Ernest Hemingway in Kansas City

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Kansas City Now

Many of the buildings in present-day downtown Kansas City were built after Hemingway’s brief stint as a reporter for the Kansas City Star but he could have seen some of the following on his brief return to the city in 1940, when he stayed at the Muehlebach Hotel and granted an interview to his old newspaper. Some he would never have seen and photos of them are included here simply to give an impression of Kansas City today.

Kansas City’s City Hall

414 E 12th St, Kansas City, Missouri 64106, United States

Photo of the City Hall building in Kansas City
City Hall, Kansas City, Missouri. Completed in 1937, this 29 story building has a Beaux-Arts and Art-Deco style

The Power & Light Building

1330 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City, Missouri 64105, United States

Photo of the Power and Light building in Kansas City
Completed in 1931, the Art-Deco style Power & Light Building was the tallest habitable structure in Missouri until 1976. Originally the headquarters of the Kansas City Power and Light Company, the building is now a luxury apartment complex.

The Liberty Memorial

2 Memorial Dr, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, United States

Photo showing the Liberty Memorial tower and, below it, the National World War One Museum in Kansas City. In the foreground are some American flags. In the distance are some of the buildings in downtown Kansas City
The National World War I Museum and, above it, the Liberty Memorial Tower on Memorial Day Weekend, 2023. Opened in 1926, this was designated in 2004 by the United States Congress as the country’s official memorial and museum to World War I. The Liberty Memorial tower is 217 feet tall.

The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

1601 Broadway Blvd, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, United States

Photo of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City. The building consists of two symmetrical half shells of vertical, concentric arches covered in stainless steel
The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts which opened in 2011 and is the performance home to the Kansas City Symphony, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and the Kansas City Ballet

Downtown Kansas City

Photo showing a view of downtown Kansas City from the Liberty Memorial, with Union Station in the foreground
Looking towards downtown Kansas City from the Liberty Memorial, with Union Station in the foreground

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