Flashcube Building Receives Nod for Tax Incentives, $50M Downtown Kansas City Apartment Project
By Kevin Collison The $50 million redevelopment plan for the reflective glass-clad building known as the Flashcube received critical tax incentives to move forward today, the latest project on the downtown Kansas City streetcar line. The nine-story building at 720 Main St. is being redeveloped by Worcester Investments into 184 apartments and 35,800 square-feet of…
Hello Atelier | Keeping Time with Maiko Kuzunishi
This week we welcome Maiko Kuzunishi to Hello Atelier. Ten years ago, while designing screenprints, Kuzunishi stumbled across a product that would change her business – a simple clock. Since then she has challenged herself to take clock design as far as she can, incorporating whimsical creatures and flowers with graphic lines to create stunning…
Oddly Correct Launches Domain Cold Brew
When Gregory Kolsto opened Oddly Correct (3940 Main St.) in 2011, he wanted it to be a force that helped to build community on Main Street. Six years later, he’s thinking a new project might take some of the spirit of Oddly onto shelves nationwide. “Daniel Lance came into our shop and freaked out on…
East Crossroads New Home for Two St. Louis-based Bar and Restaurant Concepts
By Kevin Collison Developer Matt Abbott’s latest project at 18th and Oak streets has landed two St. Louis-based food and beverage concepts, Mission Taco Joint and International Tap House. Abbott said International Tap House, 403 E. 18th St., is expected to open in mid-June and Mission Taco Joint, 409 E. 18th St. should be serving…
Federal Agency Concerns Over Homeless Situation at Ilus Davis Park has KC Downtown Council Scrambling
By Kevin Collison Ilus W. Davis Park, the centerpiece of the downtown Kansas City Civic District, has become a regular sleepover spot for homeless people, irritating a prominent next door neighbor, the Federal Aviation Administration. The Downtown Council has asked the Kansas City Parks Board to impose a night-time curfew in the two-block park in…
‘Snow at Argentuil’ | The Gallery Comes Home
In art terms, In Situ means “in its original place,” a designation for artwork that lives in its place of origin. Think of a mosaic floor among ruins, a fountain sculpture in a park, an installation crafted for a specific venue. Here, In Situ means the story of how a lifetime of art collection leads to…
Kansas City Museum Opening Downtown Exhibition Space in the Historic Garment District
By Kevin Collison The Kansas City Museum is opening downtown exhibition space this summer in the 800 Broadway building in the heart of the Historic Garment District. The 3,300 square-foot space on the first floor of 800 Broadway will feature both displays and programming beginning Aug. 16, according to a release from the museum. Hours…
Tap List | McCoy’s Watermelon IPA is in the Works
New breweries and summer-inspired beers are on the menu for the seventh annual Westport Beer Festival. Piney River Brewing, Stem Ciders, Dogfish Head Brewery, COOP Ale Works, and Uinta Brewing are all first-time participants in the festival (4057 Pennsylvania Ave.). The festival, from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 24, is a benefit for AIDS Walk. Summer…
Olathe Native And Former U.S. Health Official: GOP Health Bill Poses Threats To Families
Olathe native Tim Gronniger served as a top official with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under the Obama administration. Currently a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, he also was a senior adviser for health care policy at the White House Domestic Policy Council, a senior staff member for Rep. Henry…
Defining “Our” with Charles King
At Take Note, we like to say, “This is Our City, Our Schools, Our Future,” but the word “our” is used differently by different people. We asked Charles King, executive director of the Kansas City Teacher Residency Program what “our” means to him and why it’s important. Follow “Take Note: Our City. Our Schools. Our…
(Faith)fully Serving Listeners
Virtually every Sunday morning for more than two decades, the Rev. Robert Lee Hill has left his Brookside home before sunrise to make his way to the studios of KCMO radio. The live talk show he co-hosts with Rabbi Michael Zedek and Bill Scholl of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas has also become…
‘Praise The Lard’: A Barbecue Legend Shows Us How To Master Smoked Chicken Wings
Mike and Amy Mills are a father-daughter team from southern Illinois. Mike was trained as a dental technician. “I made false teeth — crowns, bridges, partials — this type of thing. It’s what I did as a trade,” he recalls. “Later on, I started barbecuing just for the fun of doing it.” And that’s what…
Meshuggah Bagels Opens in Overland Park & Other Weekend Possibilities
Meshuggah Bagels has opened its second area location at 7096 W. 105th St. in Overland Park, Kansas. It’s a little piece of New York City in Johnson County. At Meshuggah, the dough is boiled and then placed on a wet bagel board (a piece of cedar wrapped in burlap) before being baked in the oven. The…
Downtown Spring Housing Tour This Saturday
People interested in living downtown Kansas City will have an opportunity to visit 11 residential developments this Saturday, June 3, in an open house event sponsored by the Downtown Neighborhood Association. The DNA Spring Urban Living Tour runs from 1- to 4 p.m. Saturday and features both new and historic renovation projects. Most of the…
Sympathetic Vibrations | Re-awakening Youth
Head into the common room in nearly any senior care center, and you will typically find the same scene — a pleasantly-decorated room filled with residents of varying ages and mobility trying their best. Trying to enjoy the most of their time with activities, to ignore the hospital-like feel of medical machines and care providers…