Recap: Last week in Midtown Kansas City (Jan. 31 – Feb. 7)

Two Catholic schools will merge and relocate to this closed charter school building at 201 E. Armour.

Two Catholic schools will merge and relocate to this closed charter school building at 201 E. Armour.

Last week, the Midtown KC Post brought you Midtown Kansas City stories about new schools coming to Midtown, the future of the airport, and the history of a block of the Volker neighborhood.

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The executive director of the new Citizens of the World Charter School in Midtown discussed the application process and her views on the other schools that are opening in Kansas City.

Meanwhile, two Catholic schools will merge and relocate to a vacant school site on Armour Boulevard, allowing for expansion from 225 to 625 students over the next five years.

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art learned that it owns a painting by Hieronymus Bosch – thought to be one of only five works by the artist in the United States.

At city hall, debate over the future of KCI continued, with the airlines calling a new plan too costly and inadequate.

Architectural firm BNIM dropped plans for a new headquarters building in the Crossroads, saying it did not anticipate the project becoming a lightening rod in the debate over tax incentives.

And our Monday history feature looked at the Volker neighborhood block that surrounded the Swedish Covenant Evangelical Church at 42nd and Terrace.

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