a young colleague to “Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood.” No better summary exists of the architectural spirit of the times. Hunt was a product of those times, and he seems to have wanted the commission very badly. He sought to carry favor with local City Beautiful planners, and his earliest designs for the site were accompanied by several beautification ideas for the surrounding area, including a civic center across the boulevard, facing the station. The center was never built, but in Hunt’s plan, it would have included a new city hall, library, and hall of records. When the three competing firms were invited to present their designs, Hunt had built a model of his station – a routine practice today, but not as common then. The review committee was not expecting such an elaborate presentation, because they expected him to make his pitch immediately. Displaying some of that deep-sea sailor’s voice, he blurted out: “At once! Why damn it! It will take days to move my depot plans. I must have time.” His efforts paid off, and he got the commission in spite of, or possibly because of, his exuberance. “If I do say it myself,” he said, with characteristic directness, “no city on this earth will have a finer station than Kansas City.”

Above: An aerial photo of Union Station showing the headhouse and the track lines in back of the station.

Hunt used the site to maximum advantage, and the plan allowed for the smooth handling of passengers, baggage, mail and express – a sore spot for a city that

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Above Left: Union Station’s magnificent clock, spanning six feet wide, has stood the test of time. Above Right: The Grand Hall, with the semi-circular ticket booth.

had lived with an overcrowded station for years. Tracks were in the low-lying area toward the rear (or north side) of the site, but a hill rose toward the south. Hunt therefore planned a T-shaped building: The station head house would occupy the higher elevation and form the head of the “T”, and a waiting room would project north over the lower area to form the stem. The design permitted easy run-through operation, since the waiting room was built above and perpendicular to the tracks. Hunt’s design established a hierarchy of spaces, with each element serving a specific function: That’s why the passengers, baggage, mail, express, and food kept out of one another’s way. Patrons entered the massive head house through doors located at the base of the east and west portals of the building. Within the head house lay the Grand Hall, by far the largest room in Kansas City, with adorned ceilings more than 90 feet high. The room featured three chandeliers, weighing 3,500 pounds each, and matching sconces on the wall. Remaining parts of the head house were occupied by vestibules, restrooms and retail stores. Hunt’s design of two main entrances created a division of foot traffic, instead of forcing everyone into a single axis. Once inside the Grand Hall, departing passengers would proceed to the ticket office or be funneled into the North Waiting Room, the stem of the T. The ticket office projected into the Grand Hall between the two main entrances, and its semi-circular shape reflected the huge center portal immediately behind it. Its placement prevented the two incoming streams of foot traffic from merging into an aimless tangle, and it directed attention toward the North Waiting Room. The Grand Hall was designed as a place of light. The three portals at the front of the building caught the sun from the southern skies, the light playing upon their coffered stone facings. Two opposing windows captured indirect light from the north, while the center portal on the north side formed a dramatic entry to the Waiting Room, its arch adorned by a clock with a 6½-foot-diameter face. A timepiece hung at so prominent a juncture seemed a natural place to meet or to ring in the New Year – the symbolic heart of a building intended to accommodate the momentous comings and goings in people’s lives. People met their destiny in Union Station, and more than anywhere else, they

met it under the clock. The Grand Hall led into the North Waiting Room – another cavernous space that was longer than a football field and nearly as wide -- spanning 334 feet long and 86 feet wide. Though ornamented with the same dark-red, marble wainscoting as the Grand Hall, and amply lit by eight arched windows on each side, it lacks the richness of the Grand Hall’s coffered ceiling and other ornamental touches. This was intentional, a subliminal element in the hierarchy of spaces Hunt sought to establish. The next-lower rung in the hierarchy, but on the same physical level as the Waiting Room, were the east and west Midways. These corridors, 35 feet wide and parallel to the length of the Waiting Room, were intended to receive incoming passengers and convey them toward the Grand Hall, avoiding the departing throngs in the Waiting Room. Arriving passengers would proceed down the Midways to the baggage area, which was located on the first floor of the West Wing. Avoiding the commotion of the Grand Hall, passengers and their claimed baggage would exit the building at the Carriage Pavilion, a covered area at the extreme west end of the wing.

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early forgotten today, the name of George M. Pullman was once synonymous with gracious travel. Pullman didn’t invent the sleeping car, but he outlasted all of his competitors, and his service was second to none. In the 1920s, 100,000 Americans slept in Pullman cars every night, making the company the world’s biggest hotelier by far. Almost invariably, service was provided by African-American men – the Pullman porters. They were part bellman, part concierge, part housekeeper, part valet. For all the complexity of their jobs, however, their place in the American consciousness is even harder to pin down. Pullman called them “the world’s most perfect servants.” Others, particularly in our own times, often view them as symbols of racial oppression. But despite all the toil, and sometimes the indignity, being a Pullman porter was one of the best jobs an African-American could get. The porter made more money and saw broader horizons than his peers, and he was often a leader in the black community. Rosa Parks, for example, who famously refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, was recruited by E.D. Nixon, a Pullman porter who headed the local NAACP chapter and helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. Many prominent individuals started out as porters: Photojournalist Gordon

Parks, activist Malcolm X and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, to name a few, once worked as Pullman Porters. Still, the porters had their grievances, and that’s why they banded together in the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP). Equal parts trade union and civil rights organization, the BSCP was not only the first black union to win concessions at the bargaining table, it jump-started the modern civil rights movement. By 1925, the BSCP had almost 7,000 members and offices in 16 cities, including Kansas City. BSCP founder and president A. Philip Randolph jawboned President Franklin Roosevelt into integrating the defense plants during World War II, and he helped persuade President Harry Truman to integrate the armed forces a few years later. In 1963, Randolph persuaded civil rights leaders to stage the March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Dr. King himself called Randolph “the dean of Negro leaders.” In short, the Pullman porter may be the world’s most perfect symbol – of the African-American experience. BSCP’s own slogans may have said it best: Fight or be slaves. Service without servility. Independence without insolence. Courtesy without fawning. Opportunity, not alms. The Pullman Porters have a proud legacy.

The guts of the station But the most interesting parts of Union Station were the places most people never saw. There were three basements: brightly-lit islands in a sea of perpetual night, places that hummed to the unending commerce of the station’s 1400 baggage carts. Literally and figuratively, these basements were the guts of the station – the parts that made the place run. The uppermost of these subterranean levels, the basement mezzanine, housed a variety of commissary operations. The food for scores of trains and hundreds of daily restaurant patrons was butchered and baked here, and the starched linens and pressed blue serge of the trainmen issued from this level. One floor below, the yawning expanse of the baggage sorting room occupied most of an area with the same footprint as the head house and the east and west wings combined, an expanse broken only by the structural columns supporting the 24-foot ceiling and the weight of the masonry above. The basement level was only partially underground, since the head house was built into a hillside: it was well below grade on its south side, but opened out to track level on the north, beneath the waiting room. Baggage was typically taken out to the trains directly from the basement. The commissary also extended to this level, with a dairy and garbage room occupying its eastern end. And yet another level down, the mail and express were moved and sorted and stacked and stored in the sub-basement. Elevators brought this traffic from the ends of the platforms, and then it was conveyed through a subterranean tunnel to the sub-basement proper. The size of this level was staggering, occupying not just the footprint of the head house and wings, but extending to the adjoining Express Building and to the old General Post Office, a quarter-mile away. At the holiday season, it was not uncommon to see a mountain of express packages piled up in this space, 50 yards long, 10 feet wide, and six feet high. In the din of tractors and conveyors and mail chutes, unseen and unknown to the travelers above, scores of men toiled and sweated and cursed to move a city’s commerce.

Top: Freight trucks lined up, waiting for cargo to arrive on incoming trains. Above: A man driving baggage carts, carrying dairy bins. Both photos courtesy of: KC Public Library: Missouri Valley Special Collection Photo

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he railroads had built a station that was rivaled by few cities the world over, emblematic of Kansas City’s optimism, a building at once the source and the reflection of a rising civic self-image. Like all the truly great railroad stations, this one would proclaim to travelers that they had arrived somewhere, a place of beauty and culture, a city with which to be reckoned. But beyond the station’s

significance to the traveler it was ostensibly built to serve, the place would become a center of civic life. Few stations have been as deeply engrained in the life of so large a city. As a train station, it succeeded remarkably well, but to the average Kansas Citian, it was more than a place to catch trains. Union Station was fine dining, Times Square, and Fifth Avenue under one roof – the place to go for a night out, for a shopping trip, or to celebrate the New Year. Its role in civic life has no parallel in the 21st century. Today’s cities are characterized by sprawl and decentralization, products of the automobile age. In 1914, and as late as the immediate post-World War II years, cities were more often compact and accessible by public transit. Moreover, postwar prosperity has created an oftenbewildering array of choices in consumer goods from food to toys; indeed, we build stores the size of warehouses to hold it all. In order to understand the role of Union Station in civic life, one must first recognize that today’s variety of consumer choices is a comparatively recent development. In the early days, Union Station was the one place in town with the biggest bookstore, the biggest specialty grocer, and the Fred Harvey owned and managed the restaurants, book store (top photo) , biggest drug store. commissary (bottom photo) and pharmacy inside of Union Station, making this location his flagship operation for the nation. All of them were run by the

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Fred Harvey firm, a company best known as the operator of hotels and dining cars along the Santa Fe Railway. Harvey was the exclusive retail concessionaire for Union Station, and the company was determined to make its operations at Kansas City a showcase for the nation. Harvey’s restaurants were the jewel in the company’s Union Station crown. Harvey ran a lunch counter and a formal dining room off the east side of the Grand Hall, and the kitchens occupied most of the East Wing’s first floor.

