East Bottoms

An historically industrial district, the trend continues today, peppered with a few homes and adventurous business owners. This area, largely located between the Missouri and the bluffs, was home to Kansas City’s largest beer-producer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Heim Brewery, and subsequently, the Heim brothers’ Electric Park amusement park, the first in the city.

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Long Before the Power Suit

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The Fall of the Epperson House

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Drink Like (a) Boss Tom in Downtown

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

Culture

Kansas City’s Old Amusement Parks

Good Old-Fashioned Fun

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Food & Booze

J. Rieger & Co. Kansas City Whiskey

Whiskey & Kansas City: The Story of J. Rieger & Co. Distillery

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Streets & Nature

Kansas City’s Old Amusement Parks

Good Old-Fashioned Fun

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