People & Places

Baltimore Avenue and W. 19th Street (Laura Richey | Flatland)

The Art of (Signs)

Get lost* in our new photography series, “The Art of (KC)”, where we bring you beautiful, thought-provoking and compelling images of our city and surrounding areas every other week. On Friday, the iconic Western Auto sign at 21st Street and Grand Boulevard was re-lit, thanks to funding from the Western Auto Lofts homeowners’ association. In light of this…

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This is 63rd Street facing West at the corner of 63rd and Tracey one block east of Troost in Kansas City. MO.

In Honor of MLK: East to West is Best

I won’t presume to know why, 50 years after his death, we haven’t named a street after Martin Luther King Jr. in Kansas City, Missouri. Despite its broad support across ethnic lines, former Mayors Ilus Davis, Charles Wheeler, Dick Berkley, Emanuel Cleaver, Kay Barnes and Mark Funkhouser haven’t been able to do it. Recently, the…

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In an alley off 19th and Main streets (Brad Austin | Flatland)

The Art of (Street Art)

Get lost* in our new photography series, “The Art of (KC)”, where we bring you beautiful, thought-provoking and compelling images of our city and surrounding areas every other week. Swipe through the slideshow for some creative street art. Then, get out your phone, your camera, your sketchbook — whatever — and let us see your…

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Boulevardia brought a bit of everything to the West Bottoms on Friday and Saturday.

19 Hours at Boulevardia [Slideshow]

[FLEX-CONTENT] The lights of the Ferris wheel blinked out a welcome to people headed to the West Bottoms for the fifth annual Boulevardia. The two-day beer, music, and food festival from Boulevard Brewing Co. was Friday, June 15, and Saturday, June 16. Boulevardia runs for 19 hours and Flatland folks were there for the entire…

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The Art of (Skyline)

Get lost* in our new photography series, “The Art of (KC)”, where we bring you beautiful, thought-provoking and compelling images of our city and surrounding areas every other week. We’re kicking off the series with the art of the skyline. Swipe through the slideshow for some stunning images of our city’s outline. Then, get out…

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