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Revel in the Revival

Kansas City was recently ranked 10th out of 28 must see travel destinations in 2019 by National Geographic! Most visitors to this Midwestern city come for the barbecue and all that jazz but soon find themselves caught up in an urban renaissance. Recent additions include the 21c Museum Hotel Kansas City, a $50-million reinvention of the 1888-built Savoy Hotel and Grill, and the free RideKC streetcar. The two-mile route stops near the National World War I Museum, where Great War Centennial Commemoration events continue in 2019. In the historic 18th and Vine jazz district, visit the side-by-side American Jazz Museum and Negro

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Coming Soon…Downtown YMCA

The $35-million renovation and reconstruction project is expected to be completed by spring of 2021. It’s funded by $16.9 million from the 11th Street Corridor Tax Increment Financing District, additional funding from the Missouri Development Finance Board, as well as charitable gifts from foundations and individual donors. “The new Y builds on the success of Kansas City’s Downtown revitalization, and will bring much-needed community programs to this diverse and growing community,” said David Byrd, president and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Kansas City. “This is a new chapter in history for our Y and for Kansas City as we

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KCLoftCentral Supports the Veterans Community Project!

Thanks to all our residents and employees who helped support the VCP in 2018! https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/tiny-houses/?noredirect=on#top KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The 13 tiny houses sit in neat rows on the small plot of land in south Kansas City. There’s a comforting uniformity to the group, each structure a simple A-frame or slant roof, painted a rich hue: deep blue or dark maroon, slate gray or mustard yellow. An American flag flies outside most of the homes. The lives inside also match. The men and women here have all served their country in uniform. And every one of them was homeless before

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No vacancy: This historic downtown KC hotel has ‘micro’ apartments for $525 a month

BY SARAH GISH sgish@kcstar.com June 14, 2018 05:30 AM In 1915, Hotel Bray opened at 1114 Baltimore in downtown Kansas City. At nine stories tall and just 25 feet wide, the 100-room hotel had the whimsical look of something you’d see in a Wes Anderson movie. The New Yorker features 29 affordable units, most under $1,000 a month. The century-old building once housed the Hotel Bray and, later, The New Yorker Inn. The building’s new owner, KC Loft Central, preserved its quirky character while converting it to a modern apartment building. The New Yorker opened June 1 with 29 compact

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The New England Wins Project of the Year

The New England Building was built in 1886-87 by the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston, Massachusetts. Located at the northeast corner of 9th and Wyandotte Streets in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, the historic landmark “is an unusual example of late nineteenth century Renaissance Revival commercial architecture.” Among its distinguishing features are its south and west exterior walls, which were constructed of rosecolored, rock-faced, Springfield sandstone from Massachusetts; round-arched entrances on the west and south; and a two-story oriel window at the southwest corner of the building. Except for some of the interior finishes, the seven-story, 54,680 square

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