Do you know the history of this West Plaza 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.
Today, we look at residences and businesses in the West Plaza neighborhood, from 45th Street ...
Loretto School faced desegration fight in 1947
by Joe Montanari (reprinted from the West Plaza neighborhood newsletter)
Traveling east or west on 39th Street, on the southwest corner of 39th and Roanoke Road, one notices a handsome old building known as “The Loretto.” It’s a little ...
Polsinelli Law Firm opens in West Plaza
The Polsenilli Law Firm has opened its new building at 48th and Belleview.
The grand opening ends eight years of construction around what was once called the West Edge project in the West Plaza neighborhood.
Polsenilli celebrated the opening ...
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. ...
Free-for-All June 8 – swap used items with your neighbors
The West Plaza neighborhood is inviting surrounding neighborhood residents to participate in its fourth annual Free-for-All event.
It’s simple. Drop off things you have around the house and don’t need anymore on June 7.
Come back on June ...
West Plaza to see new plans for Swinney School
Swinney School at 1106 W. 47th Street has been closed since 2010. This MapQuest view shows its location just off the Country Club Plaza. A development group presented a plan for the reuse of the school as a medical office building last spring, ...
Eagle Scout project collects 200+ pounds of crayons for Children’s Mercy
As part of an Eagle Scout project, Parker Jennings and other scouts melted down part of the 200 pounds of crayons he recently gathered. Jennings did the project to help out Children’s Mercy Hospital, where he was treated as a child. The scouts ...
Annual concert brings together former Paseo Academy faculty musicians
West Plaza resident Toni Gates had the idea for her One by One Concert to celebrate local musicians who weren’t always in the spotlight – the teachers she worked with at the Paseo Academy. That was seven years ago, and the concert continues ...
Dance in the Park brings neighborhoods together
When Dance in the Park was created 14 years ago, the idea was to use local dance companies in the tranquil setting of Roanoke Park to bring together people from the neighborhoods surrounding the park. Since then, volunteers from the neighborhoods ...
Local artist finds inspiration for “Benny the Cat” in vintage market
Benny the Cat is the subject of West Plaza resident Julie Tenenbaum’s stitched artworks. Benny started out as just a face, but in the past several years, we’ve been seeing Benny in all kinds of environments. Tenenbaum says she would be stitching ...
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