This publication documents the processes and findings of Phase Two and Three of the West Bottoms Reborn project, occurring during the academic semesters of Fall 2017 and Spring 2018. This publication was written by Fiona Bhuyan and George Aguilar under the counsel of the Kansas City Design Center. Due to online publishing file size limits, please see parts 2 + 3 for the rest of this publication.
The Kansas City Design Center is made possible by two generous support grants from the William T. Kemper Foundation and the Hall Family Foundation. This project was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the City of Kansas City, Missouri Office of Culture and Creative Services.
This publication cannot be sold, duplicated, or published electronically or otherwise, without the express written consent of the KCDC. The purpose of this publication is academic in nature and is intended to showcase the research, scholarship, and design work of the students of the KCDC.