 View from atop the Liberty Memorial; The Loop and Crossroads skyline, Crown Center isn't shown. Downtown Kansas City, Missouri is defined by the Downtown Council and City Hall officials as to include the entire area from the Missouri River, south to 31st Street ; and from I-35 east to Bruce Watkins Drive (U.S. Highway 71). Downtown sits on a bluff above the Missouri River, commanding views from all directions. The downtown area anchors the Kansas City Metropolitan Area of two million residents. Image File history File linksMetadata KCMOSkyline. ...
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Liberty Memorial Liberty Memorial, in Kansas City, is dedicated to the victory of liberty over oppression, in World War I against the Triple Alliance. ...
Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of America Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ...
United States Highway 71 is a north-south United States highway. ...
The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the United States. ...
The Kansas City Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area situated at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers and straddling the state border between Missouri and Kansas. ...
Demographics
In 2005, the Downtown Council conducted a study for Downtown Kansas City. Under their definitions of Downtown, it compasses an area of approxomately 2.9 square miles.
In 2005, Downtown was found to have 16,170 people and 10,237 housing units. In 2000, the population may have been as low as 10,000 people. In five years, the redevelopment efforts had added nearly 3,200 people to the area. Experts estimate that Downtown will grow by 2,000 to 5,000 more people by the year 2010 to a population of 18,000-21,000 people.
In 2005, Downtown Kansas City had a density of approx. 5,576 people per square mile in its 2.9 square mile area.
According to Local Market reports, Downtown houses approximately 20 million square feet of office space. However, the vacancy of this space is at about 17%. There are over 100,000 employees working in the Downtown area.
Downtown has a total of 3,538 hotel rooms, or 13.5% of the total amount of hotel rooms in the metropolitan area.
Currently about 2.8 million square feet of office space is under construction in Downtown Kansas City.
Current investments into downtown redevlopment are thought to exceed $4 billion.
Downtown Council
Local Market Reports
Architectural Structures See Also: Architecture in Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri, USA, is known for many famous and interesting buildings. ...
Redevelopment See Also: Downtown Kansas City Redevelopment In recent years, Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA, has been undergoing a massive boom in renovations and new construction. ...
Venues The Bartle Hall Convention Center (often referred to as the Kansas City Convention Center or simply Bartle Hall) is a major expository pavillion in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA. It is named for Harold Roe Bartle, a prominent, two-term mayor of Kansas City in the 1950s and early 1960s. ...
Municipal Auditorium is a 9,287-seat multi-purpose arena in Kansas City. ...
The Sprint Center is a large multi-use indoor arena being built in Kansas City, Missouri. ...
Once completed, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts will be a 316,000 square-foot performing arts center. ...
Neighborhoods - The Central Business District is centered around 10th and Main and includes most of the large office buildings and corporate headquarters. The current condo boom has defined and mixed residential areas with the Central Business District.
- Quality Hill is in the west end of the business loop and was originally developed as mansions to house the owners of the stockyards below. In the 1980s it was one of the first Downtown areas to be successfully redeveloped. It is now a very popular neighborhood with a mix of townhouses, apartments, and Case Park.
- The Garment District is just to the east of Quality Hill, across Broadway. It originally housed the city's thriving textile industry. Its old industrial buildings have since been redeveloped into loft apartments and offices. Henry Perry, father of Kansas City-style barbecue got his start in 1908 from a stand in an alley in the neighborhood.
- River Market - the area between the northern leg of the Downtown freeway loop and the Missouri River. Its old industrial buildings hold the City Market, a popular farmers market, and numerous loft apartments, condos, and offices. It is also the site of Westport Landing at Main Street and the Missouri River site around which the "City of Kansas" was founded in 1853.
- Columbus Park - a residential neighborhood just east of River Market. A traditional home of Italian Americans, more recent immigrants include Vietnamese and other Southeast Asians.
- Government District - an area on the east side of the freeway loop centered around Ilus Davis Park (The Civic Mall) that includes City Hall, Jackson County Courthouse, Bolling Federal Office Building, Charles Evans Whittaker US Courthouse, and other government offices.
