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Title: Commitment to Downtown KC: The Star Will Help Rejuvenate City's Core with Its New Printing Plant
Description: Groundbreaking for The Star's new printing plant, May 12, 2003. A feature of the new plant, to be completed by 2006, allows passers-by to view the computer-driven equipment. The slope-roofed building stretches between McGee and Oak streets, Truman Road to 17th Street.
Date: 2003-05-11
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: It Was a Year When Downtown Finally Turned The Corner
Description: Article chronologically lists major events during 2003 that the author considers milestones for the renewal of downtown. "There's a strong feeling out there that downtown has turned a critical corner and is becoming the place to be again."
Date: 2003-12-30
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Forty Years Ago in the Star
Description: Article about the Kansas City Star Building at 11th and Grand Avenues, designed by Henry Van Brunt and opened on April 12, 1894. In continuous use until present Star building completed on January 31, 1911 and purchased by Laura Nelson Kirkwood, a trustee of the W. R. Nelson estate.
Date: 1965-12-06
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Press Building Nearing Completion
Description: Photo and article about the new press facility for The Kansas City Star. The glass-enclosed plant cost $199 million and should be fully operational in May 2006. Three of the four presses have been installed. Discusses other buildings in the area.
Date: 2005-07-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article