In The Loop: Dec 19, 2021
Your weekly email from The KC Downtown Loop
A century after the first shots were fired in “The War to End All Wars,” President Barack Obama on this day in 2014 signed legislation passed by both houses of Congress effectively re-designating Kansas City’s Liberty Memorial complex as the “National World War I Museum and Memorial.” The legislation provided an additional designation for the museum, which was previously deemed “America’s National World War I Museum” by Congress after President George W. Bush signed that legislation in 2004.
It was on Christmas morning in 1961 that the shocks from two earthquakes originating near Excelsior Springs, Missouri, were felt in Downtown Kansas City and throughout northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas. The second shock (around 7 a.m.) was stronger than the first (about 6:20 a.m.), and an Isoseismal map of the second quake indicates that Downtown and central Kansas City, Missouri, were affected to the same degree (Zone V) as the area immediately surrounding the quake’s epicenter.
(Zone V is characterized by "felt by nearly everyone; many awakened, some dishes, windows, etc., broken; a few instances of cracked plaster; unstable objects overturned, disturbance of trees, poles, and other tall objects sometimes noticed, pendulum clocks may stop")
However, lacking the technology we have today, officials in 1961 mailed about 700 questionnaires to postmasters, police chiefs, newspaper editors, and geologists in the area in hopes of determining the intensity pattern. Afterward, it may have been that the intensity of the quakes in the city were exaggerated due to the larger number of people who returned the questionnaires from the more densely populated area in KCMO.
How windy was it on Wednesday night? Check this out from a resident of a Downtown hi-rise:
KCUR 89.3 FM has an excellent list of last-minute holiday pop-ups, including these in the Downtown area:
🎄 Rec Deck the Halls at Boulevard Brewing Company
🎄 Conductor Club at Pierpont's, Union Station
🎄 Tinsel Town at Tom's Town Distilling Co.
See the full article from KCUR, including a few maker markets that might still be open today, here:
As reported in CitySceneKC, the Boulevardia urban street festival will move from the West Bottoms to Crown Center in 2022 (on Father’s Day weekend):
Jackson Mahomes—Patrick’s 21-year-old brother—was in the news again, this time for getting roasted online by Downtown craft cocktail bar, SoT (South of Truman) after the younger Mahomes complained on TikTok about his experience at the lounge on Grand Boulevard. SoT responded harshly, then ultimately apologized for the unkind (but not necessarily untrue) words they posted about Jackson. Despite KC’s love for Jackson’s big brother (WHAT A GAME THURSDAY!), there were many on social media who thought the young man deserved this virtual kick in the ass. Hopefully it’s a positive lesson learned for everyone involved. Here’s the TMZ story:
Artful City: One weekly selection from a Downtown artist, gallery, or museum
Quick Clip: The city in motion—just a few seconds at a time
Downtown Lens: A single image depicting life around the Loop
Give a friendly Downtown-Kansas City welcome to….
Participants and spectators of America’s Best Cheerleading Grand Nationals yesterday and today at Municipal Arena
Fans of A Magical Cirque Christmas, this Tuesday, December 21, at the Music Hall
🎶 And every-one you meet 🎄
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