Do you know the history of this Valentine neighborhood block?

As part of our Uncovering History Project, the Midtown KC Post is taking a look at the 1940 tax assessment photos of each block in Midtown. A reader named Natalia asked us about her block, the 3500 block of Pennsylvania. Since that’s right ...

Norman School historical nomination highlights role in community

Midtown’s Norman School is one of 12 sites nominated for the National Register of Historic Places by the Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation this month. The application document offers a glimpse of the history of Kansas City ...

SWAT teams do training exercise in Valentine

Residents of the Valentine and Coleman Highlands neighborhoods and folks at Penn Valley Community College have been reporting the sounds of explosions today around the area of 33 and Jefferson. It turns out that the National Tactical Officers ...

Dance in the Park brings together neighborhoods this weekend

For fifteen years, Midtown neighborhoods have been promoting togetherness through Dance in the Park. The event takes place in Roanoke Park each year, and brings together the Volker, Roanoke, Valentine, Coleman Highlands, and West Plaza neighborhoods. ...

More details on skateboarder shooting

We have additional details about the 19-year-old skateboarder shot in Valentine early Tuesday morning after he tried to skate away from an armed robbery. According to the police report: The victim was skateboarding near 38th and Washington streets ...

Neighborhoods celebrate 4th of July

Neighborhood parades, picnics and get-togethers brought Midtown residents together on the 4th of July. In the Valentine neighborhood, Uncle Sam (Bob Magaha) even made his annual appearance.   State Representative Judy Morgan, who serves ...

Knickerbocker Apartments, once lavish, now endangered

The Knickerbocker Apartments at 510-531 Knickerbocker Place in the Valentine neighborhood is among the ten most endangered buildings in Kansas City, according to the Historic Kansas City Foundation. Update: Oct. 10, 2017 The Knickerbocker apartments ...

Historian calls Valentine a neighborhood of interesting houses, interesting people

  Bill Worley (in the orange shirt) led a tour of the historic Valentine neighborhood on Sunday. One stop was the Knickerbocker Apartments, currently listed by the Historic Kansas City Foundation as the 6th most endangered building in the ...

Easter egg hunt celebrates young families in Midtown

For the first time, the Valentine neighborhood had an Easter egg hunt this year. The event celebrated the number of young families returning to Midtown to raise their children. Valentine counted 22 kids who participated in the hunt, proving ...

Snowplows are now working on Midtown streets

A snowplow at 37th and Pennsylvania this afternoon.