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1. A Bright Kansas City Paper A Bright Kansas City Paper June/22/1915 Two paragraphs about "'Tavern Talk,' the official hotel paper," "[o]ne of the brightest and neatest magazines edited and printed in Kansas City."
2. A Family Tradition A Family Tradition May 25, 2002 The "Name Dropping" column features Kevin Pistilli and Cynthia Pistilli Savage, son and daughter of Philip Pistilli, manager of the Hotel Muehlebach for many years. Both Kevin and Cynthia are associated...
3. A Great American Idea: A New Town Comes to Life in Downtown Kansas City A Great American Idea: A New Town Comes to Life in Downtown Kansas City March//1974 Photos and article about the multi-use complex of Crown Center in Midtown Kansas City with hotels, shopping (including the Hallmark Cards headquarters), and apartments, etc.
4. A Jazz Lover's Club Scene Synopsis 2001 A Jazz Lover's Club Scene Synopsis 2001 June-July//2001 Annotated list of current (2001) live jazz clubs or venues (restaurants, night clubs, hotels, etc.) in the Kansas City area with information on performing musicians, etc.
5. A Kansas City Architect, Phillip Drotts A Kansas City Architect, Phillip Drotts July-August 1983 Biographical article about architect Phillip Drotts, working in Kansas City from 1904 until the early 1950s, "the designer of some of the city's outstanding structures." Photos and description of his career,...
6. A Plaza Paradigm, Then and Now A Plaza Paradigm, Then and Now May/June 2008 Feature story about the Country Club Plaza InterContinental Hotel, originally the Alameda Plaza Hotel when it opened in 1972. It was Kansas City's only American Automobile Association's (AAA) five-star...
7. Arson Aylor Arson Aylor June 14, 1935 Article about the conviction of Ben Aylor, former owner of the burned-down Rochambeau Hotel in Kansas City, for arson in its destruction by fire in 1932.
8. Best of the West Best of the West October, 2004 Annual "best of" survey of people, places and things in the western United States, including the best saloons, historic sites, clothing manufacturers, etc.
9. Bloody Bill, Noted Guerrilla of the Civil War Bloody Bill, Noted Guerrilla of the Civil War December//1956 Reference to the hotel at which wives and sisters of guerrillas were imprisoned in 1863 by General Ewing.
10. Blossom House, Union Ave., in the Flood [and] Blossom House in Its Normal State Blossom House, Union Ave., in the Flood [and] Blossom House in Its Normal State July//1903 Photos of the exterior of the hotel, one in the flood and the other not.
11. Blossom Mansion Lives as Business House Blossom Mansion Lives as Business House March 1972 Rehabilitation of the hotel at 1032 Pennsylvania Avenue, built in 1882, into the headquarters for an architectural firm.
12. Building a New Home for Jazz, Art, and Learning Building a New Home for Jazz, Art, and Learning August//1981 Description of the renovation of the Boulevard Manor Hotel into a community center for artistic people.
13. Building in Danger! Update: President Hotel Building in Danger! Update: President Hotel Winter//1994 Article about the President Hotel at 1327 Baltimore Avenue, built in 1925, in danger of demolition despite designation as a Historic Place on the National Register.
14. Business: Hyatt Regency Opens with Little Fanfare Business: Hyatt Regency Opens with Little Fanfare July//1980 Crown Center-owned hotel's opening previous to formal grand opening once construction completed.
15. Carmody Family Memorabilia to Society Carmody Family Memorabilia to Society Summer 1971 Information about the Carmody family,"formerly of Independence," including their ownership in the 1870s of "one of the five hotels in Independence, 'The Twyman House,'" later called the Commercial Hotel....
16. Centropolis Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri Centropolis Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri July//1903 Illustration of the hotel in an ad announcing "the largest and most spacious $2.00 hotel in the city. Take Electric Park cars at Union Depot direct to hotel."
17. Charles Robinson--Yankee '49er: His Journey to California Charles Robinson--Yankee '49er: His Journey to California Summer 1968 Tale of visiting Westport hotels during the time of a cholera outbreak.
18. City File--Kansas City: Art, Baseball, Jazz, and Sacred Cows City File--Kansas City: Art, Baseball, Jazz, and Sacred Cows June//1991 Illustrations and article about the tourist sites of Kansas City, covering its basic scenery, cultural institutions, shopping and other entertainment centers, climate, history, "neutral non-dialect," prominent...
19. Coates House Rehab Underway Coates House Rehab Underway March-April//1985 Actual renovation work being started on the hotel to be used as apartments in the new Quality Hill project downtown.
20. Coates House Sold Coates House Sold March-April//1984 Sale of the hotel "[c]onsidered to be the most important historic building extant in downtown" for reuse as an apartment building "as the gateway into the Quality Hill project."