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Chicago architect George Washington Maher was a giant of the Prairie School movement, whose buildings are treasured by communities lucky enough to...

John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) is among the most overlooked presidents in U.S. history even though his progressive values helped shape the course of...

Due to a quirk in the calendar in the year 1849, one school of thought contends that Missourian David Rice Atchison deserves to be...

If George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are the saints in America’s civil religion, then the 29th president, Warren G. Harding, is o...

A century after his inauguration, President Woodrow Wilson remains among the most influential figures of the 20th century—and o...

Jeffrey Frank discusses his new book Ike and Dick, which examines the 20-year political and private rela...

Steve McDowell and Rick Schladweiler of the architectural firm BNIM and Kansas City Ballet Executive Director...

Architect Todd Achelpohl of infrastructure solutions firm HNTB and Jonathan Kemper, president of the Kansas City...

Architectural historian & preservation consultant Cydney Millstein examines how the TWA Headquarters Building at 18th and Main street...

The 2013 Kansas City Architecture Series examines how historic buildings in Kansas City’s downtown area have been repurposed and g...