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Garment District, Kansas City — Area Guide & Where to Stay
The Garment District is a loft quarter of Downtown Kansas City, second only to New York City for clothing manufacture in the 1930s.
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Where to stay in Garment District
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Loft conversions in the old manufacturing blocks put beds inside the Garment District itself, and the 21c Museum Hotel Kansas City sits among the same downtown streets, a short walk from Barney Allis Plaza. Broadway Boulevard edges Quality Hill. Rooms on the Kansas City Garment District Museum side keep the needle and thread monument and the old sewing floors within a couple of minutes on foot.
Choose the district for a downtown base with history in the walls.
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Broadway Boulevard lofts
The redeveloped manufacturing lofts along Broadway Boulevard put rooms inside the district's own brick warehouse stock.Find hotels in Broadway Boulevard loftsmuseum-first stays beside the Kansas City Garment District MuseumNeedle monument core
Dave Stevens's oversize needle and thread monument marks the walkable core, with the Kansas City Garment District Museum a few doors along.Find hotels in Needle monument coreconference visitors splitting their days between Barney Allis Plaza and the loft blocksBarney Allis Plaza side
The eastern approach toward Barney Allis Plaza puts the rest of Downtown Kansas City within a few minutes on foot.Find hotels in Barney Allis Plaza sideHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Kansas City
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Museums & Galleries
3- National World War I Memorial Heritage
- Arabia Steamboat Museum
- American Jazz Museum
Churches & Religious Sites
4- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Heritage
- St. Mary's Episcopal Church Heritage
- Sacred Heart Church, School and Rectory Heritage
- Grand Avenue Temple and Grand Avenue Temple Building Heritage
Stadiums & Sports
1- Barney Allis Plaza
Landmarks & Notable Places
4- Frank M. Howe Residence Heritage
- Joseph Grear Peppard House Heritage
- Maj. William Warner House Heritage
- Philip E. Chappell House Heritage
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About Garment District
What are the main landmarks in Garment District?
An oversize needle marks these blocks. Dave Stevens designed the needle and thread monument installed in 2002, and it stands as the neighbourhood's own memorial to the clothing trade that once filled these floors. The Kansas City Garment District Museum opened the same year to hold that record.
Downtown Kansas City puts more within reach: the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the Grand Avenue Temple, and Barney Allis Plaza all sit inside a short walk.
What is the history of Garment District?
Several large clothing manufacturers clustered in these blocks during the 1930s, making the Kansas City garment trade second in size only to New York City's and, at its height, responsible for about a quarter of all clothing made in the United States. Henry Perry started selling barbecue from an alley stand in the neighbourhood in 1908, the beginning of the Kansas City-style barbecue tradition. The sewing floors emptied.
Manufacturing left, and the industrial buildings were redeveloped into loft apartments, offices and restaurants.
Where is Garment District?
The Garment District occupies a flat downtown grid east of Quality Hill and across Broadway Boulevard, within Kansas City, Missouri.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Garment District?
Broadway Boulevard lofts: you want to sleep in a converted garment factory on the Quality Hill edge. Needle monument core: museum-first stays beside the Kansas City Garment District Museum. Barney Allis Plaza side: conference visitors splitting their days between Barney Allis Plaza and the loft blocks.
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Updated October 2026