The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Monday, July 1, due to water line repairs.
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Friday, July 9, 2021
Seventy years ago this month, Kansas City was hit with a natural disaster that reverberates to this day – resurfacing in a recent query to “What’s You...
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Friday, July 2, 2021
When you think of Kansas City, you think of a – perhaps the – barbecue capital of the world. No matter the event, there’s a strong likelihood it will...
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Friday, June 25, 2021
With museums opening their doors as the pandemic wanes and summer begins, we set out to find the “hidden gems” that you can see in the Kansas City are...
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Friday, June 18, 2021
For this installment of “What’s Your KCQ?,” the joint project of the Kansas City Public Library and The Kansas City Star, Missouri Valley Special Coll...
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Thursday, June 3, 2021
At the turn of the 20th century, Kansas Citians seeking respite from urban life had only to travel a short distance east to enjoy camping, floating, a...
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Thursday, May 27, 2021
Troost Avenue has become known as Kansas City’s dividing line — and its roots run deep in the city’s history of racial segregation and slavery....
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021
When is the last time you remember hearing the Giralda Tower bells? Do you know someone who played them or performed maintenance on them? Have you eve...
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Thursday, May 13, 2021
When Barbara Haar worked as a therapist and social worker at the Florence Home for Colored Girls in the late ’60s and early ‘70s, she would tell the r...
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Friday, May 7, 2021
In 1946, Kansas City found itself at a crossroads. The rise of the suburbs and decentralization posed a threat to downtown, creating a postwar existen...
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Thursday, April 29, 2021
At one time, this Kansas City entertainment complex had a 14,000-square-foot dance floor, a pool, ice skating and roller skating rinks. But then came...