More Midtown history: Jewish life, millionaires on Troost, early Rockhill
As the New Year rolls around, we’re looking back at some our most popular local history stories from 2015. Today, those include: the story of how Troost Avenue changed from “millionaire’s row” to a commercial district; ...
Catch up on some Midtown history over the holidays
As the New Year rolls around, we’re looking back at some our most popular local history stories from 2015. Those included: history of 43rd and Main, where the Nature’s Own store operates today in a historic building; a look back at ...
District announces decision in Westport High School sale
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 ...
Weekend tag sale at Athenaeum supports club, historic building
The Kansas City Atheneaum at Linwood and Campbell where it has stood since 1914.
Members of the Kansas City Athenaeum – a women’s club established in 1894 –moved to Linwood Boulevard and Campbell more than 100 years ago and have never ...
Get wise before you get old: King Lear comes to Midtown
By Joe Lambe
Think plots, madness and bloodshed among royalty, but it’s not Game of Thrones.
King Lear plays this year at the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival in Southmoreland Park.
It will run from June 16 to July 5, including on July ...
Several Midtown sites on 2015 most endangered list
One of the Armour buildings on this year’s most endangered list, 118 West Armour, as it looked in 1940. Courtesy Kansas City Public Library – Missouri Valley Special Collections.
Four historic buildings on Armour Boulevard in Old ...
Shop really local at 43rd and McGee
For those who like to shop local, check out the 43rd Place Market at the corner of 43rd and McGee on June 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Folks in the Southmoreland neighborhood have organized the event. They hope it will encourage people to support ...
Book signing Sunday: history of Midtown Kansas City neighborhoods
The unique character of Midtown—from Thirty-first to Fifty-fifth Streets, State Line to the Paseo—grew out of its development as the streetcar suburbs of an expanding Kansas City. The history and unique character of each of Midtown’s two ...
Recap: Last week in Midtown Kansas City (Feb. 22 – March 1)
Last week we brought you Midtown Kansas City stories about Southmoreland neighborhood history, the future of repurposed Westport schools, and changes in state gun laws.
If you find any of that Midtown Kansas City news interesting, you can read ...
Nelson’s country mansion became site of Nelson-Atkins Museum
WIlliam Rockhill Nelson’s home, Oak Hall, 1890. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art now stands on the site.
William Rockhill Nelson is best remembered as the founder of the Kansas City Star, but Nelson once said he enjoyed nothing more than ...
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