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We want our cities to be more affordable, more equitable, more vibrant and sustainable. Among the necessary fixes, former New York City planner Nolan...

What does it mean to be a “great city”? Since 2018, the Library has hosted public presentations by urban planners and round-table conversations with c...

Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with George Caleb Bingham, whose paintings of Missouri and the American frontier have...

As part of the Making a Great City series, Jenny Schuetz, Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro, discusses her latest book Fixer-Upper: How to Repair Ameri...

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

The women architects who helped shape Kansas City neighborhoods and beyond are the subject of the second season of They Built Kansas City...

The women architects who helped shape Kansas City neighborhoods and beyond are the subject of the second season of They Built Kansas City...

The women architects who helped shape Kansas City neighborhoods and beyond are the subject of the second season of They Built Kansas City...

Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III, Director of Public Affairs Henry Fortunato, and renowne...

The latest installment of the Library’s Emmy Award-winning series, Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III, spotlights one of t...