Hotel Bravo! Gets No Applause from TIF Commission
By Kevin Collison Hotel Bravo!, an ultra-luxury hotel proposed next door to the Kauffman Center, experienced a possibly fatal setback Thursday when the TIF Commission recommended the City Council reject the $63 million redevelopment plan. The 8-3 decision by the commission means the project backed by developers Whitney Kerr Sr. and Eric Holtze will require…
Getting Swept Away With Curling in Kansas City
A small but devoted group of curling followers have formed a league in Kansas City.
River Market Restaurant Chases “That Feeling”
The Farmhouse strives to live up to its name – devoting itself to farm-to-market, tip-to-tail food for more than a decade.
Big Halloween Weekend at Union Station Includes Spooky Attic
By Kevin Collison Union Station is scaring up so new business this Halloween season by opening its unused attic space as a haunted house attraction. The 14,000 square-foot labyrinth of macabre displays, spooky sounds and a couple dozen actors out to frighten visitors is simply called “The Attic.” Union Station also will be hosting “Spookfest:…
Weekend Possibilities | Haunted Houses, CarnEVIL, Rocky Horror Picture Show, And a Corn Maze
Kansas City’s weekend possibilities ahead of Halloween include haunted houses, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Chiefs vs. Packers and much more.
Waddell & Reed Nears Decision on Downtown Office Tower
Waddell & Reed is considering two sites near the Power & Light District in downtown Kansas City for its new headquarters.
Waddell & Reed Coming Downtown, Two Sites Considered HQ Finalists
Editor’s note: The Enhanced Enterprise Zone Board endorsed the property tax abatement recommended for the Waddell & Reed development Wednesday, the recommendation will now go to the Kansas City Council for consideration. During a presentation, attorney David Frantze, who represents the firm, said the total project value is $140 million and 250,000 square feet of…
Trove of Historical Records Comin’ To Kansas City
The State Historical Society of Missouri has announced receipt of a $250,000 lead gift from the Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation toward relocating and expanding a research center at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Mexican Artist Returned to the U.S.-Mexico Border He Crossed as a Child
It took Israel Alejandro Garcia Garcia 30 years to take a trip back to the border where his family crossed into the U.S. Two exhibits show what he found.
Fog of Vaping Crisis Engulfs Teen Lives
Kansas City-area teens and school districts are closely monitoring developments in the vaping-related lung injury outbreak.
Tap List | Gravy Boats and Beer
Flatland’s Tap List features Kansas City-area beers for the upcoming holiday season.
Small(er) Westside Historic Rehab Apartment Project Moves Forward
By Kevin Collison Two years after first being proposed, the developer of a former power substation building at 2645 Madison near the Boulevard Brewery has been approved for tax incentives to convert it into a six-unit apartment project. The Planned Industrial Expansion Authority approved a development contract last week that includes a 10-year, 100 percent…
Taco Bell’s Seven Layers of Mystery
Flatland’s curiousKC team explores whether Kansas City is home of the first enclosed Taco Bell restaurant.
Tivoli’s Jerry Harrington Reflects on a Life in Film
Six months after the Tivoli Cinemas closed its longtime Westport location, Kansas City’s cornerstone of independent film exhibition re-opens in the 500-seat Atkins Auditorium at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
City Market Sandwich Shop Fuses Differing Cuisines
The Bite isn’t just another sandwich shop. It might be the only one of its kind in Kansas City, serving up Mexican and Korean flavors between two pieces of bread.