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Kansas City Fall Foliage

Kansas City Fall Foliage

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2014’s Kansas City Plaza Lights

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Kansas City February Snow, West Plaza, JJ’s

Along Roanoke, West Plaza.   Snowman.     Residential.     Deadly Intersection.   Residential & Plaza Vista       Ward Parkway &…
Plaza Lights - Kansas City - Dec. 2, 2012

Plaza Lights – Kansas City – Dec. 2, 2012

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Protest in Kansas City against Israeli military activity toward Gaza

Sunday afternoon in Kansas City MO near Nichols Fountain on the Plaza - protest of Israeli military assaults on Gaza.
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Kansas City’s Waterfire 2012

Seven pics from the Waterfire event on Saturday October 27th in Kansas City.
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Plaza Vista/4840 Roanoke Construction Progress on September 2, 2012.

Progress/update photos I shot last weekend of the Plaza Vista/4840 Roanoke office construction where law firm Polsinelli Shughart will be headquartered. They started adding glass panels so I thought I should do an update. …
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Traffic Motion on 47th Street on the Plaza – Kansas City

Some shots of traffic motion through intersections on 47th Street on the Plaza, taken for my traffic signal and intersection photo project for Rhythm Engineering. One final shot after I finished what I needed…
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4840 Roanoke/”Plaza Vista” Construction Site Aerials

On Monday June 18th, the night I shot my downtown KC aerial photography in my previous post, I also requested of the helicopter pilot to circle us a couple of times around the former West Edge site, now to be called "Plaza Vista" I believe,…
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Kansas City’s Protest Against Syria’s Assad Regime Sunday

Another protest this week on Sunday was held near Nichols Fountain on the Plaza against Syria's Bashar Al-Assad and his government. People from the mideast living in Kansas City have done a good job of holding solidarity protests alongside the…
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Protest in Kansas City on Sunday Against Assad Regime in Syria

A protest took place Sunday afternoon (Feb 19 2012) on the Plaza in Kansas City, MO against the corrupt Bashar government in Syria. Widespread atrocities are reported in Syria at present, though it mostly goes unnoticed in the American media.…
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Update on West Edge Demolition Plus Geese By Brush Creek

One afternoon last week I walked from my West Plaza dwelling down to the demolition site of the West Edge project on the Plaza, and to Brush Creek where the geese were grazing.
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Protest of Russian Election Results on Saturday

Saturday afternoon a small protest was held at Mill Creek Park on the Plaza in Kansas City against the fraudulent Russian elections that took place at the end of last year. The group was also joined by some members of the Occupy Kansas City…
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West Edge Demolition Update From Near the Cancer Survivors Park

The last time I had shot photos of the West Edge project demolition progress was on Christmas Eve - Previous set here. Noticing the building has been getting less tall and that a month had gone by it seemed like I ought to get some more. …
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Statues at JC Nichols Fountain Up Close

The day after it snowed a little last week I went traipsing into Nichols Fountain with its absence of water in the winter to get up-close fisheye lens shots of the statues with the Plaza lit up at sunset in the background. …
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West Edge Project Demolition on Christmas Eve

On the afternoon of Christmas Eve I snapped up some more deconstruction/demolition progress shots of the West Edge project on the Plaza. Demolition progress photos on the ill-fated West Edge project by architect Moshe Safdie, who noted he's…
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KC Plaza Lights 2011

A friend met up with me for Plaza shots on Friday - first time this season I've done shots of the Plaza lit up for Christmas. I'm going to try for a few extra before they turn them off in mid-January. …
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West Edge Demolition in November

The demolition progress of the never-completed West Edge in Kansas City is coming along so on Thursday I nabbed a few new shots of the de-construction.
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West Edge on Plaza Under Demolition

Fall-ish October shots from just off the Plaza that detail somewhat the West Edge project being deconstructed before it was even finished. Get your pictures now while you still can. Friday 10/28/2011. This weekend will be busy - there's a…
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West Edge Pre-Demolition

Architect Moshe Safdie's 3/4th's completed West Edge on the Plaza, being prepped for demolition after it has sat for about three years unfinished. Kansas City MO, Oct 8, 2011.
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Mayor Sly James at the Plaza on Saturday Night

Kansas City Mayor Sly James visited the Country Club Plaza Saturday evening in an effort to address the problem of underage loitering and flash mobs that have started to take place in the past year on the Plaza. I followed Mayor Sly around for…
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Hilltop Portrait of the West Edge

Last night at dusk I went up the hill from Ward Parkway to Rockwell Lane and Sunset Drive and used my telephoto lens to get a look at the West Edge project as it's been for at least a couple of years now - unfinished. I thought I heard something…
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Protest in Kansas City Against Syria’s Bashar al-Assad

On Sunday afternoon at Mill Creek Park on the Plaza in Kansas City, a rally was organized encouraging the protesters in Syria currently being fired upon by government forces of Bashar al-Assad. Press releases were sent to the local KC news…
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Protest in Kansas City Against Muammar Gaddafi in Libya

Following up on the revolution in Egypt that resulted in a couple of photoblog postings on my part covering rallies here in Kansas City (One and Two), there is now a great deal of protesting and unrest in Muammar Gaddafi's Libya, enough to bring…
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Demonstration for Egypt on Saturday

A large group of demonstrators came to the Nichols Fountain area on the Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri on Saturday afternoon at 4 PM to demonstrate against the Hosni Mubarak regime in Egypt currently being protested in various forms back in…
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Snowed Over Plaza

After leaving work on the southern part of the Plaza on Monday afternoon I trudged vehicularly in the snow past the pedestrian bridge with all the national flags of Kansas City's designated sister cities. When I got home I eventually grabbed…