Contributed by: Historic Kansas City
Organization: Historic Kansas City
Dated Posted: November 15, 2026
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The Kansas City Council voted unanimously on November 12, 2026, to reject a proposal to demolish the Western Newspaper Union Building at 304 W. 10th Street (934 Central Street) downtown and replace it with a 384-foot, 20-story data center. Built in 1900 and expanded in 1906, the building housed the company that supplied preprinted pages to thousands of weekly newspapers nationwide; it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 and rehabilitated with historic tax credits a decade ago. Historic Kansas City opposed the plan throughout the public review, alongside the Downtown Neighborhood Association; the City Plan Commission had unanimously recommended denial in August after hearing from 54 speakers.

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