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Title: The Shape of Things to Come: A Glimpse into the Future, from Six Designers Who Mold Our World
Description: Photo and biographical sketch of Kansas City architect Robert J. "Bob" Berkebile, or Robert Berkebile, designer of the Deramus Education Pavilion at the Kansas City Zoo, one of the fewer than ten buildings in the world meeting "the American Institute of Architecture's goals for sustainable, or environmentally friendly, architecture." Description of his methods in architecture, including the Deramus buiding and his role as "principal in charge of the Hyatt Regency Hotel" during its collapse.
Date: 1993-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Edward Tanner Awards - Architecture
Description: Short article about the Edward Tanner award recipient Peckham Guyton Albers & Viets, Inc. (PGAV Architects) and its innovative designs. Photos include the new Union Station Kansas City Administration offices; the polar bear exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo; and "the amazing innovation on the University of Missouri-Kansas City's Miller Nichols Library" which "earned a Gold Craftsmanship award and a Silver Award in Architecture/Exterior. Using an original, 40-inch-tall map of Kansas City from 1926, PGAV enlarged it to display on a 55-foot-tall building of the Miller Nichols Library with backlighting so that at night it is lit with fluorescent wall fixtures and LED lights.
Date: 2011-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Wild about the Zoo
Description: Profile of Randy Wisthoff, who became director of the Kansas City Zoo in 2003. Wisthoff, who previously served as assistant director at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, hopes to raise attendance at the zoo while continuing its conservation mission.
Date: 2004-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: And Only Man Is Vile
Description: Photos and article about the effusive spending of city funds on the Kansas City Zoo, comparing the luxurious living conditions of a tiger there to many thousands of Kansas Citians with very poor housing and utilities, etc.
Date: 1935-06-14
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: A New Zoo?
Description: Article about management changes at the Kansas City Zoo. Faced with declining attendence and the threat of losing professional accreditation, the Zoo's management transferred from the Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department to the Friends of the Zoo on January 1, 2002.
Date: 2002-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: More than a Zoo
Description: Article highlights the animal attractions, programs, and conservation efforts of the Kansas City Zoo. Several employees discuss their work and how it relates to the zoo's mission to "educate, entertain, research, and conserve."
Date: 2012-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: A Higher Standard of Maintenance
Description: Photos and article about the "distinctive Great Ape House" at the Kansas City Zoo in Swope Park. Description of the new acquisition and "higher maintenance" standards of park land in Kansas City's park and boulevard system such as prevention and removal of diseased trees, grass mowing, swimming pool provision, and even plans for "new riverfront park" development with "marinas, fishing and parking lots.""
Date: 1967-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Kansas City's Neglected Zoo
Description: Article about the deplorable condition of the city zoo due to a construction strike and lack of funds.
Date: 1970-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: An Unusual Service in Kansas City, Mo., Provides. ..Birthday Parties at the Zoo
Description: Photos and article (written by a former zoo employee) about the "revolutionary Birthday House at the Swope Park Zoological Gardens in Kansas City, Mo.," proving "immensely popular" as "the newest addition to the Children's Zoo" and donated by Hallmark Cards, Incorporated.
Date: 1963-03
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: A Steady Transformation
Description: Article tells how Randy Wisthoff, director of the Kansas City Zoo since 2003, implemented an evaluation process used by Service Management Group (SMG) to make major improvements in customer satisfaction. SMG is a "Kansas City-based research company that helps restaurant, retail and service-based companies define, aggregate and critically appraise customer and employee metrics that drive business results." Specific improvements to the Zoo are related, like moving the river otter exhibit to the entrance "so people could see an animal immediately upon entering the Zoo."
Date: 2011-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

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