The more formal Westport Room was a civilized building, and for years it was considered the best restaurant in town by popular consensus. (In a little-remarked footnote to Kansas City history, it became a preferred meeting place for the local Jewish business community, whose members were denied access to downtown clubs.) Even Harvey’s lunch counter was elegant – and it was targeted at middling tastes and budgets. Jarvis Hunt himself had designed the marble lunch counter and floors. Flowers and linens graced every table.

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Top Right: A picture of the Fred Harvey lunch counter. Top Left & Bottom: The butcher shop and kitchen, with staff working behind the scene of Fred Harvey’s restaurants inside of Union Station.

Regardless of cost: The story of Fred Harvey

sk someone from another city to name a company based here, and they’ll probably answer Hallmark Cards or H&R Block or Sprint. One hundred years ago, the answer would have been Fred Harvey. Before Fred Harvey was a company, he was a man – a man whose vision would reinvent the hospitality industry. Born in London in 1835, he immigrated to New York, alone, at the age of 15. He got a job washing dishes, and he later opened a restaurant with a partner – who absconded with the restaurant’s funds. By 1870, Harvey was a freight agent for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, living in Leavenworth. He traveled a lot, which meant that he was regularly exposed to the culinary misery of eating on the road. Railroads didn’t have dining cars in those days. Instead, trains stopped at trackside restaurants. Coffee might be made once weekly, with the brew re-heated for every train. The customary 20-minute meal stop might be cut short if the train was running late, leaving uneaten food that was sometimes scraped back into the pot and served to the next trainload of passengers. Harvey knew he could do better, and he sold his concept to the Santa Fe Railway. The first Fred Harvey restaurant opened at Topeka in 1876, and it was so good, the railroad feared that nobody would venture farther west, impeding sales of its land grant to new farmers. The answer was a second restaurant, and then a third, and eventually, Fred Harvey’s empire stretched all the way to California. His food wasn’t just good; it was the best. Harvey was a pioneer in the concept of supply-chain management, ensuring identical quality at every location. As one example, meat buyers personally selected the firm’s beef, daily, at the Kansas City stockyards. The

meat was then shipped system-wide in dedicated refrigerator cars. It was worth it: Even in New York, Harvey’s steaks were acknowledged as the best. Later, the firm would open resort hotels along the Santa Fe – the Grand Canyon was a popular destination – bringing the same high standards to lodging as it had to dining. The business was thriving by 1885, but there was a problem: Harvey couldn’t get good, mannerly waiters in the West. He turned instead to women, importing them by the hundreds from the East and Midwest to staff his remote outposts. The women lived in company dormitories, complete with house mothers. It must be said that the “Harvey Girls” were courageous: plunging into the still-Wild West, and pursuing some of the first respectable jobs ever offered to women. They were so legendary, they even became the subject of a 1946 MGM musical starring Judy Garland. The company’s motto was, “Maintenance of Standard, Regardless of Cost.” Even in the delirium of his deathbed, Harvey’s last words were, “Don’t slice the ham too thin, boys.” The boys were his sons, Ford and Byron, who would carry on the legacy. Fred Harvey (it was never “Co.” or “Corp.” or “Inc.,” just Fred Harvey) was headquartered at Union Station from 1914 until the 1930s. Fred Harvey – the man and the company – are a story of entrepreneurship, of civilizing the West, and of women’s history.

Very Top Right: Fred Harvey portrait. Above Right: A group of Harvey Girl waitresses. Above Left: Michael and Marlys Haverty donated a collection of china from the Fred Harvey restaurants. The Haverty’s are pictured here with George Guastello and Wendy Thompson… who portrays ‘Veda,’ the Harvey Girl waitress. Pieces of the Fred Harvey china collection are on display in the Grand Hall.

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nion Station was the city’s center of attention for decades, but on June 17, 1933, it became the focus of a nation. Escaped gangster Frank “Jelly” Nash had been captured the previous day in Hot Springs, Ark., and lawmen were escorting him back to Leavenworth. The plan was to take the train to Kansas City and drive to the Federal penitentiary from there. Nash’s underworld contacts had other ideas. Three gunmen were waiting in the Union Station parking lot. Nash and his escort of eight lawmen exited through the east portal of the station and began climbing into two cars. One of the gangsters shouted, “Put ‘em up!” and a hail of gunfire erupted. When it was all over a

few seconds later, five lawmen lay dead. Nash, too, was killed, mistaken for an agent by the would-be liberators who knew him only from photos. The perpetrators fled and were not pursued. The public attitude toward the 1930s gangsters changed almost overnight. One day, the outlaws were folk heroes to some, robbing the banks that had foreclosed on farms and homes. But it was one thing when crime victims were banks or other gangsters – it was quite another when a killing happened at a railroad station. People suddenly realized that any member of the general public might have been caught in the crossfire. As it turned out, no civilians were shot at Union Station that day, but a mid-level official at the U.S. Department of Justice named J. Edgar Hoover used the public outrage. He pressed Congress for a series of measures that created the modern Federal Bureau of Investigation. For the first time, there would be an adequate response to a crime wave that had spawned the likes of John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, and Bonnie and Clyde.

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uring the 1930s, Union Station played host to one of the decade’s highlights, as the first two streamlined trains in America both saw daily service here. Built from new materials like aluminum and stainless steel, and powered by internal combustion, the Union Pacific’s M10000 and the Burlington Route’s Pioneer Zephyr were the vanguard of a revolution in railroading. To a Depressionweary populace, the new trains held the

a day. Never had the place been so busy, and it would never be so busy again. And never was the sense of destiny so palpable as in the anxieties, the whispered goodbyes, and the tearful reunions with loved ones that took place under Union Station’s roof. And of course, Union Station was the place to celebrate the war’s end. Nobody put out an announcement. No one said that was the place to meet. But from every corner of the city – on foot, streetcar

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promise of better times ahead. For most people, however, those better times would have to wait: America entered the Second World War in 1941. It has been estimated that more than half the men who served in uniform passed through Union Station during the war years, and it was not uncommon for the station to see 300 trains

and automobile – a mass of humanity was pulled by the irresistible force of the station in which they had spent so many anxious hours over the previous 3½ years. It was almost as if the crowds thought they could get their boys back immediately. The reunions would come later, and they would happen at Union Station. In so

many ways, and for so many people, the world would never be the same after the war ended. It was true for the railroads and Union Station, too. The railroads invested heavily in streamlined passenger trains and diesel locomotives. The new trains had air conditioning, private rooms, and glass-topped dome cars for sightseeing, in addition to the traditional amenities like Pullman sleepers and

linen-and-china dining cars. Union Station played host to many of the new streamliners, some with glittering names that even now conjure images of luxury, romance and far-off places: Super Chief, Colorado Eagle, Golden State Limited, El Capitan and Southern Belle. Trains had never been better. Land transportation had never been better. It was not to last.

