Hyatt Regency Crown Center

[ShowMeKC]

Hyatt Regency, the second tallest pure hotel in the midwest.

505ft (could be 530ft)

59th (or 45th) tallest hotel in the world

45 floors

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The revolving floor (resteraunt) is not only a great place to eat, it is also a hotspot for local BASE jumpers.

It also has an infamous past:

7:05 p.m. July 17, 1981

111 people died in the two walkway collapse. This includes 18 married couples

More on this topic: http://www.kcstar.com/projects/hyatt/

[Allan]

I heard about the walkway collapse. It was on a TV show. I didn't realize that this was the same building. I didn't realize that the death toll was so high either. I thought it was only 50. Hopefully that served as a reminder to not cut corners when building things like this.

[turlough]

yeah i seen it on Real TV i was OMG