Kansas City is the largest city in the state of Missouri USA. According to the US Census Bureau, the city has an estimated population of 488,943 by 2017, making it the 37th largest city by population in the United States. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which crosses the Kansas-Missouri border. Kansas City was founded in the 1830s as a port of the Missouri River at its encounter with the Kansas River coming from the west. On June 1, 1850, Kansas City was founded; shortly after the founding of the Kansas Territory. The confusion between the two occurred and the Kansas City name was assigned to distinguish them soon afterwards.
Sitting on the western border of Missouri, with Downtown near the confluence of the rivers Kansas and Missouri, this modern city covers about 319.03 square miles (826.3 km 2 ), making it the 23rd largest city by total area in the United States. Most cities are located in Jackson County, but some spill over into Clay, Cass, and Platte County. Together with Independence, he serves as one of the two county seats for Jackson County. The main suburbs include Missouri Independence and Lee's Summit and Kansas Overland Park, Olathe and Kansas City cities.
The city consists of several neighborhoods, including the River Market District to the north, the 18th District and Wine to the east, and the Country Club Plaza in the south. Kansas City is known for its long jazz and cultural traditions, also known for its cuisine (including its distinctive new style) and its craft factory.
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History
Kansas City, Missouri was founded as a city on June 1, 1850, and as a city on March 28, 1853. The territory that borders the borders between Missouri and Kansas at the confluence of rivers Kansas and Missouri is considered a good place to build settlements.
The Christian Church of Antioch, Dr. James Compton House, and Woodneath are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Exploration and completion
The first documented European citizens to Kansas City were the Æ' t tienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont, who was also the first European to explore the lower Missouri River. Criticized for his response to the Native American attack on Fort DÃ © phètit, he left his post as a fortress commander and denied French authority. Bourgmont lives with a Native American wife in a village about 140 miles (140 km) east near Brunswick, Missouri, where he illegally trades feathers.
To clear his name, he wrote the Right Description from Louisiana, about Harbors, Lands and Rivers, and the Name of the Occupying Indians, and the Trades and Profits he Owned for the Establishment of a Colony in 1713 was followed year 1714 by The Route to be Taken to Hike the Missouri River . In the documents, he described the intersection of "Grande Riv [iÃÆ'¨re] des Cansez" and the Missouri River, making it the first to adopt the names. French cartographer Guillaume Delisle used the description to create the first accurate enough map in the area.
Spain took over the territory under the Treaty of Paris in 1763, but it did not play a major role other than the tax and licensing of the Missouri River ship traffic. France continues trading their fur under the Spanish license. The Chouteau family operates under Spanish license at St. Louis in the lower Missouri Valley in early 1765 and in 1821 the Chouteaus reached Kansas City, where FranÃÆ'§ois Chouteau founded Chouteau Landing.
After 1804 Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark visited the confluence of the rivers of Kansas and Missouri, noting it was a good place to build a fortress. In 1831, a group of Mormons from New York settled in the city that would become the city. They built the first school within the boundaries of Kansas City today, but were forced out by mass violence in 1833 and their settlement remained empty.
In 1833 John McCoy founded the West Port along the Santa Fe Line, 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) from the river. In 1834 McCoy founded Westport Landing at a bend in Missouri to serve as a landing point to the West Port. Soon after, the Kansas Town Company, a group of investors, began to settle in the area, taking their name from the English spelling "Cansez." In 1850, the landing area was included as Kansas City.
At that time, Kansas City, Westport and its near Independence, had become a tipping point in its expansion to the west of the United States. The three main routes - Santa Fe, California, and Oregon - all pass through Jackson County.
On February 22, 1853, Kansas City was created with a newly elected mayor. It has an area of ​​0.70 square miles (1.8 km 2 ) and a population of 2,500. The boundary line at that time extends from the middle of the Missouri River to the south to what is now the Ninth Street, and from Bluff Street to the west to the point between Holmes Road and Charlotte Street to the east.
American Civil War
The Kansas City area is full of hostilities just before the US Civil War. Kansas successfully petitioned the United States to enter the Union as a free country that does not allow slavery under the new doctrine of popular sovereignty. Missouri had many slaves, and sympathizers of slaves crossed over to Kansas to swing the country toward slavery, initially with a ballot box and then with bloodshed.
During the Civil War, the city and its surroundings were the focus of intense military activity. Although the First Battle of Independence in August 1862 resulted in the victory of the Confederate Army of the United States, the Confederacy could not capitalize on their victory significantly, because Kansas City was occupied by Union forces and proved too fortified to be attacked. The Second Battle of Independence, which took place on 21-22 October 1864 as part of a Missouri expedition in Washington in 1864, also resulted in the Confederate victory. Once again their victory proved hollow, as Price was convincingly defeated in an important Battle of the Westport the following day, effectively ending the Confederate efforts to regain Missouri.
General Thomas Ewing, in response to a successful assault near Lawrence, Kansas, led by William Quantrill, issued a General Order. 11, which forced displacement of residents in four western Missouri areas - including Jackson - except those living in the city and nearby. communities and people whose allegiance to the Union is certified by Ewing.
Post Civil War
After the Civil War, Kansas City grew rapidly, largely losing its Southern identity. Selection of the city over Leavenworth, Kansas, to Hannibal & amp; St. Bridge Bridge Joseph Railroad over the Missouri River brings significant growth. The population exploded after 1869, when the Hannibal Bridge, designed by Octave Chanute, was opened. The blast prompted a change of name to Kansas City in 1889, and the city limits will be extended to the south and east. Westport became part of Kansas City on December 2, 1897. In 1900, Kansas City was the 22nd largest city in the country, with a population of 163,752 inhabitants.
Kansas City, guided by architect George Kessler, is a leading example of the City Beautiful movement, offering a network of boulevards and parks.
The relocation of Union Station to its current location in 1914 and the opening of the Liberty Memorial in 1923 provided the city's two most identifiable landmarks. Robert A. Long, president of the Liberty Memorial Association, is the driving force in funding for construction. Long is a long time and wealthy businessman. He built R.A. Long Development for Lumber Long-Bell Company, his home, Corinthian Hall (now Kansas City Museum) and Longview Farm.
