Robert F. Barrett Collection

Aerial view of Kansas City above Interstate 35 looking northeast. Skyscrapers, parking lots, and downtown Kansas City are visible in the center. There are office buildings and houses spread to the...

Aerial view of Kansas City looking south from atop a building in downtown. Several large office buildings are scattered between large parking lots. Interstate 670 passed over and under roads several...

Aerial view of Kansas City looking south from atop a building in downtown. Several large office buildings are scattered between large parking lots. Interstate 670 passed over and under roads several...

Aerial view of Kansas City looking northeast from a downtown skyscraper. Several parking lots are in front. Cars are driving along the roads. A white skyscraper is in the front and several more are...

Aerial view of Kansas City from atop a building in downtown. Several skyscrapers are scattered between office buildings and parking lots. Cars are driving along the roads. All the buildings and lots...

Aerial view of Kansas City looking northeast from a downtown skyscraper. Several parking lots are in front. Cars are driving along the roads. A white skyscraper is in the front and several more are...

Aerial view of Kansas City looking northeast from a downtown skyscraper. Several parking lots are in front. Cars are driving along the roads. A white skyscraper is in the front and several more are...

Aerial view of Kansas City looking northeast from a downtown skyscraper. Several parking lots are in front. Cars are driving along the roads. A white skyscraper is in the front and several more are...

Aerial view of Kansas City looking north from atop the Power & Light building. Several parking lots are on the right. Cars are driving along the roads. There are dozens of skyscrapers and office...

Aerial view of Kansas City looking northeast from atop the Power & Light building. Several parking lots are in the foreground. Cars are driving along the roads. There are dozens of skyscrapers and...

Aerial view of Kansas City looking northeast from atop the Power & Light building. Several parking lots are in the foreground. Cars are driving along the roads. There are dozens of skyscrapers and...

Aerial view of Kansas City looking north from atop the Power & Light building. Several parking lots are on the right. Cars are driving along the roads. There are dozens of skyscrapers and office...

Aerial view of Kansas City looking east from a downtown skyscraper. Several parking lots are in front. Cars are driving along the roads. One skyscraper is on the left. All the buildings and lots are...

Aerial view of Kansas City looking east from a downtown skyscraper. Several parking lots are in front. Cars are driving along the roads. One skyscraper is on the left. All the buildings and lots are...

Aerial view of Kansas City looking south from the Power & Light district. Interstate 670 passes underneath several road bridges. Office buildings and warehouses are on the other side of the highway.

Aerial view of Kansas City looking north from atop the Power & Light building. Several parking lots are on the right. Cars are driving along the roads. There are dozens of skyscrapers and office...

Aerial view of office parks and warehouses near Kansas City. A highway passes along the bottom. Several sets of warehouses are in the center alongside roads. Office buildings are along the roads as...

Aerial view of the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers. Road bridges are crossing the rivers. Skyscrapers and downtown Kansas City are visible in the distance.

Aerial view of the Missouri River. There are sandbars and berms along the right. A large green field is in the foreground.

Aerial view of the Missouri River and nearby buildings. There are sandbars and berms along each side of the river. Factories and industrial storage facilities are on the right. Railroad tracks run...

Aerial view looking east of Interstate 670 as it passes through downtown Kansas City. A new convention center complex is under construction. Cars and construction vehicles are parked around two blocks...

Aerial view looking east of Interstate 670 as it passes through downtown Kansas City. A new convention center complex is under construction. Cars and construction vehicles are parked around two blocks...

Construction of a highway near downtown Kansas City. Skyscrapers are visible in the distance with one main road passing through the center. A highway is partially constructed on the right. Industrial...

Aerial view of downtown Kansas City in the distance. Trees and farm fields are in the foreground. Several roads pass through the farms.

Two twin-prop planes at the downtown Kansas City airport. The planes are parked next to cars in front of a terminal building. Skyscrapers and downtown Kansas City are visible in the distance.