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Title: Hope Builds Along Troost
Description: Article reports on recent revitalization and diversification efforts happening along Troost Avenue, which has represented "Kansas City's racial dividing line" since the 1960s. Several businesses and business owners on Troost are profiled, including Soil Service (7130 Troost), Niecie's Restaurant (6441 Troost), Blue Star Motorcycles (5508 Troost), MissConception Glass (5404 Troost), Mike's Taven (5424 Troost), and other establishments. The community building programs of the Southtown Planning Center, Rockhurst University, and St. Mark Hope and Peace Lutheran Church are also described.
Date: 2013-04-30
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: The Jewel Box Lounge
Description: Article provides a history of the Jewel Box Lounge. John Tucillo, former owner of the club, is interviewed. Tucillo describes the Jewel Box's transition into a performance venue for female impersonators "in 1957 or 1958," its transformations over the years, the club's decline, and eventual closing in 1982. Regular Jewel Box performer Skip Arnold is described.
Date: 2015-06
Object Type: Newspaper Article