Further spur the growth of Kansas City is the opening of innovative Country Club Plaza development by J.C. Nichols in 1925, as part of the Country Club District plan.
Pendegast Era
At the beginning of the 20th century, political machinery gained influence in the city, with the Tom Pendergast-led city dominating the city in 1925. Several important structures and structures were built during this time, including the Kansas City Hall and Jackson County Courthouse. The machine fell in 1939 when Pendergast, full of health problems, pleaded guilty to tax evasion after a lengthy federal inquiry. His biographers have summed up the uniqueness of Pendergast:
The pendergast may bear the comparison with the bosses of the big city, but the alliance opens with hardened criminals, its cynical subversion of the democratic process, its monarchic lifestyle, its increasingly insatiable gambling habits, grasps it for the business empire, and its promotion of Kansas City as a wide-open city with all manner of imaginable ugliness, combined with his compassion for the poor and a real role as a city builder, making him bigger than life, difficult to characterize.
Post World War II
The suburban development of Kansas City began with a tram system in the early decades of the 20th century. The first suburbs are in Pendleton Heights and Quality Hill neighborhoods. After World War II, many relatively affluent residents went to suburbs in Johnson County, Kansas, and Jackson County east, Missouri. Many also went north of the Missouri River, where Kansas City had entered the area between the 1940s and the 1970s.
In 1950, African Americans represented 12.2% of Kansas City's population. The extraordinary characteristics of the city and its environment are now mainly formed after the racial riots of the 1960s. The murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. was the catalyst for the 1968 Kansas City riots. At the moment, slum dwellings are formed in the center of the city, and many are able to do so, going to the outskirts of the city and outskirts of the city. The post-World War II ideas of the suburbs and the "American Dream" also contributed to the sprawl in the area. The urban population continues to grow, but the inner city declines. The most populous ethnic group, non-Hispanic whites, declined from 89.5% in 1930 to 54.9% in 2010.
In 1940, the city had about 400,000 inhabitants; in 2000, the same area was only about 180,000. From 1940 to 1960, the city was more than double its physical size, while increasing its population by only about 75,000. In 1970, the city covered about 316 square miles (820 km 2 ), more than five times its size in 1940.
The Hyatt Regency road collapse was a major disaster that occurred on July 17, 1981, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200 others while dancing tea. At that time, it was the most deadly structural collapse in US history.
21st century
Downtown Kansas City Development
In the 21st century, the Kansas City area has undergone extensive rebuilding, with over $ 6 billion in repairs to the downtown area on the Missouri side. One of the main objectives is to attract conventions and tourist dollars, office workers, and residents to downtown KCMO. Among the projects including Power rebuilding & amp; Light District, located in the area around Power & amp; Light Building (former headquarters of Kansas City Power & Light Company, now based in the north end of the district), becomes a retail and entertainment district; and the Sprint Center, an 18,500-capacity arena opened in the district in 2007, funded by a 2004 voting initiative involving taxes on car and hotel rentals, and is designed to meet stadium specifications for future NBA or NHL possibilities. franchise. Kemper Arena, which was replaced by the Sprint Center, fell into collapse and sold to private developers. In 2018, the arena was transformed into a sports complex by the name of Hy-Vee Arena. The Kauffman Performing Arts Center opened in 2011 providing a modern new home for KC Orchestra and Ballet. By 2015, the 800-room Hyatt Convention Center Hotel was announced for a site next to the Performing Arts Center & amp; Bartle Hall. Construction is expected to begin in early 2018 with Loews as operator.
From 2007 to 2017, the city center housing population in Kansas City grew fourfold and continues to grow. This area has grown from nearly 4,000 residents in the early 2000s to nearly 30,000 by 2017. Kansas City's city center ranks sixth as the 6th fastest growing city center in America with a population expected to grow over 40% on year 2022. Conversion of office buildings such as Power and Light Building, Commerce Bank Tower, and others into residential spaces and hotels has helped to meet demand. New apartment complexes such as One, Two and Three Lights, River Market West, 503 Main, and others have begun to reshape the Kansas City skyline. Strong demand has led to occupancy rates at 90% high.
While the housing population in the city center has grown rapidly, office population has declined significantly from the early 2000s to the mid-2010s. AMC and other top employers moved their operations to a modern suburban office building. The high office residence struck downtown, causing many office buildings to be neglected. In the mid-2010s, many office buildings were transformed into housing and Class A vacancy rates fell to 12% by 2017. Swiss Re, Virgin Mobile, AutoAlert, and others began to move operations to downtown Kansas City from the suburbs as well. as an expensive beach town.
Transportation Development
The area has undergone additional development through various transportation projects, including improvements to the Grandview Triangle, which intersected Interstates 435 and 470, and Route 71 AS, a long road famous for fatal accidents.
In July 2005, the Kansas City Regional Transport Authority (KCATA) launched the first fast bus transit line in Kansas City, Metro Area Express (MAX), which connects River Market, Downtown, Union Station, Crown Center and Country Club Plaza. KCATA continues to expand MAX with additional routes on Prospect Ave, Troost Ave, and Independence Ave.
In 2013, construction begins on a two-mile tramway in downtown Kansas City (funded by a $ 102 million ballot initiative passed in 2012) running between River Market and Union Station, which began operations in May 2016. By 2017 , the voters approved the formation of TDD to expand the tram line south of 3.5 miles from Union Station to Campus Volker UMKC. Additionally, by 2017, the Port Authority of KC commenced an engineering study for a Harbor Center-funded Streetcar expansion into the north to Berkley Riverfront Park. City Wide, voter support for rail projects continues to grow with many light rail projects in work.
In 2016, Jackson County, Missouri obtained unused tracks as part of a long-term commuter railway plan. For now, the path is being converted into a trail while local officials negotiate with railroads for access to the tracks in Downtown Kansas City.
On November 7, 2017, Kansas City, Missouri voters strongly approved a new terminal at Kansas City International Airport with a 75% to 25% margin. The New Single Terminal will replace 3 "Leaves of Clover" at KCI Airport and is expected to open in 2021.