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rom the 1930s through the early 1950s, the trains were new, but Union Station was old. By 1954, it had been just forty years since the place was built, but it looked and felt much older. As the modernist International Style began to take hold in architecture, the Edwardian world of Union Station’s origins seemed very distant, indeed. Buildings undergo a curious metamorphosis in public esteem. When new, they’re hailed as the embodiment of all things modern; when old, they’re

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treasured as relics of a distant age. In between, they’re vulnerable to misguided modernization and outright destruction, too young to be venerated and too old to be fashionable. Such was the history of many great stations, and Kansas City’s was no exception. The new trains were up against too much. Through 16 years of Depression and war, Americans had done without; now, at long last, they were not to be denied. They bought automobiles like never before, and the onset of the jet age lured most of the long-haul business travelers. Private-sector passenger trains couldn’t stand up to the onslaught of taxpayerfinanced highways and airports. Kansas City Terminal Railway tried to stanch the bleeding with a few ill-conceived updates. Jarvis Hunt’s semi-circular ticket counter was chopped down to an abrupt rectangle, and its elegant bronze fittings were replaced by unadorned aluminum and glass. The North Waiting Room was not immune to modernization, either. The mahogany benches were replaced in the 1960s by Fiberglass seating, molded in the garish designer colors of the era. Lockers sprouted in the triumphal entryway between the Waiting Room and the Grand Hall. The Harvey restaurants were the next to be eviscerated in the name of modernity. Elegant light fixtures and ornate cornice moldings were concealed as the

ceiling closed in from 18 feet to 9, and the marble floors disappeared beneath vinyl. Harvey, too, was enthralled by the cold charms of aluminum and glass, as the restaurant received an unappetizing new entrance. The retail spaces were also updated, and they were projected out into the Grand Hall; free-standing kiosks were later placed in the Hall as well. The collective effect of all these changes was to invite the eye downward, to divert attention from the embarrassing ornamentation and soaring spaces of an earlier age. But like a dowager in a miniskirt, the changes only underscored the age of the building. One last indignity remained. Those soaring spaces had become impossibly expensive to heat, so Amtrak (which assumed responsibility for most passenger trains in 1971), plopped an inflatable plastic bubble on the east end of the Grand Hall, locating its ticketing and waiting facilities within it. Passengers arrived through the station’s east front doors and boarded trains through the East Midway, with the bubble situated in between. The architecture that intended to make tradesmen noble had at last become irrelevant; the entry to adventure was now a plastic bag. In 1985, the bubble was mercifully abandoned in favor of a cinder-block facility adjacent to Union Station. Passengers in most cities justifiably derided such “Amshacks,” but compared with the bubble, it was an improvement. Still, it was depressing: Cowering in the shadow of a crumbling monument, it could hardly have been otherwise. Union Station almost didn’t make it. Built to last a thousand years, it had outlived its usefulness in the span of an average person’s life. Successive re-use plans were put forward, envisioning the building’s rebirth as anything from a gambling casino to a botanical garden, and some people favored demolition. The property was sold to a redevelopment firm that made and broke repeated promises to renovate. In response, the city brought a lawsuit, which was settled when the developer agreed to convey the property to the non-profit Union Station Assistance Corp. (Known since 1999 as Union Station Kansas City, Inc., or USKC.) Working with city leaders in the public and private sectors, USKC formulated an adaptive re-use plan. Its centerpiece was Science City, but the plan also included theatres, restaurants, offices, and more. Financing would come from public and private sources, and most innovatively, from the bi-state sales tax that raised $118 million, or about half of the project cost. For many, if not most area residents, the “yes” vote on the bi-state tax was a recognition of the station’s role in the life

of this big small town. Even voters too young to remember World War II or Fred Harvey or the golden days of rail travel understood that Union Station wasn’t just a symbol of community – it was community. The station witnessed the epochs of millions of lives – the journeys of love and war, of adventures and new fortunes.

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nion Station almost didn’t make it to its 100th anniversary. In 1996, the historic building sat empty, abandoned and crumbling. The only occupants were pigeons, rats and bugs; Amtrak had moved out years before. There were gaping holes overhead in the ornate ceiling, much of which had fallen to the marble floors 95 feet below. Puddles of rainwater — or ice in the winter — covered the floors. The station’s once-impressive interior was a dirty brown, covered in filth and decay. (Ten million pounds of debris would eventually be carted away.) What to do with this abandoned architectural masterpiece? By 1996, the question had been debated for several years. Turn it into a casino, perhaps, or an arboretum. Others said, more ominously, tear it down. At the same time, a new kind of tax had finally been approved by the Missouri and Kansas legislatures, after pingponging back and forth until both states agreed on identical language. It was a bistate cultural tax, apparently the only one of its kind in the nation. For the first time, residents on both sides of the state line could vote to tax themselves for a common purpose. It was an unprecedented idea, and flew in the face of the animosity too often seen between the two states. Originally, the bi-state tax was designed to help fund the region’s arts institutions and organizations. But as business and civic leaders talked, a possible new recipient for bi-state funds was suggested — Union Station. Meanwhile, the beginnings of a campaign were being put together by the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. Attorney Jack Craft had agreed to lead the Missouri-side effort. A veteran of statewide campaigns for Republicans John Danforth and Christopher Bond, Craft knew what it took to win. What organizers still needed, however, was someone to lead the charge on the Kansas side, someone with credibility who could convince Kansas voters to share

their tax dollars with Missouri. Chamber President Pete Levi and Chamber Chair Betsey Solberg invited The Sun newspapers publisher Steve Rose to breakfast and begged him to take the job. “At first I said no,” Rose says, “but then I thought about it. I felt this was important, and that it was time for Johnson County to step up and do something in partnership with the rest of the region.” Rose called a meeting of Johnson County and campaign leaders, and they hammered out a proposal all could agree on: a one-eighth cent sales

tax to raise $118 million for Union Station renovation and to create a new science museum for Kansas City. Rose says Union Station made the perfect candidate. “It had 100 percent name recognition and no baggage,” he says with a smile. Craft adds, “It polled well, couldn’t talk back, and it hadn’t had a divorce.” “Union Station had no benefactor,” Levi says. “It was an orphan that everyone wanted to adopt, and everyone rallied about to find its parents.” The station had another advantage, Levi says. “It truly was a metropolitan icon. Everybody had a personal memory, a personal experience.” “The nostalgia for Union Station cannot be overestimated,” Rose says. “I talked to a lot of people who would normally vote ‘no’ on an issue like this, but everyone had a soft spot for Union Station.” The campaign took advantage of that nostalgia, opening the station for tours each Saturday before the election. Thousands came from all over the area,

reliving the memories and stories the site evoked. The affection was powerful, but, Craft says, “The issue was, would we do what we said we’d do?” The bi-state cultural tax was brand new, and the enabling legislation left many questions unanswered. Who would keep tabs on the money? Who would oversee the project? The lack of trust between the two states required solid answers. A new structure was created and agreed to: a bi-state commission would be appointed by the two governors to oversee disbursement of the funds. “It helped that we were specific,” Rose says, “in terms of the dollar amount, the sunsetting of the tax. A lot of people thought we weren’t telling the truth. That crowd,” he adds wryly, “never sent a letter of apology.” A campaign, Craft says, “is so all or nothing. In the last two weeks, every step becomes perilous.” The final weeks of the Union Station campaign contained lots of drama — poll numbers started dropping, activist Clay Chastain tried (and failed) to get a competing proposal on the ballot, and a series of federal indictments included a union official who had served on a bi-state committee. None of those proved fatal. On Nov. 5, 1996, voters in Jackson County approved the bi-state tax by two-thirds, while the margins in Johnson, Clay and Platte topped 60 percent. Taxbeleaguered Wyandotte County was the only one to vote ‘no.’ The next day, crews were at Union Station to begin the renovation. Fast forward to 2014, and the campaign co-chairs, Rose and Craft, are sitting in a booth at Pierpont’s at Union Station, remembering the ups-and-downs of the 1996 election. “The promises we made in the campaign were fulfilled,” Rose says, “and Jack and I are proud that we can point to that.” Will there ever be another bi-state proposal? “Not in the near future,” Rose says, “for a variety of reasons. The mood of the public; Johnson County is far more anti-tax than in 1996; and the legislature is very hostile.” Craft says the nature of Union Station made it unique. “It

wasn’t seen as a specific Missouri icon. If another project like that came along, maybe … but it’s hard to imagine what that would be.” Outside the restaurant, scores of schoolchildren were heading to Science City while other visitors queued up at the King Tut exhibit. “In the end, it all circles back to the fact that people wanted to see it preserved,” Craft says. Rose looks up and says, “It was the most satisfying thing I’ve ever done.” Yes, the building was saved and preserved. But, more importantly, 15 years later, Union Station again serves as the vibrant and active civic center, serving all parts of the community – very much as it did when it originally opened. What’s most telling about this story is that when the community unites for a common cause, we all succeed. Whiting is the Vice President /Communications at the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce

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he story of how Union Station was saved, restored and re-opened is a remarkable piece of American history, and a proud moment in time for Kansas City. After decades of deterioration and public debate, when the citizens approved the bi-state tax, the wheels were set in motion to bring this deteriorating landmark back to life. The short-term bi-state tax raised $118,000,000 toward the restoration. A total of $260,000,000 was raised through the bi-state tax and the generosity from private donors, foundations and corporations, federal funding, Missouri tax credits and purchases of commemorative bricks (installed along the front entry sidewalk). This funding made the renovation a reality. As one era ended, another era was just beginning. Everything old was new again. The second half of the twentieth century would bring monumental changes and surprising evolution to Kansas City's beloved and enduring landmark.

