News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
Vibrant Crossroads Street Art Scene Subject of New Guided Tour
By Kevin Collison To the uneducated eye, when it comes to the explosion of street art brightening the alleys and buildings in the Crossroad Arts District in recent years it’s hard to know the difference between a “tag,” a “throw up” or a fully realized “burner.” Much less who some of the better artists are…
Taco Bell’s Churro Donut is Only in Kansas City. We Ate One. Let’s Talk.
The corner of the bag was the first spot to soak through with grease. Next, the table where we shot the photo began to glisten as I slid the dense circles around. My fingers came away slick within seconds of touching the cinnamon-sugar dusted rounds. Welcome to a many napkin affair. This is the Churro…
Designing and Building a Better Kansas City for the Future
GUEST COMMENTARY By Kevin Klinkenberg Coming back to Kansas City has left me excited about the recent changes. The ship has turned, and there’s a strong sense of optimism in the air. But as I noted before, the work is far from done. In fact, we have a long, tough mission ahead of us. The…
Why Tivoli Cinemas Was A Filmmakers’ Movie House
Tivoli Cinemas understood the value of anticipation. Movies don’t start when the opening credits roll. Movies start with the trailer, a tease of what’s to come. And for thousands of Kansas Citians, the Tivoli starts at the bottom of that steep staircase. It starts with a conversation about what’s playing, one hand on the long…
Tivoli Cinemas Ends 36-Year Run in Westport
By Kevin Collison Tivoli Cinemas, a destination for regional fans of foreign and independent films since 1983, is closing its doors in Westport this Friday. “The people of Kansas City have been generous beyond anything I could have imagined,” owner Jerry Harrington said in a statement sent to email subscribers and posted on it Facebook…
Kemper Arena, Traders Among Projects Honored by Historic KC
By Kevin Collison The redevelopment of two mid-20th Century buildings in greater downtown you wouldn’t automatically consider historic plus more traditional landmarks such as the old Savoy Hotel were honored recently by Historic Kansas City, the city’s premier preservation organization. The $65 million renovation of the Traders on Grand, a 1962 office building, into the…
The Story Behind Kansas City’s Oldest Church
What’s Kansas City’s oldest church? curiousKC investigates.
Super-Green Apartments ‘Leaping Out of Ground’ in River Market
By Kevin Collison Work has resumed on the 276-unit Second and Delaware apartment development after a lengthy shutdown, its energy-efficient, concrete walls rapidly rising beneath a tower crane visible throughout the River Market. Construction on the $71 million project resumed in November following an 16-month shutdown caused by a contractor dispute. Now, Crossland Construction has…
River Market Lands New Office Tenant
WSP USA, an international engineering firm, has opened a 42-person office in the River Market, encouraging news at a time when downtown officials are striving to attract more private employers. The firm has leased space in the 3Y building at 300 Wyandotte, bringing it close to 90 percent occupancy. The former Populous building opened in…
Announcing curiousKC Kids and the Winning Question
Learn which question won in Flatland’s first curiousKC Kids voting round.