Sears 1001 (Kansas City, Missouri)

Sears #1001 was a Sears department store located at 1500 Cleveland Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The store opened August 31, 1925 and closed September 1993. Demolished by implosion June 1, 1997, one of the largest such demolitions in American history. Closure date from St. Louis Post-Dispatch describing "a warehouse in Kansas City" with no further identifying details