It was designed in 1922 as the nation's first suburban shopping district. Since then, it's open-air public art gallery has continuously added to its collection, with fountains, sculptures and murals that bring the very best of the Old World and the New.
The Plaza’s ever-growing popularity and reputation have been recognized around the country, but nowhere is it held in higher esteem than in Kansas City. Many Kansas Citians have a personal pride about the Plaza. Generations have grown up with it. New generations are eager to discover it. Throughout the years of development in the Kansas City Metro area, the Plaza has become more of an urban cultural district, and less of the suburban shopping center it originally was. The neighborhood around the Plaza is changing. Luxury condominiums have risen around the district, attracting upper-income empty nesters and young professionals with new consumer demands, but with a sense of pride with the Plaza’s place in history.
