What To Do With Downtown?
9 October 2002 - 10:00am
Kansas City is weighing its options for reviving its historic but empty downtown.
"Reviving a downtown is a puzzle, and while adding residents is one piece, another is giving people more things to do, making the heart of the metropolitan area the heart of entertainment again.A performing arts center is on the drawing board here. But that's not enough, according to downtown's latest blueprint plan and The Kansas City Star's interviews with national urban experts and planners. Downtown also needs a bigger Bartle Hall. And a bulked-up Union Station. And a new sports/entertainment arena."
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To restore downtown's vitality, Kansas City must learn the art and sport of entertaining
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The Kansas City Star, October 8, 2002
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