Why the landmark Imperial Brewery downtown will soon face the wrecking ball

Photography by Jeremey Theron Kirby

Kansas City has long loved local lager. The vacant Imperial Brewery Co. building looming ominously over I-35, just south of downtown Kansas City, is proof. Built in 1902, at its zenith the six-story brick brewery was producing some 300,000 barrels of beer a year. The signature beers were Mayflower and Imperial Seal. It’s been vacant… Continue reading Why the landmark Imperial Brewery downtown will soon face the wrecking ball