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Geography
The city has an area of ​​319.03 square miles (826.28 km 2 ), which, 314.95 square miles (815.72 km 2 ) is ground and 4, 08 square miles (10.57 Ã, km 2 ) is water. Cliffs ignore the river and the river bottom area. Kansas City is precisely bowl-shaped and is surrounded to the north and south by limestone limestone and glacier rock cliffs. Kansas City is at the crossroads between the Dakota and Minnesota ice lobes during Glaciation of the maximum Independence Independence of the Pleistocene Age. The rivers of Kansas and Missouri cut a wide valley into the plains as the glaciers melt and dry out. Spillway valley is partially filled across the city center. This valley is a continuation to the east of the Turkish River Valley. This is the nearest major city to the neighboring geographic center of the United States, or "Lower 48".
Cityscape
Kansas City, Missouri, comprises more than 240 neighborhoods, some with history as an independent city or as a major event site.
Architecture
The Nelson-Atkins Museum opened the addition of Euro-Style Bloch in 2007, and the Kauffman Center designed by Safdie for the Performing Arts opened in 2011. The Power and Building of the Light is influenced by the Art Deco style and the shining skyline sport. New headquarters in H & amp; R Block is a 20-floor all-glass oval bathed in soft green light. The four industrial artworks on top of the Kansas City Convention Center (Bartle Hall) supporting tower were once a mockery, but now define the night sky near the new Sprint Center along with One Kansas City Place (the highest office tower in Missouri), KCTV- Tower (Liberty's highest freestanding structure) and the Liberty Memorial, World War I warning and museum displaying fires and smoke that stormed into the night sky. It was designated as the World War I National Museum and Warning in 2004 by the United States Congress. Kansas City is home to significant national and international architectural firms including ACI Boland, BNIM, 360 Architecture, HNTB, Populous. Frank Lloyd Wright designed two private residences and the Community Christian Church there.
Kansas City has over 200 functioning fountains. A famous example is at Country Club Plaza. Various designs ranging from traditional to French-inspired to modern. Highlights include Black Marble H & amp; R Block fountain in front of Union Station, featuring synchronized water jets; The Bronze Nichols at the corner of Main and J.C. Nichols Parkway at the entrance to Plaza Shopping District; and fountains at Hallmark Cards World Headquarters at Crown Center.
City Market
Since its founding in 1857, the Municipal Market has become one of the largest and most durable public farmer markets in the American Midwest, linking farmers and small businesses with communities. Over 30 full-time traders operate throughout the year and offer specialty food, fresh meats and seafood, restaurants and cafes, flowers, home accessories and more. The City Market is also home to the Steamboat Museum of Arabia, which houses artifacts from sinking steamers near Kansas City in 1856.
City Center
Downtown Kansas City is an area of ​​2.9 square miles (7.5 km 2 ) bounded by the Missouri River to the north, 31st Street to the south, Troost Avenue to the East, and State Line Road to the west. The area near Downtown Kansas City includes the 39th Street District, known as Restaurant Row, and has one of Kansas City's largest selections of independently owned restaurants and boutiques. It is a center of literary and visual art, and bohemian culture. Crown Center is Hallmark Cards headquarters and major shopping and entertainment complex. Connected to Union Station by a series of covered walkways. The Country Club Plaza, or simply "The Plaza", is an upscale shopping and entertainment area. It is the first suburban shopping district in the United States, designed to accommodate buyers who come by car, and is surrounded by apartments and condominiums, including a number of high-rise buildings. The associated Country Club districts in the south include the Sunset Hill and Brookside neighborhoods, and are traversed by Ward Parkway, a major street famous for its statues, fountains and historic mansions. Union Kansas City Station is home to the City of Science, restaurants, shopping, theaters and Amtrak town facilities.
After years of neglect and a sea of ​​parking spaces, Downtown Kansas City is undergoing a period of change with over $ 6 billion in development since 2000. Many residential properties have recently been or are being rebuilt in three loft warehouses in the vicinity and District Business Center. Strength & amp; Light District, a new nine-block entertainment district composed of many restaurants, bars and retail stores, was developed by the Cordish Company of Baltimore, Maryland. The first tenant was opened on 9 November 2007. It is broadcast by the Sprint Center, a 19,000-seat sports and entertainment complex.
Climate
Kansas City is located in the Midwestern United States, as well as near the country's geographical center, at the confluence of the country's longest river, the Missouri River, and the Kansas River (also known as the Kaw River). The city is located on the northern outskirts of the humid subtropical zone. but can be interchanged with humid continental climates because of the average 104 per cent of air frost per year. The city is part of the USDA 5B and 6a factory hardiness zones. In central North America, away from significant water bodies, there is significant potential for extreme heat and cold changes throughout the year. Unless otherwise specified, the normal numbers below are based on data from 1981-2010 at Downtown Airport. The warmest month of the year is July, with an average temperature of 24 hours 81.0 Â ° F (27.2 Â ° C). The hot and humid summer months, with the humid air rising from the Gulf of Mexico, and high temperatures exceeding 100 ° F (38 ° C) at 5.6 days a year, and 90 ° F (32 ° C )) at 47 days. The coldest month of the year is January, with an average temperature of 31.0 Â ° F (-0.6 Â ° C). Winter is cold, with 22 days where temperatures are high at or below 32.0 Ã, Â ° F (0,0Ã, Â ° C) and 2.5 nights with low at or below 0Ã, Â ° F ( -18Ã, Â ° C). The official record of the highest temperature is 113Ã, Â ° F (45Ã, Â ° C), set on August 14, 1936 at Downtown Airport, while the lowest official record is -23Ã, Â ° F (-31Ã, Â ° C), set at 22 December and 23, 1989. Normal seasonal snowfall is 13.4 inches (34 cm) at Downtown Airport and 18.8 inches (48 cm) at Kansas City International Airport. The average window for freezing temperatures is October 31 to April 4, while for measured snow (0.1 inches or 0.25 cm), it is November 27 to March 16 measured at Kansas City International Airport. Rainfall, both in frequency and total accumulation, shows uptick marked in late spring and summer.
