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‘Beyond the Loop’ Seeks to Relieve Downtown Freeway Damage
By Kevin Collison Beyond the Loop, a downtown planning strategy for the future of the North Loop freeway, Buck O’Neil Bridge and Independence Avenue, is holding two public meetings this month to refine potential alternatives. City and state officials have come up with a $200 million, long-term plan to build a new O’Neil (formerly Broadway)…
Repair Project to Liberty Memorial Hillside Closing Part of Main Street
By Kim Mueller The crumbling Liberty Memorial hillside along Main Street and across from Crown Center will be neatly tucked behind a new wall as workers begin a $2.5 million construction project today to solve the erosion problem. During construction, which is expected to last six- to eight months, Main Street’s two west lanes will…
Crossroads’ Favorite Mildred’s Moving Across Street, Quadrupling Size
By Kevin Collison Mildred’s, a cozy Crossroads culinary spot since 2004, is moving up in the world, relocating across the street to 1901 Wyandotte and quadrupling its space. Co-owner Evan Ashby said the family-run operation outgrew its current location at 1821 Wyandotte a couple years ago with lines often stretching out the door for its…
KC Live’s Theater-Size Video Screen Debuts for Big 12 Tournament
It’s become harder to leave the pre-game partying in the Kansas City Live! courtyard to walk over to the actual event at Sprint Center. The Power & Light District has replaced its previous low-def screen with a theater-size panel that offers a much sharper image. If Thursday was any indication, the fans downtown for the…
Novel Restaurant Opening New Chapter in East Crossroads
By Kevin Collison Novel KC restaurant will be packing up the house soon–literally–and moving from the Westside neighborhood to the East Crossroads. After operating five years in a cozy house at 815 W. 17t St., the fine-dining restaurant, it’s actually about “Novel American cuisine” not books, is relocating to 1927 McGee St. and plans to…
Police to ‘Educate’ Downtown Motorists Before Parking Crackdown
Updated with message from City Manager: Starting Monday, April 9, @kcpolice will increase downtown parking enforcement. Warning tickets will be issued for a short period, however, if the parking violation is a safety concern, or impedes the natural flow of traffic, a citation could be issued. More details here. Downtown motorists will have an “education”…
Tribe Bringing World Street Food to River Market
By Kevin Collison The new Tribe street kitchen opening next month in the River Market wants to be to your appetite what world music is to your ears. “All of us have experienced cultures throughout the world,” said co-founder Sam Hagan. “We came to the conclusion that different cultures are brought together by food and…
Final Local Push Underway to Extend Streetcar from Downtown to UMKC
By Kevin Collison The complex process required to extend the streetcar from downtown to the University of Missouri-Kansas City is nearing the end of the line, at least locally, with voters along the route now eligible to apply for ballots for the upcoming mail-in election. Beginning this week, registered voters within the Transportation Development District…
River Market Rallies Against Deportation of Blue Line Manager
By Kim Mueller Patrons poured out of The Blue Line Hockey Bar in the River Market and marched Monday in support of bar manager Leticia Stegall who was deported Friday as part of an immigration enforcement operation. “Look at all these people who are here for you,” Jennifer told her mom, Leticia Stegall, as the…
Strange Days Arrive in the River Market
By Kevin Collison Strange Days’ day has finally arrived in the River Market. Nathan Howard opened his international-theme microbrewery last weekend at 316 Oak St. after a couple of months delay awaiting city approvals. “We started brewing in early December and anticipated an opening in mid-to late January,” he said. “We hit a little delay…