Tap List | JAS Metalworks & The Beer Year in Review
The bottle openers that Jared Schmid of JAS Metalworks forges from mild steel have an old-school, blue-collar feel to them. Whether opening a yard beer or a craft beer bomber, Schmid’s openers hark back to a time when working with tools was more commonplace. Schmid, who formerly worked at Boulevard Brewing for 10 years in…
Kemper Contemporary Museum Closes Crossroads Gallery After Nine-Year Run
By Kevin Collison The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art has closed its gallery in the Crossroads Arts District after a nine-year run, saying it wants to focus its resources on its main operation at 4420 Warwick. The Kemper at the Crossroads opened in 2008 at the high-profile corner of 19th and Baltimore in space formerly…
Whatever Happened to Cake Box…And Those Other Restaurants?
We’ve been telling the stories of restaurants from the past this year, diving into a trio of burger shacks: Smaks, Wimpey’s, and the Nu-Way Drive-In. It’s all part of our curiousKC series, wherein local readers, viewers and listeners get the chance to ask those burning questions about where we live. [FLEX-CONTENT] Today’s trio of questions…
Gallerie–phase 2
Corner of 27th, Warwick and McGee streets (Union Hill) | 50 apartment units and 10 townhouses | Cost: $12 million | Architect: Draw (Kansas City) | Expected start of construction, Spring 2018
Home2 Suites in Crossroads Expects to be Home by Christmas
By Kevin Collison The new Home2 Suites by Hilton opening soon at 20th and Main in the Crossroads takes its ‘home’ description seriously. Rooms come with a kitchen many downtown apartment residents would envy including a full-size refrigerator, dishwasher, garbage disposal, microwave and tableware. And for the more ambitious guest, you can check out a…
How The House Tax Overhaul Bill Could Hurt Affordable Housing
Builders of affordable housing say the House Republican tax plan has a poison pill inside it that removes a tax incentive crucial for about half of the affordable housing units that get built.
Downtown Pedestrians Rejoice, Boley Building Facade Work Nears Completion
By Kevin Collison A building repair project that has closed sidewalks in the heart of downtown at 12th and Walnut for over 1 1/2 years is expected to be finally completed in late January. The facade work on the historic Boley Clothing Co. Building, home of Andrews McMeel Universal publishing, is winding down. The Walnut…
Quay Opens at The Nelson & Other Weekend Possibilities
Quay Coffee is holding its grand opening at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (4525 Oak St.) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The new coffee bar is in the Block building, and they’ll have a latte art station for the next generation of baristas (i.e. children) and a photobus GIF booth. This is the…
Origin Story: Music Edition | Destroy Nate Allen
[FLEX-CONTENT] [FLEX-CONTENT] [FLEX-CONTENT] [FLEX-CONTENT] [FLEX-CONTENT] [FLEX-CONTENT] — Our popular series Origin Story gets a musical twist each Thursday in December here on Flatland. Got an idea for an Origin Story? Drop us a line on Facebook or Twitter @FlatlandKC.
Terrace on Walnut Apartment Project Opens ‘Just Under the Wire’ for Tour
By Kevin Collison A development that converted a former newspaper warehouse at 1721 Walnut St. into 38 market-rate apartments is off to a fast start, leasing a dozen units barely a week after its opening. The Terrace on Walnut project was ready for showing “just under the wire” for last weekend’s Urban Homes Tour, said…
Whatever Happened To…Those Other Burger Places?
It was that burger place your mom took you to after you bought shoes or the stop on the way home for an after school treat. Everybody has traditions around food — a restaurant that marks a moment in time or period in your life. Flatland recently told the story of Smaks, a local burger chain…
Hallmark Selling Large Tract in East Crossroads; Once Considered Potential Royals Ballpark Location
By Kevin Collison A big piece of easily developable real estate in the East Crossroads once considered as a potential downtown ballpark site is up for sale by its longtime owner, Hallmark. The two-block property is between Oak and Cherry streets from 19th to 20th streets, and is considered a prime development opportunity because of…
Tap List | Brewery Emperial Serves Hot Worties
Brewery Emperial (1829 Oak St.) now offers “hot worties,” fresh from the brewing kettle. A hot wort, similar to a hot toddy, is free while supplies last only on brewing days, starting at 4 p.m., with the purchase of a beer. Brewers Keith Thompson and Sterling Holman make wort for a new batch of beer…
Mulberry Lofts
905 Broadway | 25 apartments in renovated building | Cost: $8 million | Contractor: Centric Projects| Architect: KEM Studios (Kansas City) | Completion in early 2018
915 Broadway apartments
911 and 915 Broadway | 44 apartments in two renovated buildings | Cost $10.5 million | Opened June 2017