Download or read book Kansas City s Historic Northeast Neighborhoods written by Northeast Kansas City Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs and stories of many historic buildings, homes, and businesses in the Northeast district of Kansas City.
Download or read book Kansas City s Historic Midtown Neighborhoods written by Mary Jo Draper and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-16 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unique character of Midtown--from Thirty-first to Fifty-fifth Streets, State Line to the Paseo--grew out of its development as the streetcar suburbs of an expanding Kansas City. As residents both rich and poor moved out of the crowded downtown area after 1880, Midtown neighborhoods were built. The first wave brought mansions to major streets such as Armour Boulevard, Troost Avenue, and Broadway Boulevard, and later a housing shortage spurred the development of Midtown's unique apartment buildings. Well-known architects and local developers created bungalows, shirtwaists, and tree-lined residential streets. Churches and schools, business districts, movie theaters, and other entertainment venues quickly followed residents in their migration to the "south side." By the 1940s, Midtown's growing residential districts had developed into today's popular neighborhoods, including Center City, Coleman Highlands, Countryside, Crestwood, Heart of Westport, Hyde Park, Manheim Park, Old Hyde Park, Plaza-Westport, Rockhill, Volker, Roanoke, South Plaza, Southmoreland, Squier Park, Sunset Hill, Troostwood, Valentine, West Plaza, and Westwood Park.
Download or read book Northeast Kansas City Kansas written by Urban Land Institute. Advisory Services and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History Lover s Guide to Kansas City written by Paul Kirkman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the sights, sounds, and rich history of Kansas City—from ancient burial mounds to a world-class jazz museum. Kansas City is often seen as a “cow town” with great barbecue and steaks. But it’s also a city with more boulevards than Paris and more working fountains than Rome. There are burial mounds that date back more than two thousand years. The National World War I Museum and Memorial, opened in 1926, stands more than two hundred feet tall. Leila’s Hair Museum has a collection that brings tourists from all over the nation. The Kansas City Jazz Museum features a historic district and world-class museum that document a time when dance halls, cabarets, speakeasies, and even honky-tonks and juke joints fostered the development of a new musical style. Join Missouri historian Paul Kirkman as he cuts a trail past the stockyards and takes you on a tour into the heart of America—Kansas City. Includes photos and information on Kansas City landmarks
Download or read book Northeast Kansas City written by Konner Pendland and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Urbanism is a planning and design approach that opposes the idea of urban sprawl, a migration pattern that is very prominent in large cities, such as Kansas City. Its purpose is to combine many aspects of daily life into a singular network that enhances accessibility and quality of life. New Urbanism consists of many components that create a successful community. This study focuses on walkability and safety, two aspects of New Urbanism, that can be implemented and analyzed in any community at any scale. These principles were analyzed within the neighborhoods of Lykins and Sheffield, located east of Downtown Kansas City. These neighborhoods currently suffer from high crime rates, heavy industrial uses, and urban blight. They also lack easy access for pedestrians as well as safe and secure neighborhood environments for their residents and visitors to the area. These factors lead to the question: How can safety and walkability be analyzed and implemented in two neighborhoods within Northeast Kansas City, Lykins and Sheffield, to influence New Urbanist development in the area? This report aims to answer the preceding question by assessing the physical and perceived aspects of walkability and safety. This was achieved by using Google imagery, GIS analyses, and photo questionnaires distributed throughout the two neighborhoods. Sidewalk width, the existence of sidewalks, distances to community amenities, pavement conditions, visibility, lighting, the existence of vacant lots, and topography are the variables that have been examined throughout the study. These factors were first analyzed using GIS and Google Imagery and then were combined with the results from the photo questionnaire (n=43) to see what elements people prefer in their neighborhoods. The results from the survey and the site analysis influenced the selection of areas to implement New Urbanism design interventions. Three sites were selected that scored low in the photo survey and are considered dead zones. The design works to link these three sites together by applying similar design approaches the each location. Additional considerations were also given to walkability and safety based on survey responses to create unique experiences. These design interventions can promote New Urbanist principles and inform future development within Lykins and Sheffield as well as their surrounding neighborhoods near Downtown Kansas City.
