Do you know the history of the Center City neighborhood?

Homes in the Center City neighborhood at 33rd and Troost around 1900. In the early 1900s, developers such as the Cowherd Brothers were building “modern” middle class homes across what is now Midtown. One area where development was occurring ...

Trees near Troost: Orchard a symbol of progress at a Midtown neighborhood

By Joe Lambe Midtown’s small Center City neighborhood may not be well known, but it has done much to put itself on the map. Most recently, that revolves around an orchard. The city this month gave it a green award for work that included the ...

Midtown neighborhoods go green and win

  The Center City neighborhood (from Linwood to Armour, Paseo to Troost) received a green award from Councilwoman Melba Curls. It was honored for energy efficiency programs, food and rain gardens and a large community orchard. Kansas City ...