Kansas City is on the edge of the "Tornado Alley", a vast area where the cold air of the Canadian Rocky Mountains collides with the warm air of the Gulf of Mexico, leading to powerful storm formations, especially during the spring. Several areas in the Kansas City metropolitan area have experienced some severe tornado outbreaks at different points in the past, including the Ruskin Heights tornado in 1957, and the order of the May 2003 tornado outbreak. The region may also be victims of sporadic ice storms during the winter months, like the 2002 ice storm in which hundreds of thousands of people lost their labor for days and (in some cases) weeks. Kansas City and the surrounding areas were also hit by floods, including the Great Floods of 1951 and 1993.
Demographics
According to the 2010 census, the composition of the Kansas City race is as follows:
- White: 59.2% (non-Hispanic whites: 54.9%)
- Black or African American: 29.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 10.0%
- Some other races: 4.5% (especially Latino)
- Two or more races: 3.2%
- Asia: 2.5%
- Native Americans: 0.5%
- Hawaiian and other Pacific Island Natives: 0.2%
Kansas City has the second largest population of Sudan and Somalia in the United States. The Latino/Hispanic Population of Kansas City, which is very Mexico and Central America, is scattered throughout the metropolitan area, with some concentration in the northeast part of the city and southwest of the city center. The Asian populations, mostly Southeast Asia, are partially concentrated on the northeast side to Columbus Park neighborhood in the Greater Downtown area, the historical Italian American neighborhood, the UMKC area and on the River Market, in northern Kansas City.
The Kansas City Historical Limit is about 58 square miles (150 km 2 ) and has a population density of about 5,000 people per square mile. It flows from the Missouri River to the north, 79th Street to the south, the Blue River to the east, and State Line Road to the west. During the 1960s and 1970s, Kansas City annexed large amounts of land, most of which have not developed to this day.
Between the 2000 and 2010 census counts, Kansas City's urban core continues to decline significantly in the population. The Greater Downtown area of ​​downtown, and the nearby parts of I-435 and I-470 in the south, and Highway 152 in the north are the only areas in Kansas City, Missouri, which have seen an increase in population, with Northland seeing the largest population growth.
Economy
The federal government is the largest company in the Kansas City metro area. More than 146 federal agencies maintain presence there. Kansas City is one of ten regional offices for the US government. The Internal Revenue Service maintains a large service center in Kansas City that occupies nearly 1,400,000 square feet (130,000 m 2 ). This is one of only two sites to process paper returns. The IRS has approximately 2,700 full-time employees in Kansas City, growing to 4,000 during the tax season. The Public Service Administration has more than 800 employees. Most are in the Bannister Federal Complex in South Kansas City. The Bannister Complex is also home to the Kansas City Plant, which is a National Nuclear Security Administration facility operated by Honeywell. Honeywell employs nearly 2,700 in Kansas City Plant, which produces and assembles 85% of non-nuclear components from the US nuclear arsenal. The Social Security Administration has more than 1,700 employees in the Kansas City area, with more than 1,200 in the Mid-America Center Program Service Center in downtown (MAMPSC). The United States Postal Service operates a post office in Kansas City. Kansas City Main Post Office is at 300 Pershing West Road.
Ford Motor Company operates a large manufacturing facility at Claycomo at the Kansas City Ford Assembly Factory, which built the Ford F-150. The General Motors Fairfax Assembly Plant is in nearby Kansas City, Kansas. Smith Electric Vehicles builds electric vehicles at the TWA/American Airlines overhaul facility at Kansas City International Airport.
One of the largest drug manufacturing plants in the US is the Sanofi-Aventis factory in south Kansas City on campus developed by Marion Laboratories Ewing Kauffman. Lately, it has developed academic and economic institutions related to veterinary science, a most recently supported endeavor by Manhattan, Kansas, elections at one end of the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor, as a venue for Bio National and Agro -Defense Facility, which examines animal diseases.
Many agricultural companies operate outside the city. Dairy of America breeder, the largest dairy company in the United States is located in northern Kansas City. Kansas City Board of Trade is the principal trade exchange for hard red winter wheat, the main ingredient of bread. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the National Association of Basketball Coaches based in Kansas City.
The business community is served by two major business magazines, Kansas City Business Journal (published weekly) and Ingram Magazine (published monthly), as well as other publications, including local community journals, < i> Independent (published weekly).
The Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank built a new building that opened in 2008 near Union Station. Missouri is the only country that has two of the 12 headquarters of the Federal Reserve Bank (the second in St. Louis). Kansas City's effort to get the bank was aided by former mayor James A. Reed, who as a senator, decided to pass the Federal Reserve Act.
The national headquarters for Foreign War Veterans is headquartered in South Downtown.
With a Gross Metropolitan Product of $ 41.68 billion in 2004, the Kansas City (Missouri side only) economy makes up 20.5% of Missouri's gross product. In 2014, Kansas City was ranked # 6 for real estate investment.
Three international law firms, Lathrop & amp; Gage, Stinson Leonard Street, and Shook, Hardy & amp; Bacon is based in the city.
Headquarters
The following leading companies are headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri:
Top entrepreneurs
According to the Fiscal Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of 2014-15, ten key entrepreneurs are as follows:
Culture
Abbreviations and nicknames
Kansas City is often abbreviated as KC (abbreviations often refer to metropolitan areas). It's officially nicknamed "The City of the Fountain" . The fountain at Kauffman Stadium, commissioned by the original owner of Kansas City Royals Ewing Kauffman, is the largest privately funded fountain in the world. The city has more boulevards than any other city except Paris and has been called "Paris of the Plains" . The popularity of football, both at the professional and juvenile level, as well as the popularity of Children's Mercy Park as home stadium for the US Men's National Team have the title as "Soccer Capital of America" ​​â € <â € <. The population is known as Kansas Citizens . The city is sometimes referred to as the "American Heart" , as it is close to the US population centers and geographic centers of 48 adjacent states.
