Historic Northeast Facts
If you were “going to Kansas City” to visit 12 and Vine, you'd find this
What is... Oversized Piano Key Board parking lot
Greek word for Mercy
What is... Eleos located at 3401 Independence Ave
What is... Crossroads District, 1709 Walnut... Downtown
Roughly, The number of dolls are in the United Federation of Doll Clubs museum
What is...Over 1,000 dolls
Kansas City got the nick name “cow town” from this
What is... It was home to the 9 story Largest Livestock Exchange building in the entire world. Located in the West Bottoms, often called the Stockyards District.
Years the Northeast News been in business
What is... 88 Years
There is a “new and tiny” Business that opened on Independence Ave in the Historic Northeast International Marketplace. What do they sell?
What is... African Apparel
Area with Greatest need of Bigs for BBBS
What is... Eastern Jackson County
Ice cream shop sells tequila flavored ice cream?
What is...Frutopia located at 3737 Independence Ave.
The Queen of Kansas City’s textile industry, which , for a time , was the second only to the textile industry of New York City
What is... Nell Donnelly “Nelly Don”
Business in Northeast Kansas City that is 90 Years old
What is... Passantino Bros. Funeral Home.
Ways to contact the Northeast Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
What is... nekcchamber.com 816-231-3312 Check out our Facebook page
The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters KC
What is... Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City works to clear the path to a child’s biggest possible future by matching them with a caring, adult mentor in a one-to-one friendship.
Name of the first building on KU's campus, that is now called Scofield Hall?
Dickey Mansion - Walter S. Dickey was an arch rival of William Nelson founder of the Nelson-Atkins Art Galley
The last horse drinking fountain that's located in the Greater Kansas City area
What is... Wyandotte, KS - Wyandotte County Museum 631 N. 126th St., Bonner Springs. It’s free to see the fountain outside the front door. Inside the museum, donations are appreciate
Current name of the Medical School on Independence Ave
What is... K C U stands for Kansas City University
Common name for the largest warehousing space in the Northeast.
What is... Hardisty Storage.
Rough Estimate of BBBS Current Active Matches
What is... 1200+ Active Matches
The two newest Coffee Shops in the Northeast?
What is... P H Coffee and Splitlog Coffee
This now stands at Signboard Hill
What is... A magnificent indoor waterfall in the lobby of the Westin Kansas City at Crown Center.
The US-24 Rail overpass in NEKC also known as
What is... The Truck-Eating Bridge
Name of the store on Independence ave that sells imported foods from Turkey and the middle east
What is... Huda Foods at 3239 Independence Ave.
Age requirement on Becoming a Big
What is... 21+ years old
Number of murals has the Northeast KC Chamber showcased on their Mural Map
What is... 29 Murals
The Origin of Kansas City being called the city of fountains
What is... Back in the late 1800s, the very first fountains were not for general beautification, but for the roughly 70,000 horses that lived and worked across the budding metro. They had found that stagnant water in wooden troughs resulted in the spread of a nasty equine disease.