Troost religious housing delayed again

Oct 2nd, 2015 – by 0
The city council on Thursday agreed to once again hold a controversial plan for religious student housing on Troost Avenue. The divided former council delayed the matter to allow negotiations between opponents and the Catholic Diocese of Kansas ...

Kansas City to get baseball academy

Sep 25th, 2015 – by 0
Councilman Quinton Lucas at the announcement of an Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy to be built at 18th and Vine. New baseball diamonds and more for youth are coming to the 18th and Vine area, as it gets a Major League Baseball Urban ...

Based on good record, KC gets EPA loan money

Sep 24th, 2015 – by 0
Margaret May, director of the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council, at the site of the new $100 million Ivanhoe Gateway housing project. By Joe Lambe Abandoned and polluted sites mark lost hope like gravestones. When the Horace Mann elementary school ...

District announces decision in Westport High School sale

Sep 22nd, 2015 – by 3
Sustainable Development Partners shared this vision of a redeveloped Westport High School and Middle School earlier this year. Developers now have the go-ahead to transform Westport High and Middle Schools into the Westport Commons: Center for ...

Midtown Plaza Area Plan gets first city approval

Sep 16th, 2015 – by 3
Attorney Mark Bryant told the City Plan Commission Highwoods Properties, owner of the Plaza, opposes the Midtown/Plaza area plan. The commission gave unanimous approval to the draft plan and sent it on to the city council for consideration. More ...

Young matrons clubhouse moving along

Sep 10th, 2015 – by 0
In an unusual moving party, people are invited to watch Saturday as the entire Kansas City Young Matrons clubhouse gets relocated. The small 1930s era building will be taken from 51st and Oak streets to 52nd and Cherry streets in a daylong effort. The ...

New apartments at 29th and Gillham continue Midtown redevelopment

Aug 12th, 2015 – by 2
Sponsored post A historic area of Midtown once home to auto dealers and services is coming alive again with newly-built apartments, including a just-completed new building at 29th and Gillham. Half of the 22 units at Twenty9 Gillham built by ...

Transit-oriented development draft could help shape Midtown’s future

Aug 6th, 2015 – by 0
The draft Transit-Oriented Development policy contains recommendations for creating a multi-modal system that connects mass transit, local bus, bicycle and pedestrian activities. This map from the draft demonstrates on an abstract level how ...

Reuse proposals for two more Kansas City schools

Jul 13th, 2015 – by 0
Courtesy Kansas City Public Schools. Community discussion is scheduled around two more closed Kansas City schools. The school district’s repurposing office says it has received proposals for the reuse of the Marlborough school site, 1300 E. ...

Do you remember the 3400 block of Broadway in Valentine?

Jul 13th, 2015 – by 2
This unusual gas station, possibly converted from the home of H.D. Clark, stood at the corner at 33rd and Broadway. It is now a parking lot. Last week, the 3400 block of Broadway was in the news, as the city council took action to advance a ...