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What IS that?: Statues on Summit

By Susan B. Wilson

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Kansas City, MO – KC Currents is bringing you the stories behind some different Kansas City landmarks, curiosities and architectural anomalies in the new series "What IS That?"

In this installment, KCUR's Susan B. Wilson asks about the statues of three mariachi players on the corner of 17th and Summit, on Kansas City's Westside.

Hear other stories and suggest ideas for the What is That? series on the KC Currents page.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Susan admits that her “first love” was radio, being an avid listener since childhood. However, she spent much of her career in mental health, healthcare administration, and sports psychology (Susan holds a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Bloch School of Business at UMKC.) In the meantime, Wilson satisfied her journalistic cravings by doing public speaking, providing “expert” interviews for local television, and being a guest commentator/contributor to KPRS’s morning drive time show and the teen talk show “Generation Rap.”
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