Plaza apartments: key part of history or “heap of trash”

Three vacant buildings on the west Plaza dating to 1927 are closer to being saved from the wrecking ball. The City Plan Commission today unanimously recommended they be put into a city historic district. If the city council approves the action ...

Historic Home Expo hopes to encourage urban core living

Kansas City has a lot of historic houses that could be great homes if someone would just give them a little attention. That’s the idea behind the Historic Kansas City Foundation’s (HKC) Historic Home Buyer expo this weekend. The idea came ...

Get the inside scoop on buying a historic house

If you’re wondering what its like to live in a historic Midtown property, we might find valuable information at the Historic Homebuyer Expo September 19-20. Historic Kansas City and the Young Preservationists are putting on the event to provide ...

Nominations open for most endangered historic places

Its time to start thinking about the most important historic places that might be in danger of disappearing. The Historic Kansas City Foundation  has opened the nominations for its 2014 Most Endangered list. All you have to do to submit a name ...