Dangerous And Disinvested: Kansas City's Struggle To Fix Hundreds Of Blighted Buildings
The Beacon Debris litters the lot adjacent to A Splash of Life, located on the corner of 43rd Street and Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. It's been classified as a dangerous building since 2008, for issues that include an unsafe building structure and codes violations. A Beacon investigation into Kansas City's 363 listed dangerous buildings reveals a convoluted and confounding system missing one thing: accountability. The Splash of Life building, located on the corner of 43rd Street and Troost Avenue, is painted a hue of bubblegum pink with purple trimming. The windows on its wester...