A century ago, Kansas Citians often headed outside on hot summer nights like these. And one popular spot was always Armour Boulevard, a place where people from all walks of life were likely to show up. The Kansas City Star in 1905 described the scene. “The boulevards are the most popular breathing spots at night […]
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When Kansas City pioneer Webster Withers moved his family to this block in 1883, he said he’d decided to move to “the country.” He built his mansion on forty acres of ground on a spot few would recognize today – 31st Street and Troost Avenue. “We were tired of town life,” Withers’ wife told the Kansas
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The earliest residents of Kansas City’s Southmoreland neighborhood were wealthy businessmen looking to escape the hustle and bustle of downtown. Even though many of the mansions they built in the late 1880s have not survived, their confidence in the area set the stage for the neighborhood as it stands today. Historians credit the move of
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The fine old mansions of Midtown’s Roanoke neighborhood stand seemingly unchanged by time. Roanoke, just west of Southwest Trafficway between 36th and 38th, was one of the first residential suburbs to be developed. Allen B.H. once owned this section of Kansas City. McGee was an early pioneer and Westport settler. McGee’s home was in the
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