Allied-Callaway Liquidation Auction Everything Must Sell - Online Only Bidding   Bidding ends Wednesday, August 25th - 7:00PM Preview: Tuesday, August 24th 8:00AM - 4:00PM   720 E. 3rd St. Kansas City, MO 64106     1000's of items to be sold!                                                                      Additional Photos   Allied-Callaway has closed their doors an is liquidating all of their assets.  This includes everything; company vehicles, forklifts, yard carts, office equipment, warehouse inventory, power tools, machinery, equipment, hand tools, and much more!     Allied-Callaway's commercial real estate is selling same day. Offers for Allied Callaway Equipment Co. as a whole to include real estate and all other business assets will be considered.  816-361-2600913-390-9393Ma... 08/11/2010

Commercial Real Estate Complex Auction Online Only Bidding - Sells to the Highest Bidder!   Wednesday, August 25th - 7:00pm Preview By Appointment Only   720 / 800 E. 3rd St. Kansas City, MO 64106 & 301 Charlotte St. Kansas City, MO 64106        720 E 3rd. St                               800 E. 3rd St   301 Charlotte St.     Additional Photos  This fabrication & distribution complex includes both 720 & 800 E 3rd Street.  There is an adjacent lot that will be sold seperately.  Both are ready for a new owner & will be sold to the highest bidder via online only bidding. This complex consists of two buildings with over 20,900 square feet. The main building holds the primary offices, warehouse, and common areas. The clear height is at 10' with column spacing at 40' x 20'. 6,500 sq ft. is de... 08/11/2010

The Blue Nile Restaurant in Kansas City serves traditional Ethiopian food. I had the Dobo Watt which is a spicy chicken dish. Most of the menu items used spices in the preparation so the aroma is heavenly from the minute you walk in the door. The Blue Nile is located in the River Market of Kansas City - 5th and Main - so you can stroll through all the booths before settling down for lunch. There are several restaurants surrounding the River Market. I'll have to go back to try them all! The spicy iced tea at the Blue Nile is quite refreshing on a hot summer day. Spiced with cinnamon and cardamon, it's better than caffeine to perk one up! After a fine lunch, you might like to visit the Arabia Museum across the way. The Arabia Museum is a 28,000 square foot building filled with artifacts f... 06/25/2010

Historic Buildings in Kansas City - The building itself is not historic yet it holds some of the most historically significant artifacts from its' time. The Arabia Museum in Kansas City is all about a steamboat that sank in the Missouri River in 1856. The Arabia was carrying everything needed to build the town of Logan Nebraska but without supplies, Logan was not built and the settlers instead moved to Sioux City Iowa. In the 1850's, it took about 6 days to travel from St. Louis Mo to St. Joseph MO by steamship. The ship burned ~ 32 cords of wood every 24 hours. Wood was cut from the banks of the Missouri River. Cutting the trees caused erosion. Erosion caused trees to slip into the river. Going downstream was not too bad but coming upstream, the trees that had fallen into the river lay... 06/24/2010

I read an article recently in the Kansas City Star about a new concept in urban living. Single family, detached homes are currently being built in the River Market. They are unlike any house I have seen, and truly have an urban look. They are being marketed to people who want urban living, but don't want to share walls with their neighbors in the traditional condos or town homes. The homes range from $425,000 - $505,000 and are 2 bedroom, 2.5 bathrooms and an attached 2 car garage. While you do get at 25-year property tax abatement of 100% for 10 years and 50% for the remaining 15 years, the properties are actually classified as condominiums, so there is also a 12 cent per square foot association fee. Brad Papa is a licensed real estate agent in Kansas and Missouri and can be reached at... 05/29/2008

The City Market is found in Kansas City's River Market area.   The River MarketWhen I left Kansas City in 1986 to begin my journey in Washington, DC, I left a downtown area of Kansas City that no one really wanted to be a part of.  My how things have changed. When I returned in 2004 and began exploring all that had changed during my odyssey I was most pleasantly surprised to find the River Market area.  To give you some background, when I was growing up this area was known as the River Quay.  Translation to Kansas Citians of that era, River Quay meant "place where mafia members blow each other up".  Today it means lifestyle.  The area is alive and well with a mixture of young urbanites and people from the suburbs walking around looking at the abundance of loft conversions going on.  Urb... 05/06/2007