Independence Avenue CID ZONE 3: Commercial
Michael Bushnell Contributor The Independence Avenue CID’s Zone 3 stretches roughly nine-tenths of a mile between Van Brunt Boulevard on the west and Hardesty Avenue on the east. Much like…
Michael Bushnell Contributor The Independence Avenue CID’s Zone 3 stretches roughly nine-tenths of a mile between Van Brunt Boulevard on the west and Hardesty Avenue on the east. Much like…
Michael BushnellContributing Historian This week’s postcard — published by the Southwest News Company of Kansas City — shows the bandstand and comfort station in Observation Park, Kansas City, Mo. This…
Michael BushnellContributing Historian Just after the turn of the 20th Century, Kansas City, Kan., businessman Willard Merriam got wind of plans for a new dam, which was to be built…
Michael BushnellContributing Historian 109 years ago today — July 10, 1915 — the skies over the tiny hamlet of Atlanta, Mo., turned black, the air grew still and oppressively humid…
Michael BushnellContributing Historian During the American Revolution, a number of patriots created flags for our new nation. Among them included Cornelia Bridges, Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross and Rebecca Young — all…
Michael BushnellContributor And so it goes. Award winning NBC Overnight News anchor Linda Elerbee closed her program with that phrase and it seems fitting to use it to bring an…
Michael BushnellPublisher Dedicated June 2, 1909, the August R. Meyer Memorial at 10th and The Paseo was the first memorial placed in a Kansas City park. This monument was placed…
Michael BushnellPublisher The Kansas City Current appears as the hottest ticket in town these days, but this News-Dog has found something even hotter — the temper of some Historic Northeast…
Michael Bushnell Publisher To update last week’s piece on long-awaited progress at the Independence Avenue and The Paseo intersection — paving work is under way as crews laid the first…