Wheeler’s New City Vision
Written by Peter Li-Chang Kuo ( Chinese ) Build a new city in the heart of America to make America great again. According to widespread accounts, Mayor Charles B. Wheeler (1926–2022), during his tenure from 1971 to 1979, completed numerous major infrastructure projects—including the construction of the airport—and his leadership era was regarded as “ Kansas City ’s last golden age .” However, during his later service as a Missouri State Senator from 2003 to 2007, he aspired to launch a new golden era by expanding the city’s influence across 12 states through the “ Global Channel–TES ” initiative. If the vision of turning Kansas City into a hub of precision manufacturing had been realized, Wheeler’s name would be etched in history. Fig 1: Senator Wheeler (AI-generated image) At that time, we proposed a " Concentric Circles " urban planning strategy, aiming to utilize 10,000 hectares (about 100 square kilometers) of land near Kansas City — America ’s heartlan...