Swedish families settled and stayed for decades on this Volker block
Many Swedish immigrants and the children of Swedish immigrants were among the first residents of this Volker block. Several families stayed in their homes for decades, something that was fairly unusual in Midtown during the early 1900s.
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This Volker block was home to hard-working laborers
A couple sits on a front porch at 4012 Holly Street in 1940. The neighborhood had been home to railroad and stockyard workers as well as others during the previous three decades.
Laborers, most of them immigrants or the children of immigrants, ...
Valentine block was home of school board president
In the 1930s in Valentine, most households were made up of single families headed by a working father, but it was not uncommon for homes to be owned by widows or for families to rent out rooms to one or several boarders.
Midtown households in ...
Do you remember this block of the Volker neighborhood at 35th and Genessee?
The block of Midtown that is today’s focus has always been a mystery to one of our readers. “On the NW corner of 35th Terrace and Genessee is a nice, solid red brick four-unit apartment building,” Diane Capps wrote. “Near the ...
Do you remember this block along Southwest Trafficway from 44th to 45th?
Perhaps the best-known address on today’s block, from 44th to 45th and from Belleview to Madison Avenues, is The Point, a popular local bar and grill. From as early as 1918 through the 1930s, the buildings that house The Point served the neighborhood ...
Do you remember this block from 31st to Linwood, Gillham to Holmes?
Although the buildings that once lined Thirty-first Street and wrapped around the corner on Holmes are gone now, this area was a thriving business and entertainment area in the 1920s through the 1940s. This building which stood at 3110 Holmes ...
Do you remember this block of Wyandotte and Central in Old Hyde Park?
Large homes in Old Hyde Park were well-suited to families around 1910, when many families still had servants who helped run their households. By 1940, this block between 36th and 37th, Wyandotte to Central, had become much more densely populated, ...
Do you remember this block of South Hyde Park?
South Hyde Park appeared to be a neighborhood full of children, captured playing on porches, in front yards and exploring the neighborhood in a set of 1940 photos. These three seemed happy to poise for the camera that day at their home near ...
Three questions about Volkerfest, coming up Saturday
The annual Volkerfest celebration is coming up this weekend in Midtown’s Roanoke Park. The festival, started in 2015, was created to showcase the musicians and artists in Downtown, the Crossroads, Midtown and other areas of Kansas City’s ...
Dallas developer wants The Loretto to be THE authentic Kansas City hotel experience
For many community members, a meeting last night at The Loretto was a first chance to see the inside of the historic building, formerly a day and boarding school run by the Sisters of Loretto. A developer discussed plans for a boutique hotel, ...
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