Heads On Parade

Ceramic heads guard the roofline of an historic apartment building off of Kansas City's Country Club Plaza shopping district, but the city's Landmarks Commission now says the heavy heads must come down.

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September 13, 2004, 6:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

It took a crane to get each art student's sculpted head to the roof of Don Anderson's Tudor-style apartment building, where the sculptures are held in place with Liquid Nails. In spite of the sculptures being a local landmark, Kansas City's Landmarks Commission insists the heads must be removed from the building.

Thanks to Heidi Schallberg

Read the full story: Heads go up, and official thumbs go down

Saturday, September 11, 2004 in The Kansas City Star

History / Preservation Missouri

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