February 9, 2015
Community joins effort to create KC cultural district around art museum
A visitor to the Country Club Plaza might cover a mile or more on foot within the shopping district. But few think about walking the couple of blocks east to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art due to obstacles such as the ultra-busy intersection of Main Street and Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard.
Eliminating such hurdles is among the goals of a proposed cultural arts district that was the focus of a community planning effort conducted last Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the recently renovated Bancroft…