Main Street Buildings at Center of Landmark Controversy for Sale
By Kevin Collison A group of buildings at 31st and Main that were declared historic over the owner’s objection last year are back in play, and preservation advocates are hopeful about their prospects to be saved from destruction. “This is the opportunity provided by listing them as a local landmark,” said Lisa Briscoe of Historic…
Art House | Horror in the Heartland
Art House visits with local horror auteur Patrick Rea about his latest film, “They Wait in the Dark,” which garnered a strong review in The New York Times.
LuxLiving Drops Two Downtown Apartment Proposals, Still Pursuing Tower Plan
By Kevin Collison LuxLiving, the St. Louis apartment developer building the Katz project, has dropped two downtown residential deals but is still pursuing its big apartment and hotel high-rise proposal at 14th and Wyandotte. Lux scrapped its plan to build at 250-unit apartment development on riverfront property owned by Port KC. The developer also is…
Lux Living Drops Two Apartment Projects, Still Pursues Tower Plan
LuxLiving, which is building the Katz project, has dropped two downtown residential deals but is still pursuing its big apartment and hotel high-rise proposal at 14th and Wyandotte.
Weekend Possibilities | Halloween Haunt, P!NK and Taylor Swift
Do the “Monster Mash.” It’s Halloween weekend. Treat yourself to a costume contest in the Crossroads, Howl-o-Ween at KC Wine Co. or a dose of dark blues in the West Bottoms. Friday, Oct. 27 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. It’s Howl-o-Ween Weekend at the KC Wine Co. Vineyard & Winery, 13875 Gardner Road. Bring your…
KC Artist Finds Eternal Beauty in a Dead Leaf
Artist Bruce McClain strives to merge plants and people in an effort to evoke the elegiac process of aging and dying for all living things.
Tap List | KC Breweries Set to Celebrate Halloween
Kansas City area breweries are leasing into Halloween with nine separate themed events this upcoming weekend.
Here’s the rundown.
East Crossroads Apartment Plan With Affordable Units Moving Forward
By Kevin Collison Design work has begun on a 190-unit apartment project in the East Crossroads that will include affordable housing and a fitness center open to the public. Developer Michael Collins has acquired the 1.2-acre site southeast of Truman Road and Holmes from the city and is anticipates beginning construction on his ‘Mohawk at…
KC Named ‘Tech Hub,’ Opening Door to Massive Federal Grants
The Kansas City region — stretching from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri — is now a federally designated tech hub, offering access to grants.
Two New Restaurants on the KC Power & Light Menu Next Year
People hungering for breakfast downtown will have a new option next year when HomeGrown opens at 101 E. 13th St. in the Power & Light District. The restaurant is one of two concepts being opened in 2024 by the Thrive Restaurant Group in the P&L District. The other is Modern Market Eatery, a fast-food place…
Nick’s Picks | Here’s Your Kansas City News Forecast
This week’s Kansas City news forecast calls for changes in the unseasonably warm weather and a slew of local elections in early November.
We Are Latinos II | Partners in Art at ITRA
Isaac Tapia and Rodrigo Alvarez are partners in ITRA, which has created more than 45 murals and other artworks. Their story is part of “We Are Latinos II.”
Big West Bottoms Redevelopment Project Wins Key Tax Incentives
By Kevin Collison A $526 million plan that would revitalize a big section of the West Bottoms by restoring dozens of historic buildings and repairing its crumbling infrastructure won vital tax incentive support from a city development agency Thursday. The sweeping proposal by New York-based SomeraRoad, which already has backing for its plan at City…
Art House | ‘No Place Like Home’ Grapples With Hate
Our relationship with home is complicated. Just ask Kevin Willmott and C.J. Janovy, filmmakers behind “No Place Like Home: The Struggle Against Hate in Kansas.”
East Side Development Sales Tax
In 2017, voters approved a 1/8 cent sales tax with the goal of spurring economic development in disadvantaged neighborhoods of the city. So far, the Central City Economic Development (CCED) sales tax has awarded over $53 million and funded 39 projects. This month, Flatland in Focus investigates these projects and gages their effectiveness in addressing…