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As train traffic declined, the empty station deteriorated at an increasing rate from disuse and lack of maintenance. In anticipation of redevelopment, a liquidation sale was held in

1976 to auction the station’s original furnishings, including the waiting room benches. When the bi-state tax passed in 1996, the Station had been closed and boarded up for eleven years. Most of the station looked like a building best condemned. The roof had leaked like a sieve for decades, and huge chunks of ceiling plaster were known to break off and fall ten stories into stagnant puddles on the cracked and pitted marble floors below. Fixtures were tarnished and rusted; stone walls were covered in soot and grime, and windows were boarded over. Restoration crews and project developers had their work cut out for them. The once beautiful and colorful ceiling of Union Station was marred by broken plaster chunks and water stains. Jarvis Hunt’s vision of a monument had become a ruin. The structural bones were still there, but the damage done by years of neglect was obvious. Where hundreds of trains once thundered by, a desolate empty lot now stood, and the station building itself was cordoned off with chain link fence. The former grand women’s waiting room was in a state of decay, with scarred walls and mold-covered benches. This space is now the site of Pierpont’s restaurant.

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Professional hazmat crews used special monitoring devices to measure contaminant leakage, and miles of plastic contained airborne contaminants. Work conditions ranged from crawling in three-foot high spaces to dangling 25 feet in the air to remove asbestos from pipes. A highly complex and risky undertaking, the six-month contaminants removal effort was accomplished without an incident. Contaminants were taken to a registered disposal facility where they were monitored. The demolition and abatement phase of the restoration took one year to complete. Many of the old offices and other rooms throughout the building had to be demolished to rebuild for the future. Fortunately, nothing of historical importance had to be altered or destroyed. When contractors cracked open the concrete casings to the foundation piers so laboriously placed in 1914, they were faced with the building's first major structural challenge. Many of the inner steel beams throughout the building were eaten by rust, some with holes the size of a man's fist, compromising the beams' support. In addition, girders had broken loose from the building structure and concrete had broken off in many places. The main culprit was water damage from the notoriously leaky roof, as well as cracked gutters that seeped moisture down the walls and into the columns. A restoration crew of specialists reminiscent of the 1914 original building crew was assembled and the renovation was set into motion in 1997.

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Ironically, it was because of the building's upper-most feature that all of this was nearly lost to the ages. The original roof began leaking the year the station opened and over eight decades caused most of the damage to the building's structure, interior, and fixtures. Fortunately, it was all saved in time. Every part of the Station’s roof system had to be replaced in the restoration effort. Roofers began removing 80-year-old, deteriorated roof tiles from the Grand Hall in 1994, and new, fiberglass-reinforced concrete tiles replaced them. Each of the 9,500 new tiles had to be hand lifted, moved into place, and hand-ground to ensure it fit just right. This installation process duplicated the original in all ways except one: extra measures were taken by using modern roofing materials to ensure that the new roof would not leak, and it should last another 80 years without repair.

scaffold platforms 95 feet above the floor, it was a painstaking job, requiring an artist's touch and quick hands. Local artisans then meticulously repainted and glazed the ceiling. Restoring the ceiling was the work of master craftsmen who brought back traditional plastering techniques from a century ago. Julian “Chewie” Davis, the master plasterer from England’s firm Hayles & How, was charged with recreating the original ceiling, structural imperfections and all. Fully restored, the Grand Hall ceiling has once again become the glory of Union Station. A large part of Union Station’s majesty is found in its soaring spaces. To look upward inside the halls is to lift the soul to new heights. Ninety-five feet above ground, the cloud motif in the ceiling decoration bespeaks open skies and adventure, and softly glowing chandeliers and ornate light fixtures provide dignified ambiance perfectly suited to the space. Centered above and between both halls is the beloved clock, which also faced delicate restoration so that it could once again assume its historic role as the city’s iconic meeting place. In 1998 it was sent to a specialty firm in Massachusetts to be restored. The 1,100-lb. clock, which stands 6 1/2 feet in diameter, required refinishing and encouragement from repairmen to get it ticking again, but it was returned anew to the station that same year and still hangs today in its rightful place, keeping the time and minding appointments for all who meet underneath.

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In November 1999, the week of the Station's grand reopening was filled with celebrations and galas. Crowds flocked for the grand re-opening celebration, filling the Front Plaza once again with happy revelers. Union Station officially re-opened to cheering crowds "that hearkened back in spirit and bustle to the original opening... From the Indian summer weather and band music outside, to the rush through the doors and expressions of wonderment inside, Wednesday's ceremony...evoked striking similarities to accounts of the day in 1914 when crowds greeted the edifice as affirmation of the city's big-league status." – Kansas City Star, Nov. 11, 1999

Recreating a Masterpiece

The most anticipated restoration piece was of the ornate Grand Hall ceiling. Little of the original 22,000-square-foot masterpiece had been spared from water damage and the ravages of time. Layers of grime were carefully scraped from what remained, and the original colors were revealed through analysis, to be replicated by master artisans of our time. A preeminent English plastering firm that had restored the fire-damaged Windsor Castle interior recreated the ornamental ceiling features. Working on Centennial Celebration •

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he story of the rise, fall and restoration of Union Station in the 20th century is a monumental one. However, the back story that most people don’t know regards the precarious first decade following the restoration, and how close Kansas City came to losing the station once again. By 2005, the station was in serious financial trouble. Revenue projections for the restored Union Station – based primarily on attractions sales – had proved too optimistic, and the station had operated at a loss of millions per year from the day it re-opened. To remain sustainable, the money raised for the 1999 restoration had all been used, including monies set aside for reserves. Union Station was operating in a risky position, without a solution in sight. Aside from the 1996 bi-state tax vote, the station had never received dedicated tax money from the city, county, or state to support its operations, and therefore relied on donors and a self-sustaining business model to survive. Unfortunately, the business model originally created when the station reopened in 1999 was not working. Union

Station spent several rocky years on the brink of bankruptcy, struggling to find a business model that would work. By 2008, less than 10 years after $260,000,000 was raised for the restoration, the future of Kansas City’s landmark was looking grim indeed. In the darkest days of the economic and fiscal crisis, there was serious talk around town of boarding up the place. For most, that was unthinkable: The restoration had been the most visible public-works project in Kansas City since the 1970s, and a point of pride for the region.

A New Business Model In 2008, the station’s Board of Directors, led by Michael Haverty, KC Southern’s chairman and CEO agreed they were not going to let the station go down on their watch. The Board brought in George Guastello as president and CEO. Guastello was a proven business and civic leader who had served as a former banker, Chamber of Commerce executive, and in key leadership roles at two legacy nonprofit organizations. At Starlight Theatre, Guastello had been instrumental in Starlight’s brand resurgence. As American Royal president, Guastello led the American Royal’s return to financial stability and national prominence. Guastello was known as a creative, visionary leader that developed business models focused on offering outstanding customer experiences, and the Board recognized that experience was critical to Union Station’s success.

Above: George Guastello, president and CEO, and Jerry Baber, EVP and COO, on the roof of Union Station. Photo credit: Roy Inman

Guastello immediately got to work developing a sustainable business model, working closely with Board members, other civic leaders and DST Realty. Following a challenging first year of reimagining the station’s future, and then identifying areas for both cost-cutting and ongoing revenue generating sources, the station started on a path back to sustainability. By studying the station’s original 1914 business model, and updating it for the 21st century, Guastello, working with the Board, first established a self-sustaining business plan that would turn around the station. The original business model was simple and based on travel, retail, real estate and rental revenue. The present day business model needed to secure sources of ongoing revenue through relevant and exciting attractions, such as through Science City and the world-class exhibitions. In addition, tenant leasing and event rentals offered other critical sources of sustained revenue. Everything in the business model focused on providing excellent guest and customer experiences. That’s how Union Station would once again become a Above: George Guastello, president and CEO, Michael Haverty, former USKC Board Chairman, and Robert Regnier, current USKC Board Chairman. Photo credit: Chris Crum signature destination in Kansas City. Kansas City Ballet moved its operations into what was once The station’s architect, Jarvis Hunt, knew that an important key to the station’s success would be its role the Power House building, and is now the renovated Todd as a civic center, community hub and city gateway. Since re- Bolender Center for Dance and Creativity. Today, the station opening in 1999, Union Station had used only a portion of the has leased 100 percent of traditional office space, and several site’s property assets, while paying for their upkeep. Annual less traditional spaces, as well. In 2009, Guastello had led the station through a challenging utility bills alone cost more than $1 million. Since re-opening, Amtrak had moved back into the station, year, using this new business model that severely cut expenses bringing back passenger travel and traffic. The main Kansas while also finding sustainable revenue streams. While the City Post Office relocated in the station, taking over the old financial condition was stabilized, more would have to be done. carriage house space and Railway Express building. Although Guastello hired Jerry Baber to lead the finance and operations the station still struggled, bringing in these new tenants started areas. Baber brought 17 years of experience as a financial director at Sprint. Guastello and Baber continued to expand what was to become a thriving Union Station campus. In 2006, the Michael R. Haverty Freight House Bridge was on the vision and business plan, with strong Board support, moved to the station, spanning the train tracks and connecting to once again make Union Station known as Kansas City’s pedestrian traffic to the newly revitalized Freight House and historical civic center and a signature attraction destination. In Crossroads Arts District. In 2008, the National Archives moved 2011, Baber was named best Nonprofit CFO by the Kansas City Business Journal, in recognition of the financial leadership into a historic renovated building on the site. When Guastello stepped into the CEO role in late 2008, Baber had brought to managing the station’s finances. During only these outlying buildings and some office space had been the past four years, they have executed on that plan, working leased, so Union Station began courting new tenants to rent with a small, dedicated professional team, to enhance the four floors of available office space. Tenant leasing became a attractions, offer excellent customer experiences and services, cornerstone of the new business model. As an unparalleled and return the station to financial stability. community asset, Union Station attracted a number of key tenants, including the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Attractions and Events Commerce, the Kansas City Area Development Council, Kansas Offer Additional Revenue City Area Life Sciences, Kansas City Board of Elections, and The management team recognized that Union Station’s UMKC Professional Development. Just as in the early days, attractions could offer another source of sustained revenue, income from the tenant leases provide the ongoing revenue but the attractions needed upgrades to do so. They developed to keep the doors open for the general public. In 2011, the a plan to enhance the attraction offerings at the Station. In Centennial Celebration •

