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‘Ruthelle’s’ Returning to 18th & Vine

By Kevin Collison Adam Jones, who’s redevelopment portfolio include the Westside and West Bottoms, is going east to the 18th & Vine District with an artsy project featuring barbecue and soul food along with a dollop of local jazz culture. He’s renovating a small two-story building at 1819 Vine into a restaurant and night club…

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In many places within Union Cemetery, old trees allow sunlight to dapple the landscape and create a sense of peace and quiet.

Taking a Walk With Death Prompts Pondering of Life

Walking through cemeteries is a necessary reminder that death is not optional. It’s also a chance to remember who still needs you, whom you may have hurt and to whom you need to apologize.

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Mac Proposes Multi-Tower Residential Project at Streetcar Stop

By Kevin Collison Most of the city block southwest of Main and Armour would be transformed into a major streetcar-oriented residential project that would include several eight-to 10-story apartment buildings in a plan being pursued by Mac Properties. The $110 million proposal also would renovate the old New Yorker apartment building at 3521 Baltimore, adapt…

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Mac Properties plans to completely renovate the US Bank building at Main Street and Armour Boulevard as part of a much larger streetcar-oriented project.

Mac Properties Proposes Multi-Tower Residential Project at Streetcar Stop

Most of the city block southwest of Main Street and Armour Boulevard would be transformed into a major streetcar-oriented residential project that would include several eight- to 10-story apartment buildings developed by Mac Properties.

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Work to Begin on $52M Apartment Project in Freight House District

By Kevin Collison The 193-unit Tracks apartment project in the Freight House District is expected to break ground by the end of the year, two years after it was first proposed. The $52.5 million development is being built by Milhaus, an Indianapolis developer that also recently completed the 338-unit Artistry KC apartment complex in the…

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The Tracks apartment project will be built on this parking lot next to the historic Freight House building.

Work to Begin on $52 Million Apartment Project in Freight House District

The 193-unit Tracks apartment project in the Freight House District is expected to break ground by the end of the year, two years after it was first proposed.

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A still from 'Shadow Country'

Weekend Possibilities | Jewish Film Fest, Vegan Summer Fest and the Crossroads Pinball Championship

An array of outdoor, at-home and out-on-the-town options make for an awesome weekend to-do list in and around Kansas City.

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Rosalie Gilbert says her husband Charles Gilbert has been a member of the State Historical Society of Missouri since his college years, and he was excited to come see its bicentennial exhibit in Columbia.

Missouri’s Bicentennial Quilt Stitches Together a State With Many Splits

The Missouri bicentennial quilt seeks to bring together an often divided state by collecting local stories from each of 114 counties.

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KC Bier Co. Head brewer Karlton Graham

Tap List | Oktoberfest Is Coming … Sooner Than You Think

Some Kansas City area breweries have already announced plans for Oktoberfest events.

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Martial Law, or Order No. 11, oil on linen, by George Caleb Bingham, 1868. The painting recalls the aftermath of the raid on Lawrence, Kansas, by Quantrill’s Confederate guerillas, when Union General Thomas Ewing authorized General Order No. 11, which forced thousands of civilians in three-and-a-half Missouri counties along the Kansas border to leave their homes.

Grappling With Dark Agonies Amid Natural Beauty During Missouri’s Bicentennial

As Missouri observes its bicentennial, organizers are grappling with a history defined both by natural beauty and the fight over slavery.

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