Subject: Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

• Horsley Backed the Arts; Now the Arts Community Backs Horsley

  July 1, 2008

• Arts center still looking for $60 million

  Last month, steelworkers installed beams between the concert hall and the theater at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Set to open in 2010, the future home of the Kansas City Symphony, the Kansas City Ballet and the Lyric Opera is beginning to make what should be an ultimately dramatic mark on the skyline. The project could still use a little cash, however. A $60 million shortfall remains. Jane Chu, a spokeswoman for the center, says the $405 million project is 85 percent funded.

  January 14, 2009

• Kauffman Center construction looks cool

  When the Sprint Center was going up downtown, it seemed like bloggers and others were keeping everyone updated with rooftop cameras and running commentary. I'm not hearing the same sort of buzz about construction of the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, which will be a much more dramatic building by the time it's done (if it ever actually gets done, but that's another story). Since it's basically across the street from Pitch headquarters, I decided to walk outside and take a few pictu

  February 25, 2009

• Workers picket the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts construction site

  On my way to work this morning, I snapped this photo of union workers picketing at the gates of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts construction site. The local news has mostly focused on the picket lines at the Truman Sports Complex, pretty much ignoring the other work stoppages throughout the city. So here's a look at one in the Crossroads. A couple months ago, Pitch editor C.J. Janovy snapped photos of the construction, which looks to be halted.

  April 3, 2009

• Strike's over

  The Cement Masons Local 518 and the Builders Association of Greater Kansas City have reached an agreement, The Kansas City Star reported. So these guys on the right are back to work on the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts after a day of picketing. Work has also resumed at the Truman Sports Complex.

  April 4, 2009

• A lawsuit makes a strong case that J.E. Dunn Construction Company rebuilt downtown with little help from minority businesses

  March 19, 2009

• Broken Piggy Banks

  March 5, 2009

• Spare Any Change?

  Kansas City's big-money donors fund art museums and symphony halls but not a homeless center.

  January 3, 2008

• Candy Cottage Cannibals

  December 27, 2007

• Gimme, Gimme, Gimme

  When it comes to paychecks, Kansas City's largest construction company acts like a child.

  October 11, 2007

• Construction continues at the future site of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

  A couple of months ago, Pitch editor C.J. Janovy snapped some cool pics of the construction at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. This morning, The Kansas City Star has a big story on the project, which is still two years away from completion. There's a cool slideshow on the Star's site of construction workers and steel beams. I snapped these shots on my way to work today.

  April 20, 2009

• A river runs from 17th Street to Southwest Boulevard

  About an hour ago The Pitch's tech priest Matt Spencer noticed a stream flowing down Southwest Boulevard all the way to the Interstate 35 overpass. He tracked it back to this alley on 17th Street between Baltimore and Wyandotte. Normally, it looks like this: View Larger Map Here's what he found  ...Spencer says the yellow stream of sediment appears to coming from the construction site of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Here's a look at the stream washing down Baltimore.

  June 9, 2009

• 1 dead after accident at KC Performing Arts Center construction site

  ​One person has died after an industrial accident at the construction site of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Kansas City police say a lift failed and either fell or collapsed, injuring two men. The men were taken to local hospitals, and one of the men has died. The other man is being treated for his injuries.

  November 10, 2009

• Lift accident victims identified

  ​Kansas City police released the names of victims of yesterday's industrial accident at the construction site of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Police say 35-year-old Ryan Goodman of Lee's Summit died after the cherry-picker lift he was in tipped over. Goodman was reportedly 50 feet in the air.Police say 30-year-old Shane Wagener of Grain Valley is in serious but stable condition. There are still no answers to why the lift collapsed.

  November 11, 2009

• And we're back ...

  Darrel Wayne Mohler​Another family member has been charged in the sexual abuse case in Lafayette County. Darrel Wayne Mohler, the 72-year-old brother of Burrell Edward Mohler Sr., is charged with two counts of felony rape.The latest charges come after authorities cleared a man that they claimed was a suspect in the case. Also, the father of an alleged victim is speaking out.In other news, The Kansas City Star had a nice piece on the life and death of Ryan Goodman, the ironworker killed

  November 16, 2009

• Performing Arts Center showing some skin

  ​Its steel bones in place, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is beginning to show Kansas City what a $413-million concert hall looks like.The above photo, taken Friday afternoon, shows workers erecting a stainless steel exterior that will be visible from Broadway. The view should be even more striking in summer, when the sun makes a higher arc. For more pics, check out the Kauffman Center's Web album and photographer Eric Bowers' site.

  December 7, 2009