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2008, thanks to the support of several donors, the station had opened a 20,000 square foot exhibit space, the Bank of America Gallery, used to host traveling blockbuster exhibits such as Dinosaurs Unearthed, Diana, America I Am, Titanic, and King Tut, among many others. The management team has been very strategic in both the selection and timing of featured exhibits, finding compelling, international exhibits that that attract large attendance. They secured the Diana exhibition to be here at the time of Prince William’s Royal Wedding. They brought Titanic here during the 100th anniversary year of the ship’s sinking. And, Union Station was the first site in the United States to host the widely popular The Discovery of King Tut. When the first touring exhibits began to show a profit, Union Photo courtesy of Roy Inman

Station began to see a change on the fiscal horizon. Beyond the traveling exhibits, the management team and the Board recognized that after 10 years, Science City was also in need of upgrades. A partnership with the Burns & McDonnell Foundation led to more than $2.5 million of investment into the science center, adding several engaging new exhibits and programs. In the last two years, more funding from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Ford Motor Company have supported other new hands-on learning areas, such as the Maker Studio and Spark!Lab. Thanks to funding from the Arvin Gottlieb Foundation, the Gottlieb Planetarium was updated with new projectors, and began offering a variety of featured programs, providing another a unique experience for guests. As a result these additions, Science City and the Planetarium continue to experience growth in annual attendance and revenues. In 2013, the Regnier Extreme Screen Theatre, originally envisioned for educational and nature films only, was renovated with new 3D, 4K projectors, a thundering sound system, and new 5-story high, 70foot wide silver screen. Funding from the Regnier Family, Goppert and Schutte Foundations made the renovation possible. The renovation created the opportunity to begin showing first-run movies, in addition to educational films, offering yet another source of new revenue. Union Station also features other permanent attractions including the KC Rail Experience (inside of Science City) and the free Model Railroad Exhibit, which attracts 400,000+

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Left: Maker Faire – A weekend festival of invention and creativity hosted each June. Middle: Rudy, the KC Southern Holiday Express train visits every December, 15,000+ people. Bottom: Celebration at the Station attracts more than 30,000 people each year. Photos courtesy of Roy Inman.

guests a year. The H&R Block City Stage, hosts live children’s shows by Theatre for Young America, along with many other performing groups throughout the year. The newest free attraction, opening on October 31, 2014, is a permanent 100year history exhibit that tells the story of Union Station. Designed by Eisterhold Associates, it is positioned on the second and third floor Mezzanine levels. A mobile ap, created by VML, will take guests to various parts of the station where they will meet historical figures on video to learn more about the station. Event space rental also has become an important revenue stream that continues to grow each year. Individuals and businesses can rent a number of spaces within the station for weddings, conferences, holiday parties, corporate gatherings and employee appreciation events.

Where Kansas City Connects and Celebrates And, today, just as it was in the old days, Union Station is the closest thing to Kansas City’s town square. On Memorial Day weekend, thousands flock to Kansas City Symphony’s annual Memorial Day concert: Celebration at the Station. Every

June, Union Station hosts Kansas City’s annual Maker Faire, a festival of invention and creativity showcasing hundreds of regional makers. In August, it is the base of operations for the annual Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Race for the Cure. Visitors experience the station in beautiful fashion as it comes alive for the holidays, and welcomes the Kansas City Southern Holiday Express train every December. Tens of thousands come to these events each year. Union Station also has become preferred place to host other key community events, such Kansas City Fashion Week, Sporting KC’s Championship Celebration, and the KC Chiefs Red Friday pep rally. As the home for these events, the station once again enjoys a unique place in the city’s experience. Thanks to this focused business model, strong management and business acumen, Union Station has run with a modest profit for over four years. Revenues provided by these ongoing, sustainable revenue sources have made it possible for Union Station to once again operate as the active and vibrant civic center it was built to be. With continued focus, determination and “Kansas City Spirit,” Union Station is now wellpositioned to thrive for 100 more years.

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hen the newly renovated 1914 beaux arts train station reopened in 1999, no one could have imagined the endless possibilities that it would offer to both children and adults, in terms of regional history, science, technology, engineering, math, arts and entertainment. Since that time, Union Station has continued to enhance not only its attractions, but also update the building in important ways to best serve its guests of the 21st century.

Science City Over the past five years. Science City has undergone major renovations of both exhibits and programming, thanks to a number of key investments in Kansas City’s Science Center. The Burns & McDonnell Foundation has been a significant funder, contributing more than $2.5 million for several new exhibits, starting with the Burns & McDonnell Engineerium. This area provides hands-on STEM-based learning, such as the LEGO Robot Challenge, where

students build robots, then program them. Other investments include Science on a Sphere, a stunning and powerful visual perspective of Earth and other objects in our solar system, using a 6-foot sphere with projected images on it. In 2011 and 2013, Burns & McDonnell Foundation sponsored The Battle of the Brains contest to get area schools involved in designing another new exhibit. The Science of Energy, designed by Olathe North High School students, opened in 2013. A second Battle of the Brains was held in 2013, and two new winning exhibits from that competition will open in late 2014. Drop by Drop, designed again by Olathe North High School, will feature issues of sustainability and clean water. Unlock the Code focuses on genetics and was entered by Leawood Elementary School. When Science on a Sphere was added, a new nature center was built and opened in 2012. It features a variety of animals, birds, reptiles and a night viewing gallery. Investments by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation initiated the annual

Maker Faire weekend festival of invention and creativity, which started here in 2011. Another Kauffman Foundation investment then sparked the creation of a new Maker Studio inside of Science City that opened in January 2014. Children and youth now work in a creative space to do hands-on learning, using a variety of tools and technologies. They can learn everything from soldering, electronics, and using 3D printers to woodworking and plaster casting. In August of 2014, Ford Motor Company supported the addition of new Smithsonian Institution program called Spark!Lab. It offers an invention and innovation area for 6-12 year-olds to discover and invent, and links nicely with other Maker Studio offerings. Beginning in 2014, Time Warner Cable began funding weekly science labs through the Science Saturday offerings. So many new offerings are available that students, families and teachers have a different experience each time they visit Science City. “In addition to the wonderful new exhibits, our Science City team has added fun and engaging hands-on programming that change every week with new themes every month,” said Christy Nitsche, Director, Science City Programming. “We also provide 8 weeks of summer camps with different themes each week, and fun family events for Halloween, Noon Year’s Eve and Easter.”

GOTTLIEB PLANETARIUM “In everything the Station does, we operate in an entrepreneurial way and have partnered with outside organizations to offer wonderful experiences for our guests in the most cost-effective approach,” said Jerry Baber, Executive Vice President and COO. The Gottlieb Planetarium is another example: The original star ball was changed out for a digital projection system and a curved mirror to produce spectacular full dome shows and night sky viewing at a fraction of the cost of a lot of high end planetariums. “A lot of planetarium systems today are still costing $800,000 plus and we’re using a model that’s delivering at about an $80,000 investment. Arvin Gottlieb continues to be a strong supporter of the planetarium and makes sure we can continue to add new shows and programs. So that’s been a nice ongoing relationship,” said Jeff Rosenblatt, Director of Science City Exhibits. Thanks to all of the enhancements in the Science Center, the Regnier Extreme Screen Theatre, and the Gottlieb Planetarium, Union Station has seen significant increases in attendance, revenues and annual memberships.