Performing arts
Kansas City Repertory Theater is the top professional theater company in the metropolitan area. The Starlight Theater is an outdoor 8,105 seater designed by Edward Delk. Kansas City Symphony was founded by R. Crosby Kemper Jr. in 1982 to replace the dead Kansas City Philharmonic, founded in 1933. The symphony performed at the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts. Michael Stern is the director of symphony music and conductor leader. Lyric Opera of Kansas City, founded in 1958, performed at the Kauffman Center, offering one contemporary American opera production during its season, consisting of four or five productions. The Civic Opera Theater of Kansas City performs in downtown Folly Theater and at UMKC Performing Arts Center. Every summer from mid-June to early July, the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival takes place in Southmoreland Park near the Nelson-Atkins Museum; the festival was founded by Marilyn Strauss in 1993.
Ballet Kansas City, founded in 1957 by Tatiana Dokoudovska, is a ballet troupe of 25 professional dancers and interns. Between 1986 and 2000, it was combined with Dance St. Louis to form Ballet State of Missouri, although it remains in Kansas City. From 1980 to 1995, Ballet was run by dancer and choreographer Todd Bolender. Today, Ballet offers an annual division of treasury into three seasons, featuring classic to contemporary ballet. The Ballet also performed at the Kauffman Center. Kansas City is home to Kansas City Chorale, 24 professional sound choir performed by Charles Bruffy. The choir performs annual concerts and concerts in Phoenix each year with their sister choir, Phoenix Chorale. The Chorale has made nine recordings (three with Phoenix Chorale).
Jazz
Jazz Kansas City in 1930 marked the transition from big bands to bebop influence from the 1940s. The 1979 documentary The Last of the Blue Devils describes this era in interviews and performances by local jazz figures. In the 1970s, Kansas City sought to revive the glory of the jazz era in a family-friendly atmosphere. In the 1970s, attempts to open a jazz club in the River Quay area of ​​City Market throughout Missouri ended with a gang war. Three new clubs were blown up in what ultimately ended Kansas City's massive influence at the Las Vegas casino. The annual "Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival" attracts top jazz stars and large audiences outside the city. It was rated "the best festival" Kansas City. by Pitch.com.
Live music venues can be found throughout the city, with the highest concentration in the Westport entertainment district centered on Broadway and Westport Road near the Country Club Plaza, and 18 & amp; Area Vine (jazz music). Various genres of music can be heard and derived there, including musicians Janelle MonÃÆ'¡e, Puddle Mudd, Isaac James, The Get Up Kids, Shiner, Escape The Seen, The Life and Times, Reggie and Full Effect, Coalesce, The Casket Lottery, The Gadjits, The Rainmakers, Vedera, The Elders, Blackpool Lights, The Republic Tigers, Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Skatterman & amp; Snug Brim, Mac Lethal, Ces Cru and SolÃÆ'¨. In 2003, the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, a large jazz band orchestra, performed in a metropolitan area.
In 2018, UNESCO named Kansas City the "City of Music", making it the only city in the United States with that distinction. City funding of $ 7 million for 18 & amp; Vine Jazz District in 2016, coupled with the rich city music legacy, contributed to the appointment.
Irish culture
A large Irish-American community of over 50,000. The Irish were the first large immigrant group to settle in Kansas City and set up their first newspaper. The Irish community includes bands, dancers, newspapers, Irish shops and Kansas City City Center at Drexel Hall in Midtown. The first book detailing Irish history in Kansas City is Missouri Ireland: Irish settlers on the American Border , published in 1984.
Casino
Missouri voters approved a casino game over rivers in Missouri and Mississippi Rivers through a referendum with a 63% majority on November 3, 1992. The state's first casino facility opened in September 1994 in North Kansas City by Harrah's Entertainment (now Caesar's Entertainment). The combined revenue for the four casinos exceeded $ 153 million per month in May 2008. The metropolitan area is home to six casinos: Ameristar Kansas City, Argosy Kansas City, Harrah's North Kansas City, Kansas City's Isle of Capri, the 7th Street Casino (opened in Kansas City, Kansas, in 2008) and Hollywood Casino (which opened in February 2012 in Kansas City, Kansas).
Cuisine
Kansas City is best known for its steaks and barbecue, along with a variety of Southern cuisine. During the heyday of Kansas City Oil Stocks, the city is known for its Kansas City steakhouse or Kansas City strip steak. The most famous of the steakhouses is the Golden Ox on Kansas City Live Stock Exchange in West Bottoms stockoms. These gardens were second only to Chicago, but they never recovered from the Great Flood of 1951 and eventually closed. Founded in 1938, Jess & amp; Jim's Steakhouse in the Martin City neighborhood is also famous.
The Kansas City Strip's piece of meat is similar to a New York Strip piece, and is sometimes referred to simply as a strip of steak. Together with Texas, Memphis, North, and South Carolina, Kansas City is hailed as "the capital of the barbecue world". Over 90 barbecue restaurants operate in metropolitan areas. The American Royal every autumn organizes what it claims to be the biggest barbecue contest in the world.
The classic Kansas City style barbecue is an inner city phenomenon that evolved from the hole Henry Perry of Memphis in the early 20th century and thrived in the 18 and Vine environments. Arthur Bryant's takes over Perry's restaurant and adds molasses to sweeten the recipe. In 1946, one of Perry's cooks opened Gates and Sons Bar-B-Q. Gates Recipe adds more molasses. Bryant and Gates are two definite Kansas City Barbecue restaurants. Both have just begun to flourish outside Kansas City. Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue is also considered good. In 1977, Rich Davis, a psychiatrist, tested his own potion called K.C. Soul Barbecue Sauce. He named it KC Masterpiece, and in 1986, he sold the recipe to the Kingsford Clorox division. Davis retains the right to operate the restaurant using names and sauces. In 2009, Kansas City appeared in the list of Newsmax magazines from "The 25 Most Unique City and Big Town", an article written by CBS News travel editor Peter Greenberg. In determining its rankings, Greenberg cites city barbecue, among other factors.
Kansas City has several chefs and restaurants James Beard Award-winning/nominated. The winning chefs include Michael Smith, Celina Tio, Colby Garrelts, Debbie Gold, Jonathan Justus and Martin Heuser. The majority of the Beard Award winning restaurants are located in the Crossroads, downtown and Westport districts.
