Crossroads

Handwritten "I wish ..." across a 1950s era portrait exemplify one elders' wish to be remembered at her best. (Vicky Diaz-Camacho | Flatland)

Two Kansas City Artists Bring Elders’ Words to Life

In a new exhibit in a Crossroads gallery, older Americans’ wishes have been transformed into artwork that fill two rooms. Artists Marn Jensen and Andy Newcom interviewed over 200 people to learn what they wish for the world.

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A look inside one of three Belger Glass Annex reheating furnaces, which burn at over 2,300 degrees Fahrenheit.

Fired Up Belger Glass Annex Aims to Build a Community of Glass Blowers in Kansas City

Belger Glass Annex hopes to ignite the artistic glass making potential of Kansas City.

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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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Market at Grand Place

Plan for Arts Programs at Former Kansas City Star Building Draws Mixed Reviews

Developer Vince Bryant’s $98 million plan to convert the former Kansas City Star building into a mixed-use project has taken an artistic twist.

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The Podium complex

Big Crossroads Plan Calls for Office Tower and Housing at 20th and Main

Developer Vince Bryant has proposed a $310 million mixed-use redevelopment plan for a four-block site in the Crossroads area of Kansas City.

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Market at Grand Place

Developer of Old KC Star Building Tweaks Plan, Checks Crossroads ‘Grocery’ Box

The ambitious redevelopment of the historic former Kansas City Star building into a mixed-use project called Grand Place continues to progress with some tweaks to the original plan and completion targeted for Fall 2021.

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curiousKC Follows the Artists

Flatland’s curiousKC team explores where the artists are moving as the Crossroads become evermore commercialized.

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Rafi Chaudry and Travis Moore, co-owners of Torn Label Brewing Co., set aside promising career opportunities in Hollywood and Chicago to brew beer in the Crossroads Arts District.

Torn Label Brewing Co. Owners Chose Crossroads Over Careers In Hollywood, Chicago

Torn Label Brewing Co.’s co-owners chose brewing beer in Kansas City’s Crossroads Arts District over career opportunities in Hollywood and Chicago.

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The Halo Effect: What’s Behind the Graffiti Markings in the Crossroads?

Passersby along Southwest Boulevard may notice the graffiti that covers the Crossroads Art District. It’s everywhere: down alleyways, along buildings, across dumpsters and even on electrical equipment. Heading east, past the well-known, large animal murals of Scribe, sections of the district are covered in lone “tags,” or the pen name of artists. These artists, who…

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City Barrel Brewing Co. will have six beers on tap, including Rad AF, when it opens this Friday.

City Barrel Brewing Co. Looks to Get Hoppy on Holmes

Shrimp get a quick cure in sour beer at City Barrel Brewing Co. (1740 Holmes St.), which opens this Friday in the Crossroads. The sour beer ceviche is just one of the reasons — a wine-beer hybrid and brews based on Tiki drinks are among the others — that City Barrel is going to alter…

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