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61. A Fines Mess A Fines Mess February/20-26/2003 Article describes a city attorney's battle with absentee owners of the Professional Building at 1103 Grand. The building, which has been vacant since 1991, is in violation of city codes due to its disrepair....
62. A Grand Centennial for a Grand Church A Grand Centennial for a Grand Church February 7, 2012 The Grand Avenue Temple United Methodist Church (205 E. 9th St., southeast corner of 9th Street and Grand Boulevard) was completed February 1912. It is the second church building that the United Methodist...
63. A Hero In Education A Hero In Education July 2, 2006 Featured obituary for Russell Jones who was first superintendent of the reorganized Park Hill School District, from 1946 to 1969. He died June 26, 2006, at age 93. "He guided the district through two decades...
64. A Kansas City Architect: A. Wallace Love A Kansas City Architect: A. Wallace Love October-November//1981 Photos and biographical article about A. Wallace Love (1859-1912), an architect and building contractor native to Michigan and coming to Kansas City in 1878. City official as City Councilman, superintendent...
65. A Kansas City Architect: Charles A. Smith A Kansas City Architect: Charles A. Smith January-February//1986 Photos and biographical article about Charles Smith, a local architect designing many downtown buildings, such as 1016 Walnut Street, YMCAs at both downtown and the Paseo, and Capitol Garage at 1306 Main...
66. A Kansas City Architect: Clifton B. Sloan A Kansas City Architect: Clifton B. Sloan March-April//1982 Photos and biographical article about Clifton Breeden Sloan, or Clifton Sloan (1870-1958), an architect "responsible for some of Kansas City's most interesting architectural designs." Native of Illinois...
67. A Kansas City Architect: Edgar Faris A Kansas City Architect: Edgar Faris August-September//1981 Biographical article about Edgar Faris (1882-1945), a Kansas City architect with extant works dating between 1908 and 1925, before moving to Miami in 1926, gaining "a national reputation as a landscape...
68. A Kansas City Architect: James Oliver Hogg A Kansas City Architect: James Oliver Hogg September-October 1982 Photos, illustration, and biographical article about James Hogg, an architect born in Wisconsin "around 1858" and arriving in Kansas City in 1886. Designer of mostly commercial and storage buildings, including...
69. A Lady Revealed in the Last Years of a Woman of Uncertain Reputation: The Story of Louise Heorath A Lady Revealed in the Last Years of a Woman of Uncertain Reputation: The Story of Louise Heorath Spring 2005 Louise Heorath whose real name was Cora Totty was associated with Annie Chambers, owner of houses of prostitution in the city around the turn of the century. "Perhaps it was not until the 18th Amendment...
70. A Landmark Dies Hard: Razing of Old Junior College Proves Tough Job A Landmark Dies Hard: Razing of Old Junior College Proves Tough Job March 29, 1953 Campus of Central High School in 1884. Became Junior College in 1915. Last classes held in 1942. Torn down on March 29, 1953.
71. A Lesson in Style: Art Deco A Lesson in Style: Art Deco April-May//1980 Photos and discussion about the unique American architectural style developed in the 1920s with Kansas City examples.
72. A Lesson in Style: Queen Anne A Lesson in Style: Queen Anne April-May//1979 Description of Queen Anne architectural style, in vogue in America roughly from 1880 to 1900. Ornate style based on English medieval and Renaissance rural domestic.
73. A Major Player in the Olympics A Major Player in the Olympics July 2, 2012 Kansas City-based architecture firm Populous designed more than 100 temporary and permanent structures for the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in London, England, including the Olympic stadium. The firm is well-known...
74. A Memorial and Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Mo., Illustrated A Memorial and Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Mo., Illustrated 1896
75. A Movie Theater With Small-Town Charm A Movie Theater With Small-Town Charm July 11, 2010 Short article about the Rio Theatre in downtown Overland Park and its owners. Includes many color photographs of interior and exterior.
76. A National Register Update A National Register Update May-June//1982 Update of the National Register after the one-year hiatus of the organization, with two residential districts and two buildings.
77. A Nest for Creativity A Nest for Creativity January 9, 2011 Article describes the opening of the City Ice Arts Center located in the old Kansas City Ice Building at 2029 Campbell Street in the Crossroads Arts District. Sean Kelley, owner, sees it as "a comfortable...
78. A New Attraction for Kansas City Opening Tomorrow A New Attraction for Kansas City Opening Tomorrow October/3/1965 Article about the new Halls on the Plaza attraction.
79. A New Home for Black Archives A New Home for Black Archives January 3, 2011 The newly renovated Parks and Recreation building, the former Parade Park Maintenance Building at 1722 E. 17th Terrace in the 18th and Vine district, has been completed for the home of the Black Archives...
80. A New Look at Remarkable. ..Missouri Town 1855 A New Look at Remarkable. ..Missouri Town 1855 October-November//1968 Illustrations and article about Missouri Town 1855, a collection of relocated and preserved houses and other 19th century buildings from the metro and surrounding areas "on the eastern side of Lake Jacomo."...