As Kansas City Life Insurance flattens houses in the Valentine neighborhood, residents anxiously await what’s next

Dozens of homes and businesses on four blocks of the Valentine neighborhood have been razed over the past 120 years, demolished one by one from 80 at its peak in 1909 to 30 at the beginning of this year. As 2024 comes to a close, only eight still stand in the area bordered by 33rd and 35th streets, Southwest Trafficway and Pennsylvania Avenue. “It’s like a wasteland,” said…