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Quality Hill is a historic neighborhood near downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA, on a 200-foot-high bluff which overlooks the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers in the West Bottoms below. Located on the west side of downtown, it is bounded by Broadway to the east, I-35 to the west, 7th Street to the north, and 14th Street to the south.
The West Bottoms was founded as a livestock and meatpacking district in 1871. [2] It was home to the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange, Kansas City Stockyards, and the city's first Union railway depot. [3] The stockyards occupied more than two hundred acres and were surrounded by hotels, offices, shops, and banks for cattle buyers and cowboys. [4]
The Kansas City Stockyards in the West Bottoms west of downtown Kansas City, Missouri flourished from 1871 until closing in 1991. Jay B. Dillingham was the President of the stockyards from 1948 to its closing in 1991.
Kansas City’s second all-Black fire station, No. 15, was established in 1946 in the West Bottoms. The fire department integrated in 1958. “Unlike sites that are architecturally significant ...
The Edge of Hell in Kansas City West Bottoms district is the nation’s oldest continuously operating haunted attraction. It features a signature 5-story spiral slide and an encounter with the devil.
The Kansas City Live Stock Exchange building was the headquarters of the former historic Kansas City Stockyards. It is located at 1600 Gennesse in Kansas City, Missouri , in the West Bottoms . The building is on the National Register of Historic Places and is owned by Bill Haw.
Rock Island Bridge destination connecting KCK to the West Bottoms derailed until 2025. Bill Lukitsch. July 19, 2024 at 11:00 AM. ... the developer of the Kansas City, Kansas, project announced ...
Downtown Kansas City is defined as being roughly bounded by the Missouri River to the north, 31st Street to the south, Troost Avenue to the east, and State Line Road to the west. The locations of National Register properties and districts are in an online map.