#TheLoopWantsToKnow….

Quizzes, polls, and more from the KC Downtown Loop

Most weeks, 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, too, so you can choose to post your response either here (on Substack) or there (on Twitter).

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This week, #TheLoopWantsToKnow:

Q: In October 1948, the world clocks at Emery Bird Thayer department store were reinstalled after the elevators were replaced. London, Rome, San Francisco, New York, and Tokyo. Why did one city receive special attention in the Star afterward?

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Answer upside-down below….

1948 photo of 11th and Walnut streets. The Emery Bird Thayer department store is on the right. Photo: Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Mo.

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