Destination
- See List of points of interest in Kansas City, Missouri
Religion
The proportion of Kansas City residents with known religious affiliations is 50.75%. The most common denominations of religion in the region are:
- Nothing/No affiliation 49.25%
- Catholic 13.2%
- Baptist 10.4%
- Other Christians 10.3%
- Methodist 6.0%
- Pentecostal 2.7%
- Latter-day Saints 2.5%
- Lutheran 2,3%
- Presbyterian 1.7%
Walt Disney in Kansas City
In 1911, Elias Disney moved his family from Marceline to Kansas City. They live in a new home with a garage built by Elias Disney, who became the site for Walt's first animation, in 3028 Bellefontaine. In 1919, Walt Disney returned from France where he once served as Red Cross Ambulance Driver in World War I. Walt started the first animated company Laugh-O-Gram Studio in Kansas City. Later, the company went bankrupt, Walt Disney moved to Hollywood, and started The Walt Disney Company on October 16, 1923.
Sports
Professional sports teams in Kansas City include Kansas City Chiefs at National Football League (NFL), Kansas City Royals in Major League Baseball (MLB), Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer (MLS), and FC Kansas City in National Women's Football League.
Professional football
The Chiefs - now a member of the NFL American Football Conference (AFC) - started playing in 1960 as Dallas Texans and they moved to Kansas City in 1963. The team lost the Super Bowl I to the Green Bay Packers. They returned in 1969 to become the last AFL champion and won the Super Bowl IV against NFL champion Minnesota Vikings with a score of 23-7.
Professional baseball
The Athletics baseball franchise was played in this town from 1955, after moving from Philadelphia, into 1967, when the team moved to Oakland, California. The Major League Baseball Franchise, Royals, started playing in 1969, and is the only major league sports league in Kansas City that has not been relocated or renamed. The Royals were the first American League expansion team to reach the playoffs, in 1976, to reach the World Series in 1980, and to win the World Series in 1985. The Royals return to the World Series in 2014 and win by 2015.
Kansas City T-Bones, played in the Northern League independently from 2003 to 2010, and is currently at an independent American Association since 2011, and an unaffiliated small league team. They play their game at the CommunityAmerica Ballpark in Kansas City, Kansas.
Professional football
The Kansas City Wiz became a member of the Major League Soccer charter in 1996. It was renamed Kansas City Wizards in 1997. In 2011, the team was renamed Sporting Kansas City and moved to the new Children's Mercy Park stadium in Kansas City, Kansas. Sporting reserve team, Swope Park Rangers, plays at the Shawnee Mission District Stadium in Overland Park, Kansas. FC Kansas City starts playing in 2013 as the expansion team of National Women's Soccer League; team home games held at Swope Soccer Village.
Athletic college
At college athletics, Kansas City has recently become the home of the Big 12 Basketball Tournament College. The men's tournament has been played at the Sprint Center since March 2008. The women's tournament is played at the Municipal Auditorium.
In addition to functioning as a Chiefs home stadium, the Arrowhead Stadium serves as a venue for various inter-college football games. It has hosted the Big 12 Championship Game five times. On the last weekend of October, the MIAA Fall Classic competition between Northwest Missouri State University and Pittsburg State University takes place at the stadium.
Professional Rugby
Kansas City is represented on a rugby field by Kansas City Blues RFC, a former Rugby Super League member and 1st Division club. The team is working with Sporting Kansas City and split the home-game between the Sporting training ground and Rockhurst University stadium.
Former team
Kansas City had four short-term premier league baseball teams between 1884 and 1915: United Association of Kansas from the short-lived Association of Associations in 1884, Kansas City Cowboy in the National League in 1886, a team of the same name in later league American Association in 1888 and 1889, and Kansas City Packers in the Federal League in 1914 and 1915. The Kansas City Monarchs of Negro National and Negro American Leagues who are now represented represented Kansas City from 1920 to 1955. The city also has a number of small league baseball teams between 1885 and 1955. From 1903 to 1954, Kansas City Blues played in the small league of the American Association of high level. In 1955, Kansas City became a major league town when the Philadelphia Athletics baseball franchise moved into town in 1955. After the 1967 season, the team moved to Oakland, California.
Kansas City was also represented in the National Basketball Association by the Kansas City Kings (called Kansas City-Omaha Kings from 1972 to 1975), when the former Cincinnati Royals moved to the Midwest. The team left Sacramento in 1985.
In 1974, the National Hockey League placed an expansion team in Kansas City called Kansas City Scouts. The team moved to Denver in 1976, and today they are known as New Jersey Devils.
Parks and boulevards
Kansas City has 132 miles (212 km) of boulevards and parkways, 214 city parks, 49 decorative fountains, 152 diamond balls, 10 community centers, 105 tennis courts, 5 golf courses, 5 museums and attractions, 30 swimming pools and 47 places park protection. This facility is found throughout the city. Most systems, designed by George E. Kessler, were built from 1893 to 1915.
Cliff Drive, at Kessler Park in North Bluffs, is a Designated Country Scenic Byway. It extends 4.27 miles (6.87 km) from The Paseo and Independence Avenue via the Indian Mound on Gladstone Boulevard on Belmont Boulevard, with many historic points and architectural landmarks.
Ward Parkway, on the west side of the city near State Line Road, is lined with many of the largest and most complex houses in the city.
Paseo is a major north-south parkway that spans 19 miles (31 km) through the city center starting from Cliff Drive. It's modeled on Paseo de la Reforma , a fashionable city boulevard.
Swope Park is one of the largest urban parks in the country, comprising 1,805 acres (730 ha), more than twice the size of Central Park in New York City. It features a zoo, nature forest and a wildlife rescue center, 2 golf courses, 2 lakes, an amphitheater, camp-day, and many picnic spots. Hodge Park, in Northland, includes 1,029 acres (416 ha) (1.61 sq. Mi.). The park includes an 80-acre (320,000 m 2 ) Shoal Creek Living History Museum, a village with over 20 historic buildings dating from 1807 to 1885. Berkely Riverfront Park, 955 acre (3.86 km ) 2 ) on the banks of the Missouri River at the north end of downtown, holding annual Independence Day celebrations and other festivals.
