#TheLoopWantsToKnow….

Quizzes, polls, and more from the KC Downtown Loop

Each week, we’ll pose a question or a poll, an image or a graphic, to which we’d like your answers or opinions. We’ll post a link to the question or poll on Twitter and Spoutible, too, so you can choose to post your response either here (on Substack) or there (on Twitter and Spoutible).

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This week, #TheLoopWantsToKnow:

Q: The Victoria Hotel opened on 9th Street between McGee and Oak on this Sunday's date in 1888. What was it about the 240-room establishment that made it a “first” according to the book, History of the American Hotel?

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(Answer below, upside down)

The Victoria Hotel (obviously called the Hotel Victoria as well), which was destroyed by fire in 1960, is pictured in this early 20th-century postcard. Image: Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Mo.

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