Historic Preservation

The apartment project that will incorporate the historic Katz Drug Store at Westport Road and Main Street.

Katz Drug Store Proposal Purrs Past Plan Commission

Design tweaks to a proposed apartment development that also would restore the historic Katz Drug Store in midtown helped the project win unanimous support from the City Plan Commission.

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Webster House

KC Symphony Moving to Webster House, New Movement for Old School

The historic Webster House will be the new headquarters of the Kansas City Symphony, returning music and life to the building closed by philanthropist Shirley Helzberg last summer because of the COVID pandemic.

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Troost Village redevelopment proposal

Troost Village Plan Would Transform Heart of Historic Commercial District

Troost Village plan would transform the heart of a historic commercial district.

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The historic Attucks School at 1815 Woodland Ave.

Historic Attucks School to Become Major Art Center for 18th & Vine

The historic Attucks School at 1815 Woodland Ave. is being renovated as a major art center. It opened in 1905 to serve Black public school students.

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Laugh-O-Gram studio building

New Strategy Touted to Reanimate Disney Laugh-O-Gram Building

Backers of the effort to reanimate the historic Laugh-O-Gram building where Walt Disney got his start a century ago believe a new mixed-use approach will enable them to complete the languishing project.

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