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In just a few days, Kansas City's iconic Country Club Plaza will be filled with residents and tourists for the holiday lighting ceremony.

An auditorium on the Plaza was filled Monday night with residents and others concerned about what the streets and buildings in the neighborhood will look like in the future.

As temperatures dropped outside, inside the Unity Temple was heating up as people questioned representatives of Gillon Property Group on their design plans for historic neighborhood.

Some of the renderings at the meeting showed buildings up to 200 feet tall, or up to 18 stories.

"It's going to block the [resident's] view of the Plaza," Michael Conner, a Plaza resident, said. "I'm concerned that will affect all of our property values."

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