Alvin Brooks

Alvin Brooks at Operation Breakthrough bridge

Operation Breakthrough bridge over Troost symbolizes ‘real community’ at an intersection

With reflection in his voice, Alvin Brooks paused. “The city has to be a partner,” the Civil Rights activist and veteran Kansas City Police Commissioner said as he spoke of the redevelopment of Troost Avenue — the well known racial dividing line, that has long isolated the east side of the Kansas City metro from the…