There were at least five Sears locations in the Kansas City metro at one point. A large Sears store stood on the Country Club Plaza, and the former Metcalf South Mall store met the wrecking ball ...

After the last Kansas City area Sears closed earlier this year, a popular hardware store is taking over the space. Westlake Ace Hardware will open in the second quarter of 2024 in the 12,000 ...

A small ad in the Kansas City Star on March 7, 1951, states that the “audience participation show is broadcast live from 10:00 to 10:30 daily at the Plaza Sears store.” Ad in the Kansas City Star.

The Plaza, the brainchild of Kansas City real estate magnate J.C. Nichols ... and national middle-class names such as Sears and Woolworth. A grocery, barber shop and bowling alley were part ...

Long considered Kansas City’s crown jewel, the Plaza once dominated the local shopping ... Inside, a large Sears sign is still over the space it vacated in 2019. Independence Center now has ...

The Sears store in Johnson County, the last in the Kansas City area, will soon close. The location, at 6327 W. 119th St., is now covered with signs announcing its final sale. Sears Home & Life ...

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Add Sears to ... residents and city officials. "Everybody knew this day was coming," said Steve Erdelen, a St. Ann resident with the group called Let's Revitalize Northwest Plaza Now!

The final Sears location in the Kansas City metro is closing soon, and the number of active stores in the United States is a shadow of what it used to be. The final Sears location in the Kansas ...