Areas… 1978 look at Broadway, Seventh and Ninth streets 17 Jul 201813 Jul 2018 Want to take a walk through the past? This 1978 historic survey report on Columbia's buildings on Broadway, Seventh and Ninth streets and it reads like a walk through time, describing…
Areas… Dangers of historical research 16 Aug 201716 Aug 2017 I started off my work day planning to post the news about the bed and breakfast at 606 S. College heading for closure in December, part of MU's budget cutting…
Columbia Historic Preservation Commission… The Blue Note and Ragtag/Uprise/Hitt Records buildings honored 29 Mar 201730 Mar 2017 This just in -- the buildings that house The Blue Note, Ragtag Cinema, Uprise Bakery and Hitt Records will be honored with a new award. According to this Columbia Missourian…
Commercial Buildings… Got ideas? Hall Theatre hits 100, faces uncertain future 28 Aug 2016 History, like aging, isn't for sissies. As this Aug. 28-29, 2016 article outlines, the Hall Theatre is facing an uncertain future as it hits 100. One man, Don Mueller, wants…
Commercial Buildings History literally lights up what you see 5 Aug 2016 Here's another reason to visit Tallulahs Kitchen store at 812 E. Broadway, in addition to checking out the store's amazing kitchen tools, gadgets and cookbooks. Before you go in look…
Commercial… Ninth and Elm streets until 1969, Columbia Commercial Club 1 Aug 2016 If you thought the destruction of the old Shakespeare's Pizza at Ninth and Elm the fall of 2015 was a tragedy, it wasn't the first one at that intersection. This…
Commercial… Hidden high-rise highlighted twice 1 Jun 20152 Jun 2015 Here in 2015, there's lots of talk about whether downtown Columbia should sport so many high-rise apartment buildings, but in 1910, another high-rise faced a different kind of problem --…
Commercial… The history behind The Blue Note building 10 Jul 2014 Yes, you've heard right: Richard King is selling The Blue Note at 17 N. Ninth St. But this former "movie palace," won't be going the way of other movie venues…
Apartments… Skyscrapers, preservation and development 2 May 2014 Can preservationists learn to love skyscrapers? Sure. Because it's not the height, the location or how old a build is that matters -- it's quality and how the building will…
Churches… This is why you get lost in Columbia, Missouri 3 Apr 2014 Bet you didn't know that Chapel Hill Road used to be West Boulevard South. Which now makes sense of the fact that the rest of West Boulevard often has addresses…