- SoLo/South Loop-Power and Light District - this area long targeted for an entertainment district is now under development. Lining Truman Boulevard and I-670, the district is bordered on the west by the Bartle Hall Convention Center and includes Municipal Auditorium, H & R Block's new headquarters and the new 18,000 seat Sprint Center (the latter two under construction).
Quality Hill is an historic and highly upscale registered neighborhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA. It is located on the west side of downtown, between Broadway and I-35 to the east and west, and between 7th Street and 14th Street to the north and south. ...
Quality Hill is an historic and highly upscale registered neighborhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA. It is located on the west side of downtown, between Broadway and I-35 to the east and west, and between 7th Street and 14th Street to the north and south. ...
Henry Perry (1875-March 22, 1940) was a restaurateur who is considered the father of Kansas City barbecue. ...
Kansas City barbecue refers to the specific inner city style of barbecue that evolved from the pit of Henry Perry in the early 1900s in Kansas City, Missouri. ...
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The downtown freeway loop (also called the downtown Alphabet loop) is the unofficial name for a complex layout of freeways in downtown Kansas City, Missouri involving 23 exits, four Interstate Highways, four U.S. Highways and numerous city streets. ...
The Bartle Hall Convention Center (often referred to as the Kansas City Convention Center or simply Bartle Hall) is a major expository pavillion in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA. It is named for Harold Roe Bartle, a prominent, two-term mayor of Kansas City in the 1950s and early 1960s. ...
H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) is a tax preparation and personal finance management company founded by brothers Henry W. and Richard Bloch in Kansas City in 1955. ...
The Sprint Center is a large multi-use indoor arena being built in Kansas City, Missouri. ...
The Crossroads Arts District is an historic registered neighborhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA, centered at approximately 20th Street and Main Street, between Downtowns Central Business District and Crown Center. ...
Kansas City Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri is one of many union stations in the United States. ...
TWA headquarters in downtown Kansas City being renovated in August 2006. ...
Thomas Joseph Pendergast (July 22, 1873 – January 26, 1945) controlled Kansas City as a political boss. ...
The Kansas City Star is a newspaper in Kansas City, Missouri. ...
Transportation
City Buses
The MAX Launched by the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) in August 2005, "The MAX" (Metro Area Express) is a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line extending from downtown to the Country Club Plaza. These busses have GPS receivers so bus stops can give real time data about the next pickup time. All busses have special bus lanes and they also can hold lights green to allow them to make the light. Kansas City Area Transportation Authority is a public transit operator in Kansas City, Missouri. ...
The O-Bahn Busway in Adelaide, South Australia is the longest, fastest and most heavily patronised guided busway. ...
Kansas Citys Country Club Plaza The Country Club Plaza (often referred to as the Plaza) is an upscale shopping district and registered neighborhood centered around 55 acres (223,000 m²) in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. It was the first shopping center in the world designed to accommodate the automobile. ...
The Downtown MAX stops include:
Many other KCATA routes have stops throughout downtown, centered on the Transit Plaza at 10th & Main streets. City Market is the name of two communities: City Market (US) City Market (Finland) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
The Sprint Center is a large multi-use indoor arena being built in Kansas City, Missouri. ...
The Bartle Hall Convention Center (often referred to as the Kansas City Convention Center or simply Bartle Hall) is a major expository pavillion in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA. It is named for Harold Roe Bartle, a prominent, two-term mayor of Kansas City in the 1950s and early 1960s. ...
The Crossroads Arts District is an historic registered neighborhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA, centered at approximately 20th Street and Main Street, between Downtowns Central Business District and Crown Center. ...
Kansas City Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri is one of many union stations in the United States. ...
Crown Center is a shopping and entertainment complex operated by the Hallmark corporation and located adjacent to the companys headquarters in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. ...
Liberty Memorial Liberty Memorial, in Kansas City, is dedicated to the victory of liberty over oppression, in World War I against the Triple Alliance. ...
Regional Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida For other uses, see Amtrak (disambiguation). ...
Kansas City Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri is one of many union stations in the United States. ...
Buses Lines Greyhound Lines is the largest intercity common carrier of passengers by bus in North America, serving 2200 destinations in the United States. ...
Jefferson Lines is an intercity bus transportation provider based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ...
External links - Downtown Council
- Downtown Neighorhood Association
- Crossroads Community Association
- River Market Business Association
- City Market
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