REGNIER EXTREME SCREEN THEATRE In 2013, the fully renovated Regnier Extreme Screen Theatre, began offering bigger-than-life firstrun movies at the station, giving guests an experiential theatre option on the largest screen in the Midwest: 70 feet wide and five stories high. Guests experience films with crystal clear 3D, 4K digital images, thundering sound, and comfortable stadium seating. The renovated Regnier Extreme Screen Theatre now shows a variety of educational films, popular movies and offers a conference and presentation space unlike any other in the region. The primary purpose is to show movies, but having the capability of hosting live events and interactive conference presentations offers a distinctive space for corporations or organizations that want to rent the theater for their own special events. The renovated theatre was funded by the Regnier, Schutte and Goppert Foundations. Centennial Celebration •

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ENERGY EFFICIENCY Energy continues to be one of the largest line item expenses at Union Station, Baber said. The station is an all-electric building so it costs anywhere from $1.2 million to $1.4 million a year to keep the facility open. However, Union Station is finding ways to make it more economical. “We’ve replaced 1,800 bulbs in the Grand Hall and Festival Plaza area where you have the big chandeliers and sconces with energy efficient dimmable bulbs,” said Baber. “We’ve replaced lighting in our two large parking garages with LEDs. We’ve done a lot of work with Benny Lee and DuraComm Lighting; they’ve had great lighting solutions for us and helped us select the right products. We also work with KCPL to identify ways that the building can operate with the most energy efficiency. We continue to find energy solutions while maintaining the beauty of the building.” In 2014, new escalators were installed in Grand Hall, which was a $600,000 project. Baber said that these escalators will be much more energy efficient and the uptime will also be improved to move people between the two levels more quickly.

WiFi THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC SPACES As the largest Kansas City-based project inside a historic building, Union Station partnered with Time Warner Cable to make all the public spaces, including the science center, WiFienabled for free. Time Warner Cable has been a key partner, not only on this project, but also as a supporter of Maker Faire and the Science Saturday programs in Science City.

WHAT’S NEXT ON THE HORIZON Thanks to a $2.25 million tax credit approved by the Missouri Development Finance Board in December 2013, plans for improved access, new facilities and amenities inside the building can proceed. To access the tax credits, Union Station must raise $5 million required for building improvements and enhancements, and a capital campaign is under way for a full project budget of $9 million. The Hall Family Foundation announced lead gift of $4 million in June 2014. These plans include:

HAVERTY FREIGHT HOUSE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE One of the outcomes of restoring Union Station was to create a cultural arts district in the area. Union Station served as a new connection point in Kansas City by adding a pedestrian bridge over the rail tracks to connect Union Station with the Crossroads Arts District, and to the flourishing Downtown development. In 2006, Kansas City Southern moved a former train bridge to make this pedestrian connection. In 2012, the bridge was named in honor of Michael Haverty, who served as Union Station’s board chairman during uncertain times and led the station back to sustainability. “Rail lines run between Union Station and the Crossroads, so the bridge takes away any problems of connectivity,” said George Guastello, President and CEO. “People love it because it’s a pretty active rail line, so you see lots of people standing on the bridge just to watch the train and to take pictures. It’s a

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A garage link providing direct vehicular access for tenants and visitors into Level 3 of the garage from Pershing Road; A new Science Center/Crossroads events plaza; New lunchroom addition with outdoor seating area; Improvements to the theater lobby to function as an enhanced reception space for conferences and meetings in the theater and surrounding support spaces; A new educational Planetarium lobby for visitors to the Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium; A direct connection between the planetarium and science center.

Through all of these improvements and enhancements to the attractions, programs and the building itself, Union Station continues to evolve to serve the needs of today’s guests and to prepare for the next generation.

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DST Elizabeth Stauffer Collinson Foundation / Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Collinson and Dr. & Mrs. H. Calvin Lentz Euronet Sue Ann & Richard Fagerberg Hartley Family Foundation J&M Displays David & Sandy Johnson Kansas City Royals Lockton Companies Mary Lockton Family Mid-Con Management Newmark Grubb Zimmer Patrick Ottensmeyer Family Foundation Mrs. John Shedd Reed and Family Polsinelli PC Shook Hardy Bacon Stinson Leonard Street LLP / David Frantze Thomas McDonnell Foundation Watco Companies

$5,000 Ash Grove Cement Company Atterbury Family Foundation BKD CPAs & Advisors BNIM Bank of Kansas City Block Real Estate Services, LLC Dr. Jon & Angela Browne County Beverage City Wide Maintenance Country Club Bank C3 Capital Partners D. Thomas & Associates DeBruce Foundation Gary Dickinson Family Charitable Foundation John & Nancy Dillingham Gary & Sherry Foresee George K. Baum Foundation Global Prairie GlynnDevins Enterprise Bank H&R Block Haas Wilkerson Harvest Productions Hint John & Sharon Hoffman Honeywell Jones Lang LaSalle KPMG LLP

Kavar Capital Partners Don & Patty Kincaid William T. Kemper II Fund, Commerce Bank, Robert Lloyd, Trustee Jim & Georgia Lynch McCarthy Family Foundation McCownGordon Construction McGraw Family Fund Metropolitan Community College MetroMedia Publishers Ramon and Sally Murguia The Nunnink Family PGAV Architects Fred Pryor Quixotic Rouse Hendricks German May PC Saint Luke’s Health System Michael & Cathy Schultz Superior Bowen Asphalt Co. STIFEL Mark & Abbie Taylor 360 Architecture Tension Corporation Ten Ten Foundation Terracon Ursula Terrasi and Jim Miller Bob and Diane Johnson/ Jim and Leslie Whitaker VanTrust Real Estate Thomas & Sally Wood

$2,000 Paul and Bunni Copaken Mr. & Mrs. Neil T. Douthat Freightquote Kessinger Hunter Julie and Bill Kyte US Bank Robert and Janet Rees

$1,000 Bartlett & West Kay and John Callison Design Mechanical Bob & Judy Hoehn Husch Blackwell LLP Carl & Lori Peterson The Malkin Fund Mr. & Mrs. Peter L. Malkin The Planters Seed Co. Trapp & Company Tom & Patty Wood Jim and Julie Crawford Stanley J. Bushman and Ann Canfield *Sponsor list as of 9-22-2014

Civic

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On May 20, 2014, many members of the Centennial Civic Committee came together for a reunion and reception at Harvey’s Restaurant to kick off the Station’s Centennial Year celebration. Pictured here, with one of the original Bi-State Campaign signs, are: First row, seated: Anita Gorman, Henry Bloch and Richard (Dick) Berkley. Second row, standing, left to right: George Guastello, II; Jan Kreamer; Debbie Wilkerson ; John Starr, Lee Derrough; Georgia Lynch; Angela Browne; Julia Irene Kauffman; Molly McGovern; Steve Rose; Mary Bloch; William (Bill) Berkley; Peggy Dunn; Gwendolyn Grant; Mi-Ai Parrish; Mary Lockton; Mary McPherson; and Robert (Bob) Regnier. Back row, standing, left to right: Jeff Meyers; Drue Jennings; Ramon Murguia; David Queen ; Lou Smith; James Heeter; Mike Brown; Michael Haverty; Marlys Haverty; Donald Hall, Jr.; John (Jack) Craft; R. Crosby Kemper III; Jerry Baber; Pat Dujakovich; Dan Tarwater; Greg Allen; Curt Skoog.

