Monthly Archives: March 2010

Gone Mild on Kevin Collison

Posted on Mar 16, 2010 by BlogKC

Be sure to check out this excellent post at Gone Mild on Kevin Collison, the Star’s development columnist who champions the giving of KCMO tax dollars to big developers, from the comfort of his home in Prairie Village. For more … Continue reading →

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St. Patrick’s Day Parade logistics

Posted on Mar 15, 2010 by BlogKC

For the second year in a row the parade will be in Midtown instead of Downtown, running down Broadway Boulevard from Linwood Boulevard to 43rd Street in Westport. MAX will be the best way to get to/from the parade with … Continue reading →

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Village West becomes outlet mall, gets new public art

Posted on Mar 15, 2010 by BlogKC

The Biz Journal reports that the Legends at Village West is switching to an outlet mall format. The strip mall adjacent to the Kansas Speedway and the new Wizards stadium is also getting some new public art to along with … Continue reading →

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Manifesto falls victim to the Dalzell fall, Pizza Bella hangs on

Posted on Mar 5, 2010 by BlogKC

Manifesto, Ryan Maybee’s popular and critically-acclaimed speakeasy, has fallen victim to the collapse of the Dalzell restaurant group.  Manifesto is located in the basement of the closed 1924 Main restaurant and apparently operated under  the restaurant’s liquor license.  The bar’s … Continue reading →

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Kelly’s roof deck opening Friday

Posted on Mar 5, 2010 by BlogKC

A new rooftop deck is opening Friday atop Kelly’s Westport Inn. Actually it’s on top of Joe’s Buy the Slice Pizza, just behind Kelly’s – so technically is preserves the historic integrity of the oldest standing building in Kansas City.  … Continue reading →

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New Chamber CEO might not ease regional tensions

Posted on Mar 4, 2010 by BlogKC

Exchanging Leawoodie Pete Levy for Mission Hillbilly James Heeter probably won’t do much to stop the growing consensus that the City needs put itself first going forward. News reports are making a big deal out of new Chamber of Commerce … Continue reading →

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City vying for super-fast Google broadband network

Posted on Mar 3, 2010 by BlogKC

Last week the City Council formally endorsed an application to be a test city for Google Fiber for Communities, the company’s plan to build its own high speed Internet networks around the country.  The gigabit/second speeds would be 100 times … Continue reading →

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