The Country Club Plaza was the first shopping area planned for the automobile. Opened in 1922, its 12 towers and numerous fountains and artworks were modeled after Seville, Spain.

More than 200 fountains in the area earned Kansas City its nickname, "The City of Fountains."

Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, attended art school in Kansas City in the 1920's, and experimented with the process of animation in an upstairs studio on 31st Street in Kansas City, Missouri.