City suggests staggered rush hour. Will your business participate?
Photo courtesy mayor’s office.
The mayor and city manager have offered an update on the city’s activities during today’s winter storm, and offered a suggestion for alleviating a difficult rush hour tomorrow morning.
With 7-10 inches ...
Aldi grocery store feeds a need at 39th and Prospect
People in the urban core were hungry for a grocery store, and the parking lot filled this morning shortly after one opened at 39th and Prospect.
Some shoppers toted food from the new Aldi to their cars. A few carried shopping bags on sidewalks ...
Bank helps the Nelson restore El Greco painting
Restoration is under way in Kansas City on one of El Greco’s great paintings, thanks to a grant from Bank of America.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art this week announced the grant from the bank’s global Art Conservation Project.
The painting ...
Historic Westport library gets new manager
Megan Garrett recently took over as manager of the Westport Branch of the Kansas City Public Library.
The library in Westport, the first city public library built in 1898, has a new manager and plans for modern upgrades.
Manager Megan Garrett, ...
Zoning board stops demolition on Armour
By Joe Lambe
The Board of Zoning Adjustment this afternoon voted to deny demolition of four historic apartment buildings on Armour Boulevard.
In a 4-1 vote, the BZA upheld a September ruling by the Historic Preservation Commission that blocks ...
Musical porch festival, big in other cities, planned for West Plaza
Porchfest, a community music event that’s gaining popularity across the country, is coming to Midtown.
In fact, its coming to the West Plaza neighborhood this June.
“Porchfest KC is up and rolling and taking applications right now,” organizer ...
Broadway CID taking shape
Midtown development and creation of a Broadway CID (community improvement district) were big topics Tuesday at the Broadway Westport Council annual meeting.
Kevin Collison, development reporter for the Kansas City Star, moderated the discussion ...
Film shot in Kansas City features Westport museum
A screening has been announced for a WWII feature film shot in Kansas City, partially filmed at the 1855 Harris-Kearney House Museum in Westport.
Bradley J. Lincoln and Irene Delmonte, Kansas City based film directors and producers, will be hosting ...
Visit Kansas City history in 1940s online library exhibit
Kansas City history is preserved in a set of photos of every house and building in 1940, like this shot of 39th and Main. Photo courtesy MIssouri ValleySpecial Collections, Kansas City Public Library.
Kansas City history was frozen in time in ...
Milkweed and wild flowers needed for urban butterfly gardening
A volunteer on Saturday waived plant husks and airy white puffs flew from them, each attached to seeds in a demonstration of urban butterfly gardening.
Those milkweed pods thrive in childhood memories but are now far more rare elsewhere.
And ...
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