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A solution for the Cosby Hotel

Tony interviews 4th District City Council candidate John Crawford, who says the City already has tools at its disposal for solving the Cosby Hotel preservation dilemma.  For once,  the comments on a Tony’s Kansas City post are intelligent and prescient … Continue reading

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Historic Cosby Hotel might become parking lot after all

The Star reports that Rick Powell is set to demolish the historic Cosby Hotel building within a week, despite a City offer to stabilize the structure and attempts to buy it by the Historic Kansas City Foundation and local preservationist/developer … Continue reading

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Cosby Hotel photos

Check out these great photos of the Cosby Hotel, from Hyperblogal.

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Historic Hotel Cosby building gets a reprieve

The shameful demolition of the Hotel Cosby is on hold pending purchase of the building by Adam Jones, who has rehabbed many historic buildings around Downtown and the Westside. KC Star: Demolition delayed. BlogKC: Historic building to be demolished after … Continue reading

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Historic building to be demolished after owner’s neglect

The KC Star reports that the historic Hotel Cosby building at 9th and Baltimore is threatened with an emergency demolition this weekend.  Apparently the owner has failed to maintain the building, to the point that the brick facade is falling off. … Continue reading

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