Kansas City Houses, by Bruce Matthews Books Bath Countryside

Countryside

with the capacity to absorb nearly 7X its weight in liquid

Red glitter hearts with gold KC engraved

Kid's sock with the bright colored light bulbs inspired by Kansas City's Plaza lights

simplistic style

Kansas City Houses, by Bruce Matthews Books Bath CountrysideAmong the 40 superb homes featured each well documented with archival and new photography as well as floor plans are Oak Hall (1887) built for newspaper publisher William Rockhill Nelson, whose fortune helped establish the Nelson Atkins Museum; the magnificent Corinthian Hall (1910), the classical mansion built by Henry F. Hoit for lumber baron Robert A. Long; the modern masterpiece designed by Edward W. Tanner for Walter E. Bixby of Kansas City Life