Year: 2004. Height: 7 meters.
The tourists planning to visit Kansas City should not miss the building of the local public library. The façade of the building looks like the huge book shelf on which the impressively large volumes of the world-famous literary masterpieces are placed. 'Romeo and Juliet', 'The Lord of the Rings', 'The Invisible' - on the huge book shelf you can find the tapes of the world famous works.
It was offered to the cityspeople to determine which models of books the library building will adorn. The only condition in the election - the literary works should contain the mention of the city of Kansas City. In the historical building, which is now the site of the library, was formerly a bank. In 2004 it was decided to reconstruct it. In order to make the relocation of the library into the new building a major event, the facade of the building was completely renovated.
The facade is decorated with 20 'books', the width of each book is about 2 meters, and the height - 7 meters. After the opening in 2004, the library has significantly expanded its functions. There were several conference rooms and the cozy cafes open, so the library is quite popular among the tourists. Some travelers come to Kansas City specifically to find the unusual building of the library and photograph themselves on the background of the huge model of the favorite book. The Kansas City Library is one of the largest in the world. Their collection is about 2.5 million books.
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