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    Downtown

    From the seedy red light district around 13th and 14th streets in the 1920s to the to the skyline boom in the 1930s, when Tom Pendergast and his Ready-Made Concrete Company kept us afloat during the Depression to the $850 million creation of the Power & Light District, Kansas City’s downtown continues to reinvent itself.

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    The Folly Theater
    Rise and Follies of a Downtown Landmark

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    Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
    Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

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    Savoy Hotel Bed & Breakfast and Savoy Grill
    Opulence, Elegance and Ruin

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    Fat Tuesday, Chez Les Canses Style

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    The Folly Theater
    Rise and Follies of a Downtown Landmark

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    Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
    Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

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    Fat Tuesday, Chez Les Canses Style

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    Savoy Hotel Bed & Breakfast and Savoy Grill
    Opulence, Elegance and Ruin

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    Aladdin Hotel
    Your Secrets are Safe With Them

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    Mary Colter
    (1869-1958)
    Mary Colter: Madame Architect Extraordinaire

    Categories: Crown Center, Downtown, Featured Write-ups, People

    George Muehlebach
    1833 - 1905
    George Muehlebach

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    Barney Allis
    1896 - 1962
    Barney Allis

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    Stitching the North Loop Back Together

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    West Terrace Park
    Lost in Plain Sight – Kansas City’s West Terrace Park

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    Barney Allis Plaza
    Back to Square One

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