The Central Branch of the Kansas City Public Library started life as the First National Bank. Some surprising features of the bank still remain.

If you’ve been searching for terms like “how to paint columns to look like marble” or “DIY faux marble painting techniques,” ...

Today’s restorers have been replacing damaged column segments with fresh marble. To speed up the job, engineers built a flute-carving machine. The device, however, is not precise enough for the ...

Today, final sanding of distinctive features such as the column flutes seen here is done by hand using sandpaper. When it's time to fit a newly fashioned piece of marble with a broken or ...