https://hilltopmonitor.jewell.edu/a-view-of-the-city/ The Official Student Publication of William Jewell College Tue, 01 Jun 2021 01:43:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://hilltopmonitor.jewell.edu/a-view-of-the-city/#comment-28856 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 01:43:48 +0000 https://hilltopmonitor.jewell.edu/?p=17390#comment-28856 I was born and raised in Kansas City. I know every quadrant of down town and into the suburbs. My father worked at 911 Main at the Commerce Tower Bank Building for Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Company in the 1960’s. I worked for him and rode the city bus to and from downtown KC back to the suburbs where our family lived in Rowland Park, Kansas. He originally worked at the KC Life Insurance Company, the building featured in your article. The buildings of note also, FBI building, AMTRAK and Grand Hall of Union Station, the East and West bottoms, the Money Museum, Federal Reserve Bank building, the US Post office on Grand Avenue, Hallmark Cards on Grand Ave at Crown Center, Country Club Plaza, Liberty Memorial, National WWI Museum, Kansas City Power and Light District with Sprint Convention Center, Municipal Auditorium, Jackson County Courthouse, Cathedral for Immaculate Conception, One Kansas City Place, Kauffman Stadium, Starlight Theatre, Airline History Museum at Charles B Wheeler, Swope Park, Historic Jazz District, Royals Baseball Stadium. Home of barbecue legend,Arthur Bryant, Hallmark Cards Corporate Home Offices.

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