Kansas City City Hall is a 443ft (135m) tall skyscraper in Kansas City, Missouri. The flagpole at the top of the building brings the structure's height to a total of 524ft (160m). The art deco building was designed by Wight & Wight and completed in 1937. The building was constructed at a time when large civic buildings were being built across the country as part of public works programs to ease unemployment during the Great Depression. City Hall was one of several new public landmarks that were built as part of the city's political machine boss Tom Pendergast Ten Year Plan. The building stands today as one of Kansas City's great pre-war skyscrapers and one of the tallest buildings in the state of Missouri.