By Kevin Collison Bo Lings has returned to the City Market, opening a smaller version called Bo’s Kitchen with an emphasis on takeout and offering limited seating. The new operation at 108 E. Fifth St. is about one block east of the former location of its full-service restaurant at the Market which is now occupied…
Conversations about the Country Club Plaza often turn to perceptions of personal safety and crime. Those perceptions aren’t always accurate.
By Kevin Collison A Wichita bank is considering a full service location in the Crossroads District at 100 E. 20th St., apparently replacing an earlier development concept that had included a dog care business and other retail. Emprise Bank is the potential tenant for the building that had been part of a proposed development called…
Waldo-based KC Bier Co. is making plans to expand operations with a second location in Lenexa that will include a restaurant, performing space and a brewery.
Prospective new owners of the Country Club Plaza would be buying an iconic shopping district with dozens of vacancies. Some see open spaces as opportunities.
By Kevin Collison The City Market is looking for proposals for the space now occupied by the Steamboat Arabia Museum, but its skipper says he’s not ready to shove off yet. “We have three years to figure it out, we don’t have a Plan B,” said David Hawley, the owner of the museum chock-full of…
The City Market is looking for proposals for the space now occupied by the Steamboat Arabia Museum, but its skipper says he’s not ready to shove off yet.
The week ahead in Kansas City includes a possible federal government shutdown, a possible United Government breakup and talk of streetcar expansion.
By Kevin Collison Rue Cler is one of the many bustling market streets in Paris. Flower stalls spill out onto the sidewalk, cafés offer front row seats for people watching and merchants busy themselves arranging their shop window displays to catch the eyes of passersby. And the busy cobblestone street is shared by pedestrians and…
“At time zero the first thing I noticed was that although facing away from ground zero, it felt like someone had slapped my face: it was of course the heat radiation from a most successful test.” – Hugh Richards, Ph.D., “Through Los Alamos, 1945: Memoirs of a Nuclear Physicist” Last month, Ann Suellentrop, 71, stood…
The prospect of new owners for the Country Club Plaza has sparked hope the iconic shopping district may soon offer more local flavor in its mix of restaurants.
By Kevin Collison The Cascade luxury boutique hotel opened Wednesday at the Country Club Plaza, and along with the new Strang Chef Collective inside, it’s considered a $115 million vote of confidence in the district’s future. “We’re excited about the investments being made,” said developer Joe Morrison, president of Capital Management. “This is the most…
There’s a Christmas tree lighting Saturday night. This weekend also brings Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus to town and a new fall festival.
The Country Club Plaza, as it marks its centennial, is at a crossroads. J.C. Nichols’ iconic district is seen both as private property and public trust.
Kansas City voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved renewing a local sales tax to fund public transit for the next decade.