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1. 150 Facts About Kansas City 150 Facts About Kansas City 2000 List of 150 facts prepared for the sesquicentennial of Kansas City in 2000.
2. A Conversation with . . . Tom Hoenig A Conversation with . . . Tom Hoenig July 1, 2006 Brief interview with Tom Hoenig, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Hoenig discusses the movement of the bank to an area just southwest of Crown Center, from its Downtown building,...
3. A Conversation with. ..Bill Lucas: Chamber Chairman of the Board Looks Back on Year at the Helm A Conversation with. ..Bill Lucas: Chamber Chairman of the Board Looks Back on Year at the Helm November 2000 Photos and biographical article about Bill Lucas, "chairman [of] the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors" and "president of Crown Center Redevelopment," coming to Kansas City in...
4. A Dose of Rail Transit Reality for KC A Dose of Rail Transit Reality for KC January 11, 2011 A $1.8 million federal grant awarded in December to Jackson County included $540,000 to study a two-mile streetcar line from Crown Center to the River Market. The "streetcar system could be built for as...
5. A Dream of What Might Be When Kansas City Acquires "Signboard" Hill [and] What Will Happen if "Signboard" A Dream of What Might Be When Kansas City Acquires "Signboard" Hill [and] What Will Happen if "Signboard" Hill Is Allowed to Continue May/27/1923 Large illustrations of potential developments on Signboard Hill (later the site of the Crown Center mixed use complex) across Main Street from Liberty Memorial and Penn Valley Park. First illustration...
6. 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.
7. A Material World A Material World Winter 2005 Article describes two Kansas City stores that feature fine fabrics. Cy Rudnik's Fine Fabrics has been at Crown Center since 1976. Kaplan's Fabrics, in the Country Club Plaza since 1946, is now owned by...
8. A New Sound for Downtown A New Sound for Downtown October//1981 Article about the restoration of three local live-entertainment theaters, the Music Hall (in Municipal Auditorium), Folly Theater (Downtown), and Midland Theater (at the Crown Center shopping mall), partly...
9. Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City 1977-10 Aerial view looking north from approximately 27th Street. Union Station, Liberty Memorial and Crown Center Buildings are visible as well as downtown Kansas City.
10. American Hero American Hero March 1992 Article about the rejuvenation of the American Restaurant, former "jewel in Hallmark's Crown Center," largely due to Rex Hale, "the best chef in the city--among the best in the nation."
11. An Interview With Lucy Lopez An Interview With Lucy Lopez 1981- 07-21 Interviewer: Irene Ruiz. Interview recorded July 21, 1981. 1 sound cassette (ca. 90 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape; 1 sound disc; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has printed guide to contents....
12. Aquarium Plan Enjoys a Surge Aquarium Plan Enjoys a Surge November 25-December 1, 2011 Article about the work being done on the new Sea Life Aquarium at Crown Center; opening date set for April of 2012. The $15 million attraction will have 29 tanks in the 40,000-square-foot structure, giving...
13. Art Is Happening Art Is Happening May/15/1974 Three-dimensional map of the River Quay or River Market area of Downtown, with a description of the Crown Center Art Festival held there.
14. Arts Center Backers Angered Arts Center Backers Angered May 13, 2006 Backers of the planned Performing Arts Center are concerned that high-rise buildings planned for the new entertainment district east of the Center will block the view. A glass-enclosed lobby that would...
15. Behind the Scenes Behind the Scenes October 2001 Photos and article about three large Greater Kansas City businesses: DLR Group (architects), ScriptPro (manufacturers of "robotic equipment to fill prescription orders in pharmacies"), and the Crown Center...
16. Big Aquarium Will Make Splash in KC Big Aquarium Will Make Splash in KC February 10, 2011 Article reports on a $15 million aquarium that will open in Spring 2012 at Crown Center. The attraction, called Sea Life Kansas City at Crown Center, will include more that 30 displays and occupy the entire...
17. Big City Weekend Vacations for Two: Kansas City Big City Weekend Vacations for Two: Kansas City October//1975 Photo and description of the tourist attractions in Kansas City as a weekend travel destination, with its "new Crown Center" and other attractions around the city.
18. Biography of Joyce C. Hall (1891-1982), Founder of Hallmark Cards Biography of Joyce C. Hall (1891-1982), Founder of Hallmark Cards 2003
19. Blow Your Mind! Come to Westport. ..Where People Are Trying to Understand People Blow Your Mind! Come to Westport. ..Where People Are Trying to Understand People November//1969 Photos and article about the culture of Westport in the late 1960s, describing the area's unusual types of businesses (many antique stores, The Today shop, The Sign Coffeehouse, Pryde's Westport Inn, Motherlove...
20. Bright New Year for Kansas City Bright New Year for Kansas City February/14/1967 Article about the theme of "progress" in the major construction projects underway in 1967, including Crown Center, Truman Sports Complex, Kansas City International Airport, Ten Main Center, and so on,...