Tag: Dave Eames

Katz cat grins again: KC icon returning to the streets — this time near Liberty Memorial

By Tommy Felts / September 1, 2022

Editor’s note: The following story was originally published by CityScene KC, an online news source focused on Greater Downtown Kansas City. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for the weekly CityScene KC email review. The Katz Drug Store sign, a one-time iconic streetscape fixture in Kansas City and beyond with its happy cat…

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They fought to end Lee’s Summit’s neon ban; now they’re relighting a grinning, spinning Katz face in KC

By Tommy Felts / February 1, 2022

How a Lee’s Summit duo is reviving eye-catching signs of KC’s past The iconic face of Katz Drug Store — the famed retail operation that grew from the streets of Kansas City to eventually become CVS — is set to return to its hometown thanks, in part, to a pair of unlikely neon sign restorationists. …

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