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Day: March 19, 2026

Instead of tearing down century-old homes in Rockhill Crest, an urban renewal firm is going to restore and resell them

Photography by Jake Wickersham

When a developer snaps up a cluster of houses in Kansas City’s urban core, especially from a major institution like the University of Missouri–Kansas City, flashy renderings of glassy mixed-use projects seem to follow. That’s not the plan in Rockhill Crest. Local firm CORE Urban Renew is purchasing 10 homes from UMKC along 53rd to… Continue reading Instead of tearing down century-old homes in Rockhill Crest, an urban renewal firm is going to restore and resell them

Constructing the perfect taco with Chef Fernanda Reyes

Chef Fernanda Reyes. Photography by Zach Bauman.

“A taco without lime is not a taco,” says Fernanda Reyes, owner of Westport’s Taco Naco as she stands in the taqueria’s kitchen. However, setting aside that one rule for the “perfect taco,” the rest of Reyes taco philosophy is quite fluid. As she gestures to a variety of dried peppers, tortillas of all sizes… Continue reading Constructing the perfect taco with Chef Fernanda Reyes