Amazon Planning First Metro Retail Store at Country Club Plaza

By Kevin Collison The first Amazon retail outlet in Metro Kansas City is in the works for the Country Club Plaza, according to a permit application filed with the city last week. The online retail giant is planning to locate its store in the corner space formerly occupied by the Tesla car dealership at 450…

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A rendering of the planned Stockyards Brewing Co. concession at the new Kansas City International Airport.

Tap List | Local Breweries Score Big In Airport Deal

The new Kansas City International Airport is expected to provide new venues for at least four local craft breweries.

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Amazon 4-Star stores offer a "highly curated" selection of products from the most popular categories, including consumer electronics, toys, games, books, kitchen ware and home goods.

Amazon Making Plans for Country Club Plaza Store

The first Amazon retail outlet in the Kansas City area is in the works for the Country Club Plaza.

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Visitors line up at the entrance of the Kansas City Zoo.

Federal Pandemic Program Became a ‘Godsend’ to Kansas City Venues

Shuttered Venue Operators Grants went to 48 businesses in Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, for a collective total of nearly $51.2 million, to help survive the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Cycle City Rolling Into River Market with Second Location

(Editor’s note: CityScene is taking some time off for a vacation, this article originally appeared on July 6.) By Kevin Collison Cycle City, a popular Parkville bicycle shop for 18 years, plans to open a second location in the River Market this October in the historic Water Building at 201 Main St. Owner Joe Fox…

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One of the remaining original streets of Rattlebone Hollow.

curiousKC | Resurrecting Rattlebone Hollow

The curiousKC team explores the forgotten history of a Kansas City, Kansas, neighborhood that produced a famous boxer, at least two millionaires, and a man who barely missed becoming the first Black astronaut.

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | First Lady Jill Biden, Simone Biles Among KC Visitors in Coming Days

First Lady Jill Biden and gymnast Simone Biles top the list of people swinging through Kansas City this week.

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Death penalty opponents Joyce Engle, left, and Kate McCoy hold a signs as they take part in a vigil outside St. Francis Xavier College Church ahead of the scheduled execution of Missouri death row inmate Russell Bucklew on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in St. Louis.

Missouri’s Execution of Ernest Johnson Merely Adds to Body Count

When the state of Missouri executed an intellectually disabled man on Oct. 5, it brought shame, disgrace and infamy on its citizens, in whose name it acted.

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RiNo Charges Crossroads, Denver Developer Partnering on Gastro Pub and Pool Hall

(Editor’s note: CityScene is taking some time off for a vacation, this article originally appeared on July 9.) By Kevin Collison A Denver developer has found his new ‘RiNo’ in the Crossroads, planning a pool hall and gastro pub at 16th and Grand along with revamping the former Architectural Salvage building. “I’ve developed a single…

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A dancer with Ballet Street Project on "KC Performs."

KC Performs | The Poetry of Allen Ginsberg Set to Music and Dance

The Ballet Street Project interprets Allen Ginsberg’s “Wichita Vortex Sutra.”

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