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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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    Long Before the Power Suit

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    B.Y.O.R. (Bring Your Own Religion)

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    Buildings & Landmarks
    The Folly Theater
    Rise and Follies of a Downtown Landmark

    Categories: Buildings & Landmarks, Culture, Downtown, Theaters

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

    Categories: Buildings & Landmarks, Crown Center, Culture, Downtown, Government, Museums

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

    Categories: Buildings & Landmarks, Downtown, Featured Write-ups, Fine Dining, Food & Booze, Hotels

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    Culture
    Fat Tuesday, Chez Les Canses Style

    Categories: Culture, Downtown, Food & Booze, History, Westside

    The Folly Theater
    Rise and Follies of a Downtown Landmark

    Categories: Buildings & Landmarks, Culture, Downtown, Theaters

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

    Categories: Buildings & Landmarks, Crown Center, Culture, Downtown, Government, Museums

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    Food & Booze
    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

    Categories: Downtown, People, Westport

    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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