A program is under way to replace many fastgum-growing trees with hardwood varieties.
Law and government
City government
Kansas City is home to the largest city government in the state of Missouri. The city has a council/manager form of government. The role of city manager has diminished over the years. Offices of non-elective city managers were created following excesses during Pendergast days. The mayor is the head of the Kansas City City Council, which has 12 members (one member for each district, plus one large member per district). The mayor is a member of the chairman. Kansas City holds city elections in every four year odd number. The last election in the whole city was held in May 2015. Officials took office in August 2015 and will hold positions until 2019.
Pendergast is the most prominent leader during the days of machine politics. The most prominent national democrats associated with the machine were Harry S Truman, who became Senator, Vice President and then President of the United States from 1945 to 1953. Kansas City is the center of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, one of two federal district courts in Missouri. United States District Court for Eastern District of Missouri is at St. Louis. This is also the position of the Western District of Missouri Appeals Court, one of the three districts in the court (the Eastern District is in St. Louis and the Southern District in Springfield).
The Mayor, City Council, and City Manager are listed below:
National political convention
Kansas City hosted the 1900 National Democratic Convention, the 1928 National Convention of the Republic, and the 1976 Republican National Convention. The urban center of Kansas City consistently voted Democrats in the presidential election; however, at the state and local levels the Republic is often successful, especially in Northland and other Kansas suburbs.
Federal Representation
Kansas City is represented by three members of the United States House of Representatives:
- 4th Missouri congressional district - parts of Cass County in Kansas City; represented by Vicky Hartzler (Republic)
- Missouri's 5th congress district - all Kansas City right in Jackson County plus Independence; represented by Emanuel Cleaver (Democrat)
- Missouri's 6th congress district - all Kansas City just north of the Missouri River and plus suburbs east of Jackson County outside Independence; represented by Sam Graves (Republic)
Crime
Some of the earliest organized violence in Kansas City erupted during the American Civil War. Shortly after the merger of the city in 1850, so-called Bleeding Kansas erupted, affecting the border ruffies and Jayhawkers. During the war, Union forces burned all the occupied residences in Jackson County south of Brush Creek and east of Blue Creek towards Independence in an attempt to stop attacks on Kansas. After the war, the Kansas City Times changed Jesse James into a folk hero through his coverage. James was born in the Kansas City metro area in Kearney, Missouri, and famously robbed Kansas City Fairgrounds on 12th Street and Campbell Avenue.
At the beginning of the 20th century under Pendergast, Kansas City became the "largest open city" in the country. While this will lead to Kansas City Jazz, it also led to the emergence of the Kansas City mob (originally under Johnny Lazia), as well as the arrival of organized crime. In the 1970s, the Kansas City mob was involved in a gang war over the control of River Quay's entertainment district, where three buildings were bombed and several gangsters were killed. Police investigations were obtained after Nick Civella's boss recorded a gambling bet on Super Bowl IV (where Kansas City Chief beat the Minnesota Vikings). War and investigation led to the end of mob control from the Stardust Casino, which became the basis for the movie Casino (although production minimized Kansas City connections).
In November 2012, Kansas City was ranked 18th on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) annual crime rate survey for cities with populations over 100,000. Many of the harsh city crimes took place in the low-income East Side town. Revitalizing downtown and central urban areas has been quite successful and now these areas have below average crime crimes compared to major city centers. According to a 2007 analysis by Kansas City Star and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, downtown experienced the greatest decline in environmental crime in the city during the 2000s.
Education
Colleges and universities
Many universities, colleges and seminaries are located in the Kansas City metropolitan area, including:
- The University of Missouri-Kansas City - one of four schools in the University of Missouri system - serves more than 15,000 students
- Rockhurst University - Jesuit University founded in 1910
- Kansas City Art Institute - a four-year art and design college founded in 1885
- University of Medicine and Bioscience University of Kansas - medical and graduate school established in 1916
- University of Avila - Catholic University of Sisters Sisters Joseph from Carondelet
- Park University - a private institution founded in 1875; Park University Graduate School is a city center
- Baker University - several branches of the School of Professional and Graduate Studies
- William Jewell College - a private liberal arts institution founded in 1849
- Metropolitan Community College (Kansas City) - a two-year campus with many campuses in a suburban metropolitan area
- The Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary - Southern Baptist Convention
- The Nazarene Theological Seminary - The Church of the Nazarene
- Calvary Bible College and Theological Seminary
- The Saint Paul School of Theology - Methodist
Primary and secondary schools
Kansas City is served by 16 school districts including 10 District Schools, with a significant portion nationally. There are also many private schools; The Catholic School in Kansas City is governed by the Diocese of Kansas City.
The following School District serves Kansas City:
- Kansas City, MO School District
- North Kansas City School District
- The Central School District
- Hickman Mills C-1 School District
- Grandview C-4 School District
- Liberty School District
- Park Hill School District
- Platte County R-3 School District
- Raytown C-2 School District
- Lees Summit R-7 School District
- Blue Springs School District R-4
- District School of Independence
- Fort Osage R-1 School District
Library and archive
- The Linda Hall Library - an internationally recognized independent library of science, engineering and technology, holds over one million volumes.
- Mid-Continent Public Library - Missouri's largest public library system, and among the largest collections in America.
- Kansas City Public Library - Kansas City's oldest library system.
- University of Missouri-Kansas City Library - four collections: Leon E. Bloch Law Library and Miller Nichols Library, both at Volker Campus; and the Library of Health Science and the Dental Library, both at Hill Hospital in Kansas City.
- Greenview Library of Rockhurst University
- [Mid-America Black Archive | http://blackarchives.org/] - African-American experience research center in the middle Midwest.
- The National Archives and Archive Administration (NARA), the Central Plains Region - one of 18 national recording facilities, stores millions of archival and microfilm archives for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska at a new facility adjacent to Union Station, opened to the public in 2008.
Media
Print media
The Kansas City Star is the region's main newspaper. William Rockhill Nelson and his partner, Samuel Morss, first published a night paper on September 18, 1880. Star competed with the Kansas City Times morning before obtaining the publication in 1901 The name " Times "was suspended in March 1990, when the morning paper changed its name to" Star ".
