Plainly put: J.C. Nichols was a racist. Kansas City need not honor him. Nichols’ disturbing views on race would be reason enough for renaming the fountain and parkway. But the project takes on ...

A protest movement against social injustice and racism had renewed scrutiny on Nichols' role in helping create Kansas City's racial dividing lines. The Kansas City Board of Parks and Recreation ...

Update: Kansas City parks board votes to strike J.C. Nichols’ name from fountain and street. Story here. The family of J.C. Nichols, together with the Miller Nichols Charitable Trust ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For nearly one year, the fountain at the eastern entrance ... calling for the renaming of what was then J.C. Nichols Parkway. "Especially with the internet," Sierra said.

Now local city officials are pushing to change the name of the JC Nichols Fountain and Parkway. One Kansas City business says their store has been broken into for the eighth time, this one was ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Crews with the parks department tore two plaques dedicated to J.C. Nichols out of the sidewalk near the famous fountain in the Country Club Plaza on Wednesday, July 1.

He left an indelible mark on many other institutions as well, including the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Full view of the J.C. Nichols Fountain ...

The Kansas City Parks and Rec Board is considering renaming the J.C. Nichols fountain and parkway in a bid to remove the name of the real estate developer who also spurred redlining and racial ...

Three major civic organizations in Kansas City have lent their support to the proposal to rename the J.C. Nichols Fountain in Mill Creek Park and the adjacent J.C. Nichols Parkway. On Friday ...

Saying they “reject policies that were exclusionary, racist and wrong,” a group of Kansas City business organizations says it supports renaming the J.C. Nichols Fountain and J.C. Nichols Parkway.

Months after Kansas City's most iconic fountain was taken apart for repairs, the J.C. Nichols Memorial Fountain is a step closer to being restored.Crews delivered the refurbished statues to the ...

A VOTE THIS AFTERNOON TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE J.C. NICHOLS FOUNTAIN AND PARKWAY. OUR MICHEAL MAHONEY JOINS US LIVE. MICHEAL YOU WERE IN THE ROOM, WHEN THAT VOTE HAPPENED. > THIS HAPPENED WITH A ...