We’ve already featured the north side of West 39th Street between State Line and Bell, but a reader whose grandfather used to own some buildings there asked us what we knew about the south side of the block, where Jimmy’s Jigger sits today. Records were sketchy before the 1950s, but the establishment was called Bigger […]
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A reader asked us to feature the Countryside neighborhood, so today we look at some of the homes in that neighborhood south of the Brush Creek that started out as a farm. When Countryside was platted in 1908 as the Country Side District, it became a prime location for development. That year, the Country Club
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Today, we look at some homes in Westwood Park, a Kansas City neighborhood just across the state line from Westwood, Kansas. Developed beginning in 1913, J.C. Nichols stepped in in 1921 to help sell lots and boasted he sold 25 percent of the home sites in the first week. This Sanborn Fire Insurance map (above)
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Today, we feature the 3900 block of Central in the Heart of Westport neighborhood. Central Street is just one block east of Broadway. Here’s what we know about the block so far. Reader Janet Pickett says she grew up on the block. “I watched the city tear down 8 or 10 houses and build the
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Warwick Boulevard 1894. Looking north from 41st Street. Last week, our Uncovering History story featured a block of the Southmoreland neighborhood around 43rd and Main. That prompted a reader to ask what history might be available on the 4100 block of Warwick. I’d like to tell you more about that shortly, but first the story
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The Karnopp Building at 43rd and Main in 1930. Today’s block includes residences and apartment buildings in the Southmoreland neighborhood, from 43rd Street south to 44th Street and Main Street east to Walnut Street. The Karnopp Building, at 43rd and Main, is pictured. The building still stands on the corner. In 1930, it housed Paul
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A reader named Natalia asked us about her 3500 block of Pennsylvania. Since that’s right down the street from Midtown KC Post headquarters, and we are currently working on a book on Valentine neighborhood history, we’re happy to oblige. Today’s slideshow photos feature 35th Street south to Valentine Road and Jefferson Street east to Pennsylvania
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Today’s slideshow features the 3400 block of Broadway and Central and the blocks of Armour Boulevard and 34th Streets between Broadway and Central. The Ellison Apartment Hotel at 300 West Armour in 1940. The area includes the historic Ellison Apartment Hotel at 300 West Armour and Warwick Cleaners at 3421 Broadway. In these 1940s photos,
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Armour Boulevard looking east from Campbell, 1905. Last week, Susan Hawks asked what we knew about the 3500 block of Campbell, and unfortunately, the answer is not very much. While the Kansas City Public Library has the 1940 photos of most blocks in Kansas City, this block is yet to be made available. So we’re
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Today, we examine residences and businesses in the Squier Park neighborhood, from Armour Boulevard south to 36th and Troost east to Forest. As you can see from the photos in the gallery below, Troost was packed with small local businesses that served the neighborhood, including the Lee Yun Laundry at 3535 Troost. Squier Park also
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