Renovated Lightwell Tower Brightens Downtown Office Market
By Kevin Collison The wall of live plants is flourishing, the tired 90s interior look gone, the contemporary art from the Haw Gallery is hung and the old pool table from the St. Louis Playboy club is racked and ready. lightwell, the $85 million overhaul of the former City Center Square office tower, is pitching…
Missouri Eases Rules for Building CAFOs Despite Outcry About Potential Pollution
Missouri regulators on Tuesday eased the rules governing design of massive industrial hog facilities in a move critics claim was meant to help one controversial facility.
Surveys Say: People Ponder Life in a (Nearly) Post-Pandemic World
Three surveys conducted by data company Invisibly show that some attitudes about returning to pre-pandemic life have not changed significantly over the last 10 months.
Big Apartment Project Proposed for Volker Neighborhood by KU Med
By Kevin Collison Milhaus, one of the city’s most prolific apartment builders, is pursuing a 224-unit project in the Volker neighborhood on what’s now a parking lot across State Line Road from the KU Med campus. The proposed Jamestown Square development would be located on what’s now a large surface lot serving businesses along 39th…
Tap List | Baseball Beers Taste Test
Beer enthusiast Cassie Niemeyer taste tests baseball beers from Outfield Beer Co., Crane Brewing and Boulevard Brewing Co. for Tap List.
Big Apartment Project Proposed for Volker Neighborhood by KU Med
Milhaus is pursuing a 224-unit project in the Volker neighborhood on what’s now a parking lot across State Line Road from the KU Med campus.
KC Taco Expanding for Third Time in River Market
By Kevin Collison Arthur Leduc of Kansas City Taco Co. has found the hunger for his non-traditional, urban taqueria so great he’s about to expand his River Market restaurant for the third time since opening two years ago. “One of the reasons I wanted to open a restaurant in Kansas City is that I’ve never…
curiousKC | The Mystery of KC’s Missing Walt Disney Murals
When a reader reached out about a few Disney murals that once hung in the old D.A. Holmes School, it seemed that surely someone would know their whereabouts.
Plans for Hotel, Mid-Rise Apartments, Move Forward on Riverfront
By Kevin Collison A Port KC committee recommended this week the agency sell two parcels along the downtown riverfront to developers pursuing two projects, a 120-room boutique hotel and a seven-story apartment plan. The developer of the five-story hotel, whose identity has not been disclosed, has been in negotiations with Port KC for almost two…
Art House Extra | ‘Found Wandering Lost’ Finds An Audience
Filmmaker Nicholaus James discusses “Found Wandering Lost,” which won to big prizes at the recent Kansas City Film Festival International.
Blank Page Gambit Pays Off for Northeast News
The community rallied around the Northeast News when the struggling neighborhood newspaper published an edition with a blank front page.
Missouri Gov. Parson Abandons Plans to Implement Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansion
Missouri will not expand Medicaid coverage to working-age adults on July 1 because lawmakers refused to include funding for the health care program in the state budget.
‘South Loop Link’ Planning Continues, New Baltimore Bridge Won’t Hinder
By Kevin Collison An ambitious proposal to eventually cover up to four blocks of the South Loop freeway trench with a downtown park is continuing and won’t be hindered by the upcoming replacement of the Baltimore Avenue viaduct. “MoDOT coordinated with the city during the planning and design phases of the Baltimore bridge replacement project,”…
Weekend Possibilities | Underachiever’s Run, Crossroads Wine Walk and Two Nights of The Mavericks
Two nights of The Mavericks, plus dinosaurs at Arrowhead Stadium and Kearney’s Strawberry Festival make for a May weekend chock-full of fun.
‘South Loop Link’ Planning Continues as Baltimore Bridge is Replaced
An ambitious proposal to cover up to four blocks of the South Loop freeway in Kansas City with a downtown park is continuing.