Valentine

Kansas City Life Insurance Company demolished nearly two dozen buildings at the north end of the Valentine neighborhood last year, and has more planned. In July, the Valentine Neighborhood Association applied for a portion of the neighborhood to be designated a historic district, and the Kansas City Council could vote as early as this week on the proposal.

Valentine residents complain that the insurance company has been hollowing out the neighborhood for decades and leaving them in the dark. Kansas City Life said its plans for a future mixed-use development are not ready to be made public.