Tag: Jonathan O’Neil Cole

Million-dollar corporate gift puts $25M Negro Leagues capital campaign on the board; now you’re on deck

By Tommy Felts / May 3, 2023

Editor’s note: Bank of America is a financial partner of Startland News, although this report was created independently by the nonprofit newsroom. A historic age of impact is under way, said Bob Kendrick, as Kansas City’s Negro Leagues Baseball Museum unveiled plans for a new, state-of-the art campus backed by a $1 million grant from…

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Patrick Klima, WyCo Vintage

WyCo Vintage — boasting world’s largest collection of vintage tees — opens second sister-shop on Broadway

By Tommy Felts / July 31, 2021

Patrick Klima likely does more laundry than anyone else in Kansas City, he said, half-joking.  “The WyCo Vintage inventory is constantly being updated. We’ve been doing weekly drops of about 75 or so vintage shirts for the past four years — which means a lot of washing, shooting, SEO stuff and social media,” explained Klima,…

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Downtown Royals ballpark design by Pendulum Studio

Why an award-winning KC firm designed a downtown Royals stadium (sky pool included) for free

By Tommy Felts / February 3, 2021

Architecture is more than design — it’s a business, the founder of Pendulum said: the business of balancing what’s possible with what actually works. When Jonathan O’Neil Cole and his team at Pendulum Studio released concepts in July 2020 for a potential — and long-talked-about — downtown stadium for the Kansas City Royals baseball team, the…

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