Steptoe

A lost neighborhood founded by formerly enslaved people that deserves to be remembered.

More Steptoe Homes Lost, Erasing More of Kansas City’s Black History

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It’s been a while since the Midtown KC Post shared any new stories, but here today is a new one. This block history was inspired by the fact that three buildings on the block – part of the historic but increasingly endangered – Steptoe neighborhood have been demolished. Steptoe is one of the most important places […]

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A Glimpse of a Racially-Mixed Block of Westport in Early 1900s

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It was unusual for black and white families to live on the same block as Midtown Kansas City developed, but that’s just what happened on a few Plaza Westport neighborhood blocks. For example, the block from W. 43rd to W. 43rd Street Terrace (or Steptoe Street) had almost two dozen homes in 1940; about half

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