In semi-retirement, he spent a part of each summer in Malibu. The Kansas City Spirit When Hall moved to Kansas City in 1910, he had no thought of founding a great company or building a great fortune. He just thought Kansas City would be a good place for a hard-working young man to make a living. He liked the Kansas City spirit. In many ways, Hall was the embodiment of the Kansas City spirit.
Land development is an unusual venture for a greeting card company.
But Hall was an unusual man. The commercial decay that had pervaded his neighborhood bothered him. No one else stepped forward with a renewal plan. So he did. It's more fun making it happen.