Chairs

Donald J. Hall, Jr. Michael R. Haverty Thomas A. McDonnell

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Greg Allen Kay Barnes Bill Berkley Dick Berkley Henry Bloch Mary Bloch Mike Brown Thomas Butch Jack Craft Peter deSilva Jeff Drake Pat Dujakovich Bill Dunn, Sr. Terry Dunn David Frantze Esther George Tom Goppert Anita Gorman

Gwen Grant Bill Hall James Heeter Barnett & Shirley Helzberg Dan Hesse Tom Hoenig Sharon Hoffman Clark Hunt Drue Jennings Julia Irene Kauffman Jan Kreamer Pete Levi Robert Marcusse Robert Miserez Jeanette Nichols Mi-Ai Parrish David Queen Steve Rose Lou Smith John Starr R. James Stilley Debbie Wilkerson David Wysong Peter Yelorda

Railroad Committee

Bob Turner, Union Pacific Wick Moorman, Norfolk Southern Matt Rose, BNSF Dave Starling, Kansas City Southern Michael Ward, CSX Transportation Bradley Peek, General Manager, KC Terminal

Current BiState Commissioners

Marianne Kilroy Melba Curls Luann Ridgeway Ron Ryckman, Chairman Allan Gray Jason Brown David Lindstrom Curt Skoog Chris Lievsay Jeff Meyers Marcie Gragg

Jason Osterhaus Crystal Williams

Honorary Committee of Regional Elected Officials

Governor Jay Nixon (MO) Governor Sam Brownback (KS) Senator Claire McCaskill (MO) Senator Roy Blunt (MO) Senator Pat Roberts (KS) Senator Jerry Moran (KS) Former Senator Kit Bond (MO) Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (MO) Congressman Sam Graves (MO) Congressman Kevin Yoder (KS) Mayor Sly James (Kansas City, MO)

Mayor Mark Holland (Kansas City, KS) Mayor Carl Gerlach (Overland Park, KS) Mike Sanders, Jackson County Executive Pamela Mason, Presiding Commissioner, Clay County Jason Brown, Presiding Commissioner, Platte County Ed Eilert, Commission Chairman, Johnson County Kansas City, MO Councilman Jim Glover Kansas City, MO Councilwoman Jan Marcason

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Natasha Acosta Brian Adams Richard Ahders Donna Akers Terra Akers Sh Akkulugari Douglas Albers Mary Albers Linda Allen Eric Allison Gigi Allison Timothy F. Allison Jean Anderson Verne Anderson Jovan Archuleta Brenda Armer Brenda Armer John L. Arnett Heather Ashcroft Mary Aycock Jerry Baber Carol E. Bachhuber Matthew Bailey Roxy Baker Heather Balistreri Carol Banes Jennifer Baptista Chris Barnes Sherry Bartlett Vicky Bates Peter Bazzel Susan Bean Kelly Beard-Tittone Alan Becker Robert Becker Mary Bentley Rian Berg Robert Beverlin Rabindra Bhattachan Susan Bizorik Gordon Bjorman Jeaneane K.O. Black Rachel Blankenship John Blessing John Blevins Dan Blobaum Eve Blobaum Mary S. Bloch Thomas Bloch Sean Bloor Heather Blum Kay Bode Maximilian Boehmer Ed Bolling Kola Bonner John Booker Tony Borchers Cathy Boteler Dorothy Boyce Larry Boyce Elaine Bradford Jim Brady Marci Brecheisen Jim Brown Michael Brown Angela Browne

Deborah Buckley Tina Budzinski Thomas Burnett Maggie Caison Vianey/Byron Caldwell Kimberly Camara Sabrina Cannon Susan Carman Michelle Carmona Daniel Carroll Teresa Carroll Amy Castaldi Eric Cathcart Chuck Chamberlin Paul M. Chapman Karen Chastain Tim Chastain Jessica Chiappetta Judy Christiansen Joe Ciccio Debbie J Cichon Kristen Cillessen Elizabeth Cita Jerry Clark Kevin Clark Loralea Clark Mary Clark Patricia Clausen Ben Clayton Stephanie Clayton Stacey Clipperton Debbie Coble Phillip Cochran Kelly Cole Austin Collins Joseph Collins Christopher Comer Art R. Conejo Carmen Conejo Michael Copeland Monica Cordell Michael Cosgrove Sally Cosgrove Michael Costanzo Jane Cotitta Catherine Cox Pat Crabtree Cassandra Crosby Frank Croskey Kristine Cruise Jessica Crusha Rodney Cummings Elliott Curran Kristina Daggett Eric Danielson Pamela Davidson Connie Davis Katie Davis Stephanie M. Davis Katy Day Susan DeCoursey Richard Deka Teddi Deka Dolores N. Demoss Grover & Sondra DePriest Tina Der

Beth Derrough Lee Derrough John F. Desoto Ruben Diaz Robert Dickson Erica Dobreff Brandon Dockins Wendy Donnell Amy Dorsett Matt Dorsett Nina Dougherty Harold Marriott III Draper Andy Dubill John C. Dunaway Leonard A. Dunaway Charissa Dunham Neil Dunham Jolene Dunlap-Backes Peggy J. Dunn Phyllis H. Dunn Terrence P. Dunn Allison Duran Ellen Durbin Mark Durbin Deedra Eccles Tim A. Eccles Gregory Endecott Jesseka Endecott Deborah Essex Marc Evans Denise Everhart Teresa Falke Bond Faulwell Martin Field Jennifer Finch Anna Finigan Dorothy Finlay Christy Finley Marjorie Finley Michael Finley Misty Fisher Mary Fleming-Jones Mary Ellen Fleming-Jones Patrick Flora Diana Ford Megan Foreman Laura Forman Daniel Foster Walter Foster Tim France Kimberly Franken Michelle Freed Terry Freed Cindy Fuson James & Lisa Gambrell Camela Gannon Polly Gappe-Stark Francesca Garcia Friedrich Gastreich The Gates Family David Gentile Linda Gentile James Gentner Melissa George Katherine Gifford Emily Gill

Charles Gippner Jr. Renee Glass Angela Gonzalez Angela Gonzalez Brady Goodman Marjie Goodman David Goodwin Lara Goodwin Larissa Goodwin Hal F. Gottfried Ahmet Gozusulu Kathleen Graham Matthew Gratton Paul F. Grauer Greg Graves Steven Greenbaum Michele Gregg Betty Gregory Alan Grimes Joyce Groebl Kelly Groebl Lee Gross Tosha Grotenhuis Ted Grunza George M. Guastello David Haggart William Hagstrum Halsey Hahne Donald J. Hall Harold H. Hall Nicole Halling Retta Hamilton Zack Hangauer Susan Hart Michael R. Haverty Kristen Hawley Raymond Hawley Jobeth Hay John Heckroot Deborah Heffley Gary Hehman Nathan W Heller Michelle Hendricks Tom Henke Trina Henke Patrick Henry James Hernandez Richard Heuer Roberta Heuer Robin Heuer Karly Hickey William Hickey Angela Higgins Clara Higgins Jennifer Higgins-Laughlin Fredrick Hill Natalie Hill Gloria Holstrom Gail Holt Robin Holt-Wolf Ronda Houts Carl Howe Gregory Howell Kelley Howell David Huelsing Sally A. Huggins Brad Hughes Rhonda Hughes Robert Hughes Kwanza Humphrey Jeff Hurst Teresa Husman Kirk Ivy Sly James Judith Jass Courtney Jeffery Dave Jeffery Cate Jenks Jana Jessee

Charles Johnson Gene Johnson Jeannette M. Johnson John Johnson Jon m. Johnson Nathan Johnson Ellen Johnston Deborah Jones James Jones Kirk Jones Mary Ann Jones Morris L. Jones Scott Jones William Jordan Janet Kabel Mary A. Kaser Carlene Keeter Marra Nicole Kehl Crosby Kemper James Kennel Patrick Kershner Trudy Keyes Bruce Kidder Jay Knox Samantha Kopek Barbara Kovacs Richard Kovarik Doug Kratky Brenda Kreber Michael Kuner Thai Lam Heath LaRue John Lary Bruce Lathrop Amanda Lattimer Karen Laughton Brelann Lawler Greg Lawler Monica Leader James G Lee Nancy Lee Diane & Seth Leibson Steven Leslie Robert & Brenna Lichter Cynthia Liggett Louis John Lipari Kelli Littlefield Keziah Low Dan Lowe Jack Lowe Sheree Lowe Linda Lowman David Luca Donna S. Luehrman Sharon Lundy Geary Lynch Georgia Lynch Jim Lynch Andrew MacDonnell Evelyn Maddox Carol Maher Christine Marchewka Richard Marchewka Dwight Maring Jennifer Marsh Donna Martin Jennifer Martin Charleen Marx Steven Marx Laura-Denise Maxwell Calvin Mcbride Sharon McBride Daniel K. McConnell Hilda McCreadie John McCreadie Kendall McDonald Thomas A. McDonnell Stacy McEntire Cecilia McGinnis

Willaim McGruder Brian McLain Marilyn K. McLain Matthew McLaughlin Greg Merreighn Andrea Merrin Laila Meyer Charles Middlemas Janet Mikos John Mikos Betty A. Miller Jane G. Miller Shawn Miller Linda Mingle Maria Mitchem Lawrence Moehle Pamela Moehle Elbert Montgomery Lisa Montgomery Burton Morey Jan Morey David Morris Patrick Morris David Morton Leo Morton Yvette Morton Davis T. Moulden Amanda Mueller Kirsten Muller Ramon Murguia Sally Murguia Theresa Murphy Adam Murray Dale Myers Jeff Myers Lindsay Myers Marcia Nana Sheryl Nance-Durst Maria Navarro Olmo Vicki Neal Jim Nelson Marcy Nelson Steven Nelson Wilma Nelson Janice Newton Barbara Nichols Chris Nichols Linda Novotny Robert Novotny Courtney O’Farrell Mike O’Keefe Maria O’Neill Carol E. Ober David L. Ober Betty Olberding Betty Oliver Martin Orr Diana Ortiz Denise Osgood David Oswalt David Owens Michael Owens Sean Pajak Wilfred W. Palm George K. Parkins Michael Pasieka Marcia Pasqualini Rachael Pearman Tom Pearson Mary Pecina Ted Pegram Deborah Pence Jennifer Peppard Thereasa Perry Tammy Petersen Brian Phillips Nancy L. Plumb Rob Poettgen Deepika Polineni

