Kansas City Jazz District Garners MILLIONS For 'The Parker' Scheme

18th & Vine apartments will preserve historic building, pay homage to jazz

18th & Vine Developers LLC staged a groundbreaking for The Parker, a 48-apartment community that will preserve the historic House of Hits building in the jazz district.

Kansas City Jazz District Garners MILLIONS For 'The Parker' Scheme

Despite so much development celebration . . . Let's not forget the reality of this heroin-addicted music legend when he said to his long-suffering wife: "If I die, please don't bury me in Kansas City." And so . . .Local tribute to the jazz legend might be doomed & overwrought for quite a few reasons. In this report we check the price tag . . .  Read more at tonyskansascity.com

Developers unveil ‘The Parker’ at historic jazz site; the latest 18th & Vine reboot project

‘We will have an 18th and Vine where we don’t just tell stories, but where we make new ones,’ said Mayor Quinton Lucas. ‘And we will have an 18th and Vine that continues to be a crown jewel – not just of our Black community – but of our entire region.’ Respecting the hallowed ground of 18th & Vine’s past is critical as Kansas City’s famed jazz district moves into the future, said Leonard Graham during a groundbreaking and name unveiling ceremony…