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I experienced Funky Town in the 90s. It wasn’t as overcrowded then. It was a new venue gaining popularity. The fictitious name of Funky Town in Kansas City was originally formed March 1998.

Children's Mercy Hospital's story begins with two sisters. Katharine Berry and her sister, Alice, arrived in Kansas City from Wisconsin in 1893. They took turns putting each other through school. The first sister to obtain her medical degree was Katharine while Alice worked as a schoolteacher. Alice later obtained her dental degree. Remember their professions were male-dominated early on. Also, their gender prevented them from being a part of groups associated with medical professionals.

Correction: title change was necessary because it sounded too much like an ad and a piece of content had to be moved to the end. Did you think St. Patrick's Day parades started in Ireland?

Sometimes you come across a church in your drives that looks very old. The Antioch Christian Church (now called Antioch Community Church) located at 4805 NE Antioch Road in Kansas City, Missouri is historic. It was built in 1859 and is north of the Missouri River.

The Ward Parkway Shopping Center has also been referred to as the Ward Parkway Center or the Ward Parkway Mall. It’s more commonly known as Ward Parkway Center now. It’s located where the borders of Kansas and Missouri meet. The property extends from 85th Terrace to the north, to 89th Street to the south, State Line Road to the west, and Ward Parkway to the east.

Most people do not know how baseball great Satchel Paige got his name .#Satchel Paige

In September 1976, the Metro North Mall located at 400 NW Barry Road, in Kansas City, Missouri opened. It was located north of the Missouri River. At the time, it was the second largest mall, with the Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, Kansas being larger. This mall had been a part of Kansas City's Northland for over three decades.

Another shopping center in northern Kansas City, Missouri (near the border of Gladstone) has been gone for some time. The Antioch Center Mall opened in 1956 with about 500,000 square feet. It was the first mall to open north of the Missouri River. By 2005, it was close to empty. Most of it was demolished in early 2012. Two stores remained, Burlington Coat Factory and Sears. I do remember going to this mall decades ago.

Crown Center Ice Terrace, Kansas City, Missouri.Photo byCrown Center photo page via Facebook. Hats off to all of you who can ice skate! People who love to skate in Kansas City look forward to the opening of the Crown Center Ice Terrace. It's open all winter long! In fact, it stretches beyond winter. The official open and close dates are November 4, 2022, through March 12, 2023. The Ice Terrace does close when there's inclement weather. The Ice Terrace team makes sure everything is ready a month in advance.

Row House Building, Kansas City, Missouri.Photo byMwkruse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Row House Building is a row of dwellings located on East 34th Street in Kansas City, Missouri. They consist of three stories including the ground floor. The architectural design is Queen Anne and they were built in 1887-1888. The main facade of a single unit is located at 3401 Main Street which is on the corner of 34th and Main. The other units line up in a row on East 34th Street.

William Francis Shelley House, Kansas City, Missouri.Photo byMwkruse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The William Francis Shelley House is located at 3601 Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. On March 17, 1978, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house was built in 1887–1889 and is one of the oldest homes built in Hyde Park.

Midwest Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri.Photo byPaul Sableman (pasa47), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. On May 6, 2004, the Midwest Hotel building located in Kansas City, Missouri was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Front of the house.Photo byGoogle Maps. On October 18, 2003, the Wiliam Baker and Mary Knight House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This house is located at 3534 Walnut Street in Kansas City, Missouri.

Walter E. Bixby House, Kansas City, Missouri.Estately website. The Walter E. Bixby home located at 6505 State Line Road, Kansas City, Missouri, is a two-story home with a basement. It's chiefly constructed of reinforced concrete and stucco. The architectural design is International style. Construction began in 1935 and was completed in 1937. The house faces west. According to Estately, this property sold in April 2021 for $1,499,000. Click here to see some of the images inside the home.

Ridenour-Baker Grocery Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri.Mwkruse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Also known as the Kansas City Terminal Warehouse Company and Weld Wheel Industries, Inc., the Ridenour-Baker Grocery Company Building (“RB Building”) built in 1910 in Kansas City was the first wholesale grocery building west of the Mississippi River located on the path of a railway. This was convenient for the receiving of goods coming into the warehouse. The building is on 1.7 acres of property located at 933 Mulberry Street in Jackson County, Missouri.

Maine Apartments, Kansas City, Missouri.Mwkruse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Maine Apartment building located at 1301 Paseo Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri was constructed in 1901. Other names the building has gone by are Parkview Homes and the Thomas Apartments. In 2002, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Manheim Road in Squier Park (1920).Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The image above was taken in 1920. It was captured as part of Squier Park in midtown Kansas City Missouri. It's part of a historic neighborhood that includes 16 blocks inside Armour Boulevard to the north, Paseo Boulevard to the east, 39th Street to the south, and Troost Avenue to the west. In 2012, this area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

New York Life Insurance Building, Kansas City, Missouri (2008).Photo by Charvex, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The New York Life Building is a high-rise standing 12 stories tall in the tower with 10-story wings in the Library District of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The building is located at 20 West Ninth Street. The construction completion of this building was in 1890.

Mutual Ice Company Building.Mwkruse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. This building is known as the Mutual Ice Company Building and it's located at 4142-4144 Pennsylvania Avenue in the Westport area in Kansas City, Missouri. It was built in 1907.

Hotel President (nka Hilton President Kansas City).Nightryder84, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. In 1983, seven hotels in downtown Kansas City were listed on the National Register of Historic Places under a thematic submission. Two hotels of the seven were listed individually. President Hotel, formerly known as Hotel President, and now known as Hilton President Kansas City was one of the two hotels.