Recap: Last week in Midtown Kansas City (August 9 – August 16) 

Last week we brought you Midtown Kansas City stories about tiny houses on tiny lots, a Midtown resident with a big role in baseball history, and South Hyde Park in the 1940s.

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Our readers liked the idea suggested at city hall that pieces of unusable city land could be used for tiny houses and to grow crops.

Citizens also told the city they want better property maintenance and codes enforcement.

The future of the minimum wage in Kansas City became even more complex, with a Nov. 3 vote now on the horizon.

The first woman baseball commentator in the United States, hired by Kansas City Athletics owner Charlie Finley, reflected on her interesting life from her Plaza apartment.

Our Monday morning history feature spotlighted the 4300 blocks of Troost and Harrison in South Hyde Park.