I’ve been trying to get out and see the sights in my new city when the weather cooperates.  Kansas City is known for it’s fountains and it’s sculptures and  I had to check this one out especially since it celebrates the old garment district and something near & dear to my heart – sewing!

  This button & needle statue is near the corner of 8th and Broadway downtown and is in the heart of what used to be the garment district.  Apparently, from World War I through the 1940’s, the garment district here in Kansas City employed nearly 4000 people.  There’s even a Kansas City Garment District Museum (which I wasn’t able to visit because it’s only open on Friday afternoons).  According to their website though, during the heyday of the garment district, “1 out of every 7 women in the U.S. purchased a garment designed and made in Kansas City”.  Pretty cool little piece of history.

If you’re in the area you have to stop by and see it.  It’s right off I-70 in downtown Kansas City.  There just aren’t enough sculptures/ statues that celebrate sewing!