Midtown morphed from quiet streetcar suburbs to bustling commercial areas to boarding houses and then reblossomed.
Today, we look at residences and businesses in the South Hyde Park neighborhood, from 45th Street south to Brush Creek, from Gillham/Harrison to Troost. As you can see from the photos below and in this Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Troost Avenue was dominated by auto-related businesses in 1940. The block included the Fire Department Hose Company […]
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Before Penn Valley Park was created and before the Valentine, Roanoke, Coleman Highlands, and Old Hyde Park neighborhoods were built, the northwest part of Midtown had a vast public park known as Feld Park. Dr. Joseph Feld, a native of Germany, was one of the earliest settlers in Kansas City and a significant landowner in
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