Plans for historic building on Broadway?

The historic Congress Building should be added to a tax abatement redevelopment area that includes the Knickerbocker Apartments, city staff said last week. The proposal recommended by the staff’s Redevelopment Coordinating Committee goes to ...

Nominate your favorite preservation project for Historic Kansas City award

The Historic Kansas City Foundation is known for its annual list of endangered buildings, but it also gives awards for preservation done right. In fact, the foundation has just opened the call for nominations for its annual Preservation Awards. ...

MAC Properties presents new plans, but neighbors skip meeting

Architects showed a new design concept for two apartment buildings MAC Property wants to build on Armour Bouelvard this week. The Old Hyde Park neighborhood opposes demolition of the current buildings on the site, but MAC is asking the city ...

Downtown arts campus holds promise for UMKC, downtown, city arts scene

Chancellor Leo Morton says having a new downtown arts campus for the UMKC Conservatory will attract great artists and great faculty members from around the world. He spoke yesterday at the announcement that the Muriel O’Brien Kauffman Foundation ...

Neighbors fail in effort to stop dollar store on Troost

Shawn Stewart, attorney for Dollar General, argued before the Board of Zoning Adjustment that neighborhoods did not deserve a rehearing of the request for a zoning variance for a proposed dollar stores at 42nd and Troost. Despite arguments from ...

Developer says Volker 8-unit house is off the table

This vacant lot at 33616 Bell Street in Volker has been the subject of controversy since a developer announced plans last year to build an 8-unit house on the site. Now, after several meetings with neighbors, the developer says he will instead ...

Neighbors and owner to discuss new Bell Street plans

Architect Mike Jantsch and property owner Qamar Khan presented a new plan for a “multi-family house” they’d like to build in Volker at a meeting last week. The owner of a controversial piece of property in the Volker neighborhood has agreed ...

A new plan for Bell street multi-family house

Last fall, residents protests the proposed multi-family home on Bell Street. A developer has returned to the Volker neighborhood with new plans for a multi-family structure on a vacant lot that caused a controversy last year. The neighborhood ...

Beacon Hill, Troost Avenue move forward

The city council set the stage for new housing and a grocery store to rise at 27th and Troost, near the UMKC School of Medicine and Hospital Hill. Photo courtesty Wikipedia Commons. A city council committee on Wednesday approved three measures ...

Final meeting on 40 Highway, 31st and Prospect future

You have a final chance to share input for the development of the 40 Highway Corridor near 31st Street and Prospect Avenue on Monday, April 29. The city and the Mid-America Regional Council are working on a plan for future development. As part ...