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Posted on November 27 at 11:18 p.m.

I am disgusted by the actions taken by the Kansas City Railroad Co.
It just so happens that exactly a month ago today a friend and I decided to take a venture to Brooklawn Drive to view and take pictures of the architectural spectacle. Seeing it for the first time was utterly breathtaking. Driving down a road surrounded by nothing but woods and train tracks and suddenly seeing the behemoth-sized dome emerge from the wooded area was breathtaking. The building was jaw-dropping. We had both underestimated the sheer size of it. I think we may have taken the last pictures ever of Bucky's masterpiece. It blew my mind when the same friend who took the trip with me called about 10 minutes when she explained that the building had been demolished. I can't understand why KCC would demolish such an integral part of architectural and even chemical history. Buckminster Fuller based his design of the building on his discovery of the molecule we now call 'Bucky Balls'. I am still just so shocked. I can't believe historical works of art can be destroyed by under appreciation. KCC should be ashamed.

On A dome of our own

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