Steven Potter Brian Prentice Parker Presley Tom Presley Yvonne Pringle Fred Pryor Leona M Pryor Catherine Radek Gerald Radek Kathleen Randall Doelle Rapoza-Peters Don A. Rathbun Kim Rebman Cecil Reed Judy Reed Leslie Reed Scott Reed Yvette Reed Bob D. Regnier Chrissy Rehm David Remington Diana Rhoads Loretta Riss Jennifer Robert Michael Robert Sally P. Roberts Donnie Rodgers Luis Rodriguez Paul N. Rogers Leanne Roller Miguel Rosario Jack Rosenfield Jean Rosenfield Lara Roserie Chris Rotert Jeri Rubino Karen Rundle Hugh Ryon Jason Salazar Beth Sarver John Saunders Johnna Schernikau Megan Schnitzler Mark Schonwetter Sarah Schrotberger Howard I. Schwartz Carl Scott Dan Searles Nancy Seelen Janet Seymour David Shaeffer Dan Shaffer Dede Shannahan Rick Shannon Rick Shannon Tamarah Sharp LuRae Shreves Angela Siegel Jeff Simmons Celia Sisson Danny Sisson Terri Skalitzky Donna Slaughter Ben Smith Bruce Smith Darline C. Smith Diane M. Smith Gary Smith Lee Smith Thaylia Smith Mary Ann Sola Carol Solenberger Joanne Songer Jaymes Sorensen Kathi Spachek Charles Spencer James Stanfield-Myers Paige Stanfield-Myers Patricia S. Stelmach

Ashley Stephens Kate Stephens Mary Stephenson W l Sterbenz Kathy Stevens Nicole’ Stockdale Mark Stone Sheryl Street Mary Stringer Stephen Stringer Stefan Stroebel Mark Stroh Rebekah Studyvin Suzie Stutzer Eric Suen Vicky Surman Paula Swenson Michelle Sykes Stephanie Symes Nancy Talley Summer Taylor Rao Tella Matt Thomas Brandi Thompson Sara Thompson Jason Thornton Sarah Thurman Aileen Tichenor Brenda Tinnen Thomas L. Tish Joseph Tittone Sabrina Trinidad Kenneth Trompeter Devon Tschumakow Nancy Turnbull Susie Uppman Melissa Valtos Heather Venable Dave Venner Lorie Vestal Jennifer Vineyard Jason Votruba Delbert/Clytha Wakefield Julia Walker Charles Walters Donald Ward Angela Warnock Dale Wassergord Jim Watkins Jamila Way Sarah M. Weitzel Danny Welch Donald Welsh Patricia Welsh Tom Wheeler Gary Whittaker Suzanne Williams Chris Winkeljohn Gene Winters Chris Woods Gregory Woods Christopher Wray Kristin Wright Tisa Wright Justin Yampolsky lois Yampolsky Angela Young Bertie Young Miranda Young Kevin Yowell Nancy Yuelkenbeck Erica Zahabi Mo Zahabi Melanie Zimmer Paul Zolotor Michael Zuk

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Union Station Kansas City, Inc. Board of Directors Robert Regnier, Chaiman Michael Copeland Lee Derrough Peggy Dunn

Adminstration: George Guastello, President & CEO

Finance & Customer Service: Nale Uhl, Director

Jerry Baber, Executive Vice President & COO

Jean Anderson

Jeri Rubino, Executive Assistant and Office Manager

Audrey Liebschutz

Rebekah Canales Patsy Christ Marketing: Michael Tritt, Chief Marketing Officer

Chase Crosby Charlie Frank Heather McCoy Katlyn Niehaus Stacey Price Mike Moloy Ria Sorrell Renee Spor

Abby Rufkahr

Advancement & Community Relations:

Dalton Liu

Joy Torchia, Director

Lauren Hypse

Michael Haverty Katrina Henke Crosby Kemper III Dan Lowe Leo Morton Ramon Murguia Brenda Tinnen Sly James

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Duane Erickson, Director Troyce Holliman Steve Peltzman

Courtney Lair Terry Lindeman Becky Lindsay Danyelle Owens Jim Pyland Shane Rizzo

Nick Cline

Luis Rodriguez

Science City:

Chris Steinauer

Jeff Rosenblatt, Director, Exhibits

Janet Stern Elise Thompson

Christy Nitsche, Director, Programming

Tevin Thrower

Trevor Schmidt

Sherry Tyhurst Jillian VanZandt

Ryan Bell Brittany Bohrer Elaine Ceule Heather Edvenson

Jenn Nussbeck, Development Consultant

Patrick Hess

David Gentile Greg Graves

Technical & Building Operations:

Centennial Supporters $100 donors to Union Station during the Centennial Year

Robert and Elizabeth Alkire Kelly M. Beard-Tittone Karen Crnkovich Susan DeCoursey Nina Dougherty Judith Eakin William & Mari John Jeffrey J. Legene Ellen Martin Cathy Murdock MaryLois and

Henry Nevins Marianne and Steve Noll James B. Nutter Diana Ortiz Steven N. Palmer Bruce and Elizabeth Pendleton Richard & Janet Rees Paula Swenson Chuck Walters William Vandenberg

Centennial Celebration Event Leaders Centennial Celebration Planning Chairs:

Angela Browne and Georgia Lynch Centennial Celebration Sponsorship Chairs:

Mary Bloch and Michael Brown Centennial Gala Planning Chairs:

Mary Lockton and Mary McPherson Centennial Weekend Events Chairs:

Lynn Devins and Patty Kincaid

Arrow Fabricare

Drumm Farm Golf Club

Kansas Belle Dinner Train

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Musical royalty in a duo-recital world debut. The must-attend event of the season.

he pinnacle event for our 50th season will be a duo-recital world debut performed by two of the most

beloved opera singers of our age.

Joyce DiDonato sang her hometown recital

debut for the Harriman-Jewell Series in 2003 and Juan Diego Flórez performed his American recital debut for the Series in 2002.

Joyce DiDonato mezzo-soprano

Vincenzo Scalera, longtime collaborator with Mr. Flórez, will serve as pianist for the concert.

Experts of bel canto repertoire and friends both on and off the world’s most prominent stages,

Juan Diego Flórez tenor

Ms. DiDonato and Mr. Flórez will perform a duo recital for the first time to honor the

Harriman-Jewell Series’ legacy as a performing arts presenter of international importance. photo credits

Joyce DiDonato photo by Sheila Rock. Juan Diego Flórez photo by Josef Gallauer. Kauffman Center photo by Tim Hursley.

Julia Irene Kauffman, Honorary Chairman Jackie Middelkamp, Gala Chairman

50th Season Gala Concert 2 p.m. Sunday, February 1, 2015 Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts 1601 Broadway Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri

Select seats online at HJSERIES.ORG or call 816.415.5025 for assistance.

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s part of the Centennial weekend events, on Oct. 31, Union Station will unveil a new, rich, cultural and diverse permanent history exhibit to leave a lasting legacy from this centennial year. This 5,000-square-foot exhibition will share the stories of how and why Union Station was built, and how the Station has served Kansas City and the people who passed through its halls during the past 100 years. It will illustrate how this iconic monument and transportation hub was a key driver in Kansas City’s growth to help it become the city it is today. Eisterhold Associates, a nationally

recognized exhibit design firm based in Kansas City, is creating the exhibit. This exhibition will be housed on the mezzanine levels (floors 2 and 3). Thanks to the generous support and donation of development services from VML for a mobile ap, visitors can leave the permanent exhibition and take a virtual tour throughout the building. Using this mobile ap, guests will learn about past operations in various parts of the building. The full project will provide a traditional exhibition experience, along with a virtual, interactive tour using today’s technology.

USKC Digital Show On September 5, 2014, Union Station hosted “Kansas City Celebrates at Union Station”, featuring a spectacular digital history shown on the front facade. To see the production, go to: unionstation.org/100 years and click on “Watch Digital Journey”

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HERE’S TO A THRIVING UNION STATION – A SYMBOL OF WHAT WE CAN DO WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER.

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