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One reader asks why the Kansas-Missouri state line seems arbitrary as it passes through the West Bottoms. Here’s why as we answer your KCQ.
Three historic West Bottoms warehouses are expected to become apartments as part of a $68 million mixed-use development in the historic neighborhood.
Kansas City leaders host groundbreaking for historic West Bottoms redevelopment Officials broke ground on a $500 million revitalization project in Kansas City's West Bottoms.
For decades, Kansas City's West Bottoms was nearly vacant. The Great Flood of 1951 destroyed the factories and stockyards, and put two million acres of land underwater.
Either way . . . Here's a sneak peek at fancy new digs for the last remaining locals with too much disposable income . . .
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Historic West Bottoms District in Kansas City is excited to announce the return of its beloved event, Bunnies in the Bottoms, taking place ...
The company had expanded into the West Bottoms to take advantage of Kansas City’s growing rail connections, including the new Hannibal Bridge across the Missouri River, which was completed in 1869.
There’s something pretty obvious about how the Missouri River divides Kansas City: All the tall buildings are on one side of the river. It seems downtown… ...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — An architecture firm has shared its vision of a new Kansas City Royals ballpark in the West Bottoms that would allow home runs to cross the state line into Missouri.
The West Bottoms proposal actually positions the majority of the ballpark in Kansas, just east of the Kansas River and just south of I-670, with the right-field bleachers in Missouri or perhaps ...
A first-of-its-kind bridge could be built over the Kansas River, connecting the West Bottoms in Kansas City, Missouri, across the state line to Kansas City, Kansas.
Anybody who has lived in the Kansas City metro for more than a minute understands that about every 10 years an EPIC West ...