Download or read book Kansas City s Historic Hyde Park written by Patrick Alley and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hyde Park, located on Westport's outskirts south of early Kansas City, was the first stop on the long trek down the Santa Fe Trail. Good pasture and a natural cave spring were early attributes. During the real estate boom of the 1880s, the area was platted, but the crash of 1888 intervened, and only a few houses were built. By 1900, with the recovery of the economy and the development of Janssen Place as a private street, the area became the preferred community for Kansas City's wealthy. The architectural style is Queen Anne, Prairie School, Neo-Georgian, Colonial Revival, Kansas City Shirtwaist, and Shingle. These homes glitter with original brass fixtures, lead and stained-glass windows, and oak, mahogany, and walnut interiors. Some of Kansas City's most famous and notorious have lived in Hyde Park, from wealthy businessmen and entertainment stars to serial killers.
Download or read book Neighborhoods Schools Recreation for Kansas City written by Kansas City (Mo.). City Plan Commission and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kansas City Then and Now II written by Monroe Dodd and published by Kansas City Star Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kansas City Then and Now written by and published by Kansas City Star Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photos and text of this book are about Kansas City in the 19th and 20th centuries. Scenes from the past and new photos show how these places have changed or have remained the same with little change.
Download or read book Publication written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 c of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pendleton Heights Then and Now written by Pendleton Heights Neighborhood Association and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs of many houses and other buildings in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood in the Northeast district of Kansas City, Mo. The neighborhood was developed in the 1880s and 1890s along Independence Avenue and featured many mansions.
Download or read book Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 c of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 1490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kansas City and How It Grew 1822 2011 written by James R. Shortridge and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2012-11-07 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think of Kansas City and you'll probably think of barbecue, jazz, or the Chiefs. But for James Shortridge, this heartland city is more than the sum of its cultural beacons. In Kansas City and How It Grew, 1822-2011, a prize-winning geographer traces the historical geography of a place that has developed over 200 years from a cowtown on the bend of the Missouri River into a metropolis straddling two states. He explores the changing character of the community and its component neighborhoods, showing how the city has come to look and function the way it does—and how it has come to be perceived the way it has. Proximity to Great Plains ranches and farms encouraged early and sustained success for Kansas City meatpackers and millers, and Shortridge shows how local responses to economic realities have molded the city's urban structure. He explores the parallel processes of suburbanization and the restructuring of older areas, and tells what happens when transportation shifts from rivers to railroads, then to superhighways and international airports. He also reveals what historians have missed by tending to focus attention only on one side or the other of the state boundary. The book is a virtual who's who of KC progress: without selective law enforcement under political boss Thomas Pendergast, Kansas City would not enjoy its legacy of jazz; without the gift of Thomas Swope's namesake park, upscale residential expansion likely would have gone east instead of south; and without J. C. Nichols, Johnson County suburbs would have developed in a less spectacular manner. Its insight into important molders of the city includes nearly forgotten names such as William Dalton, Charles Morse, and Willard Winner, plus important figures from more recent years including Kay Barnes, Charles Garney, and Bonnie Poteet. With more than 50 photos and dozens of maps specially created for this book, Kansas City and How It Grew is unique in treating the entire metropolitan area instead of just one portion. With coverage ranging from ethnic neighborhoods to development strategies, it's an indispensable touchstone for those who want to try to understand Kansas City as both a city and a place.
Download or read book The Establishment in Kansas City written by Richard Patrick Coleman and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholarly research into a typical mid-size American city's high society, including size, mobility, stratification, power, description, demographics, wealth and lineage factors, related institutions such as private clubs, schools, and churches, and neighborhoods, as seen in Kansas City, Missouri since its early days.
Download or read book Kansas City and Its Neighborhoods written by Kansas City Council of Churches (Mo.) and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book H R 3995 the Housing Affordability for America Act of 2002 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
