Streetcar to operate on 10-minute schedule

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The Kansas City Streetcar Authority (KCSA) Board of Directors approved the preliminary operating schedule for the KC Streetcar system at their October Board meeting on Thursday. "The streetcar operations plan approved by the board on Thursday…

Phil Kirk, guiding light for Downtown, dies at 76

Phil Kirk, retired chairman of DST Realty and a giant in Downtown Kansas City’s real estate renaissance, died Thursday at age 76. Accolades poured in from civic leaders who credited Kirk as a behind-the-scenes master development strategist…

Royals celebrate the ALCS sweep in Downtown

Downtown became the focal point of the Kansas City Royals' championship celebration late last night, as players dropped into the Power & Light District beginning around 10 p.m. Click here to see video coverage of the celebration in Downtown.   For…

What’s happening in Downtown: Oct. 15-22

The Downtown Council’s weekly blast of the top happenings of the week ahead has revealed a new look and feel. Here you will find the top 10 events and cool things to do in greater Downtown for the week ahead — this week and, well, every…

Become Part of the Art in Oppenstein Park

People as Monuments Thursday, 10/16, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. @Oppenstein Park, 12th & Walnut People as Monuments is an interactive public monument series that challenges the here and now of Kansas City. This temporary public art installation…

KC earns high marks from Travel + Leisure

Announced in the magazine’s November 2014 issue, the readers of Travel + Leisure have chosen Kansas City as America’s Most Affordable Getaway for the fourth consecutive year and the third best city overall. More than 50,000 votes were cast…

Huffington Post ranks KC as its #1 cool city

Green Lady Lounge in Downtown KC is one of the reasons that The Huffington Post believes Kansas City is the coolest. Too cool. That is (in essence) what The Huffington Post thinks about Kansas City. "Whether it's a revamped corner of…

Zebra looms large over Downtown

There is an Angry Zebra loose in Downtown Kansas City. In mid-September, a provocative new mural joined Kansas City’s Downtown streetscape, the Kansas City Star reported. “Angry Zebra,” a signature image of KC artist Phil…

Obama adds presidential buzz to KC

President Barack Obama told the world on Wednesday that "something is going on with Kansas City." "It's a pretty good day to be from Kansas City, " the president said to a KC-friendly audience at the White House on Wednesday. "You guys are…