Weekly newspapers include The Call (focusing on the Kansas City African-American community), Kansas City Business Journal , The Pitch , Ink , and bilingual publications Dos Mundos and KC Hispanic News .
The city is served by two faith-centered major newspapers: The Kansas City Metro Voice, serving the Christian community, and the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle serving the Jewish community. This is also the headquarters of the National Catholic Reporter , an independent Catholic newspaper.
Broadcast media
Kansas City media market (ranked 32th by Arbitron and 31 by Nielsen) includes 10 television stations, 30 FM and 21 AM radio stations. Kansas City's broadcasting work has been a springboard for national television and radio personality, notably Walter Cronkite and Mancow Muller.
The WDAF Radio (610 AM, now at 106.5 FM; AM frequency now occupied by KCSP) was signed in 1927 as an affiliate of the NBC Red Network, under the ownership of The Star. In 1949, i> Star was signed on WDAF-TV as an affiliate of the NBC television network. The Star sold the WDAF station in 1957, following an antitrust investigation by the United States government (reportedly launched on the orders of Truman, after the old feud with Star) over ownership of television and station newspapers radio. Radio KCMO (originally in 810 AM, now at 710 AM) was signed at KCMO-TV (now KCTV) in 1953. Each WHB owner (later at 710 AM, now at 810 AM) and KMBC radio (980 AM, now KMBZ), Cook Paint and Varnish Company and Midland Broadcasting Company, signed WHB-TV/KMBC-TV as a time-share arrangement on VHF 9 channel in 1953; KMBC-TV took over the full-time channel in June 1954, after Cook Paint and Varnish bought the Midland Broadcasting station.
The main broadcast television network has affiliates in the Kansas City market (includes 32 counties in northwest Missouri, with the exception of counties in the northwestern part of the state within the adjacent Saint Joseph market, and northeastern Kansas); including WDAF-TV 4 (Fox), KCTV 5 (CBS), KMBC-TV 9 (ABC), KCPT 19 (PBS), KCWE 29 (The CW), KSHB-TV 41 (NBC) and KSMO-TV 62 (MyNetworkTV ). Other television stations on the market include KTAJ-TV 16 (TBN), Kansas City, Kansas-based TV25.tv (consisting of three locally owned stations across northeastern Kansas, led by KCKS-LD 25, affiliated with multiple digital multicast networks) , Lawrence, Kansas-based KMCI-TV 38 (independent), Spanish-language station KUKC-LP 48 (Univision), and KPXE-TV 50 (Ion Television).
Movie community
Kansas City has become a venue for film and television production. Between 1931 and 1982 Kansas City is home to Calvin Company, a major film production company specializing in the promotion and sale of short films and commercials for companies, as well as educational films for schools and government. Calvin is an important place for the art of Kansas City, training local filmmakers who continue their careers in Hollywood and also hire local actors, most of whom earn their primary income in areas such as radio and television announcements. Kansas City native Robert Altman directed the film at Calvin Company, which directed him to film his first film, The Delinquents, in Kansas City using many local players.
The 1983 film The Day After was filmed in Kansas City and Lawrence, Kansas. The 1990s Truman Movie, starring Gary Sinise, was filmed in the city. Other films taken in or around Kansas City include Articles 99 , & amp; Mrs. Bridge , Kansas City , Moon Paper , In Cold Blood , The Ninth Path , and Sometimes They're Back (in and around Liberty nearby, Missouri). Recently, a scene in the controversial film BrÃÆ'¼no was filmed at the historic Phillips Hotel in downtown Kansas City.
Today, Kansas City is home to an active, independent film community. The Independent Filmmaker's Coalition is an organization dedicated to expanding and enhancing independent filmmaking in Kansas City. The city launched the KC Film Office in October 2014 with the aim of better marketing the city for television shows and movies to be filmed there. The City Council passed several film tax incentives in February 2016 to take effect in May 2016; The KC Film Office coordinates its efforts with the State of Missouri to restore state-level film incentives.
Infrastructure
Initially, Kansas City was the launching point for travelers in Santa Fe, Oregon and California. Then, with the construction of the Hannibal Bridge across the Missouri River, it became the intersection of 11 railroad tracks. More rail tonnage passes through the city than any other US city. Trans World Airlines (TWA) puts its headquarters in the city, and has an ambitious plan to turn the city into an air hub.
Highway
Missouri and Kansas were the first states to start building the interstate with Interstate 70. Interstate 435, which surrounds the entire city, is the second longest seat belt in the country. (Interstate 275 around Cincinnati, Ohio is the longest.) The Kansas City metro area has a more limited mile-per-mile lane highway access than any other large metro area, over 27% more than the second Dallas Fort Worth metablex, more from 50% more than the average American metropolitan area. The Sierra Club blames the extensive road network for exaggerated sprawl and downtown Kansas downtown. On the other hand, the relatively unattractive road network contributes significantly to Kansas City's position as one of America's largest logistics centers.
Airport
Kansas City International Airport was built to TWA specifications to create a world hub. The original design that is passenger-friendly puts each gate 100 feet (30 m) off the road. Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, costly reshuffle was necessary to conform to more stringent security protocols. Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport is the original headquarters of TWA and is home to the Museum of the History of Airlines. It is still used for general aviation and aerial exhibitions.
Public transport
Like most cities in America, Kansas City's mass transit system was originally rail-based. From 1870 to 1957, Kansas City's tramway system was among the top in the country, with more than 300 miles (480 km) of trajectory at its peak. The rapid fluctuations in the following years caused the private system to close.
KCATA- RideKC
On December 28, 1965, the Kansas City Regional Transport Authority (KCATA) was established through a bi-state state created by the legislatures of Missouri and Kansas. Kompak assigns responsibility to KCATA to plan, build, own and operate passenger transport systems and facilities within the seven districts.
Bus RideKC and MAX
In July 2005, KCATA launched the first fast bus transit line in Kansas City, Metro Area Express (MAX). MAX connects River Market, Downtown, Union Station, Crown Center and Country Club Plaza. The corridor employs over 150,000 workers. MAX operates and is marketed more like a rail system than a local bus line. Unique identity d
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