View fullsize This postcard, postmarked 1957 (with a 3 cent stamp), features the "Ladies Lounge" in the building, with explanatory text on the back. Everything was certainly up to date in Kansas City 😂 Interestingly, the postcard had been sent to The P
View fullsize Glass paperweight, circa 1900, featuring the stockyards, with a little corner of the old Livestock Exchange Building. The yards, along the the building, were a source of civic pride for Kansas City, and many souvenirs, postcards, etc. featuring them
View fullsize Long and fruitful meeting with Justin and John yesterday reviewing plans for The Exchange Room, our upcoming event space on the second floor of the building. We are fortunate to be working with them, and you can be sure it will be one for the ages. S
View fullsize Just about finished with demolition on the center wing on the second floor, and excited to start buildout of our event space, The Exchange Room, with our friend John O'Brien (@hammeroutdesign). The space will feature a gorgeous permanent bar, servi
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View fullsize This weekend we came across a mailing postmarked 1914 - a pitch for a new livestock commission buying company.  ARE YOU WID ME? 😅 This guy had serious game!  ---------------------- You are privileged to live in a Golden Age. The pr
View fullsize An excerpt from our newly published Expanded History of the Livestock Exchange Building. Check out the link in our bio to read the full history, and while you're there, view the full collection of trade cards that we posted about yesterday.
View fullsize We are excited to have just acquired a trove of trade cards spanning the history of the building - over 30 in all. These cards are examples of late 19th- and early 20th-century trade cards used by livestock commission merchants who operated out of t
View fullsize July 1951 — The Great Flood remains one of the most devastating events in Kansas City history. In this aerial photograph, the Missouri River has engulfed the Stockyards, wiping out nearly everything in its path. The water rose so high it reache
View fullsize We are currently in the planning stages for our new event space, which will occupy the center wing on the second floor of the building. We are working with our friend John O'Brien (@hammeroutdesign), the designer behind the Golden Ox, Voltaire, Amigo
View fullsize Sharing a few vintage postcards we’ve collected over the past year featuring the building, the stockyards, and other key spots around the neighborhood. We added a page to our website featuring the entire collection, so take a look if you're i
View fullsize Browsing through the Library of Congress website this morning, I came across a publication entitled "Kansas City as it is" from around 1903. Scrolling through, I saw this ad for the Kansas City Stock Yards. Check out the beautiful book
View fullsize Ray is the heart and soul of the Livestock Exchange Building. This is his command center in Suite 760, where he's managing the construction on an entire wing we're building out for our friend (and mighty distributor of justice) Brandon and his firm.
View fullsize Here's how we get loads of 4' x 8' sheetrock into the 7th floor. 💪
View fullsize 1956 brochure for the Livestock Exchange Building & KC Stockyards.
View fullsize We've stripped the floors on 2-9, and now it's time for the lobby and the rest of the first floor. That's happening Sunday, so be prepared for gleaming white floors come Monday. The second frame is a short status update video for the first floor men
View fullsize From the letterhead of The Kansas City Stockyards Co., scanned from a letter dated February 6, 1935. Dear Mr. Houx: Referring to our conversation this morning. We want to get this rent matter settled and to do so, we are willing to make a further c
View fullsize Tenant Feature: Jekyll Studio Jekyll is the branding and design studio of Micah Allen and Nathan Holthus. They design and create brand systems to help people and organizations reach their full potential. What that means is that we use brand strategy
View fullsize We are pleased to announce an exhibition of bronze sculptures by Grant Speed at the Commerce Bank's Box Gallery, opening Thursday, April 9 (11:30am - 1:00pm). The 14 sculptures on display represent a portion of the collection sprinkled through the L
View fullsize 9 stories tall, multiple staircases. A lot of people walk up and down these stairs to their offices and studios every day, but we've got elevators too if you're not in the mood.