Kansas City by the Numbers

The Bartle Hall Sky Stations, inspired by the 1930s Art Deco design of Municipal Auditorium, measure 18 x 40 x 18 feet. 

At 600 feet long, the living wall at Powell Gardens is the largest in North America.

The Shuttlecocks on the lawn of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art are made of aluminum, fiberglass-reinforced plastic and paint and measure 19 feet, 2-9/16 inches x 15 feet, 11-7/8 inches. 

The Scout, a 10-foot-tall statue by Cyrus E. Dallin, depicts a Sioux on horseback overlooking Downtown Kansas City, MO. 

KC’s City of Fountains Foundation has registered 200 fountains in the metropolitan area.

The Liberty Memorial tower at the National World War I Museum and Memorial stands 217 feet tall.

More than 900,000 visitors went to the Kansas City Zoo in 2015. The attraction is hoping to host more than one million visitors this year.

Miniland at Legoland Discovery Center Kansas City showcases replicas of iconic Kansas City landmarks, as well as the fictional Land of Oz—and it’s all made from nearly 1.5 million Lego bricks.

More than 80 Kansas legends are celebrated in artwork throughout Legends Outlets.

The 100-foot mayor’s Christmas tree, at home in Crown Center Square during the holiday season, is one of the nation’s tallest.

One Kansas City Place, at 624 feet tall, is the tallest building in Kansas City.

The song “Kansas City,” by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, was written in 1952.

A round-trip ride aboard the KC Streetcar is 2.2 miles long.