Country Club Plaza

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Country Club Plaza

Kansas City's Country Club Plaza
Location	Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Coordinates	39°02′29″N 94°35′31″W / 39.041323°N 94.591813°W / 39.041323; -94.591813
Opening date	1922 (established); 1923 (opened)
Developer	J.C. Nichols
Management	HP Village Management
Owner	HP Village Management
Public transit access	RideKC
Website	countryclubplaza.com

The Country Club Plaza (often called The Plaza) is a privately owned regional^[1] shopping center in the Country Club District of Kansas City, Missouri. Opened in 1923, it is considered to be the first planned large outdoor suburban shopping center in the United States and among the first regional centers to accommodate shoppers arriving by car. The Brookside Shopping District, a nearby smaller neighborhood center, opened three years earlier. Planned in 1922 by J. C. Nichols and designed in Baroque Revival and Moorish Revival style echoing the architecture of Seville, Spain, The Plaza comprises numerous, large city blocks of high-end retail establishments, restaurants, and entertainment venues, as well as offices.^[2] The Country Club Plaza is named in the Project for Public Spaces' list 60 of the World's Great Places.^[3]

It encompasses a 14-block area, and includes 40 statues, fountains and sculptures; 12 towers; carriage rides and sidewalk cafes; and at one time, 180 shops and restaurants.

Today there are more than 70 stores and shops in 18 separate buildings representing 784,000 square feet (72,800 m²) of retail space and 219,000 square feet (20,300 m²) of office space.^[4]