The heart of the Westwood Park neighborhood is the 9.3-acre park on the edge of its border. The neighborhood, tucked into the area behind Pembroke Hill School on Ward Parkway, is home to 300 families. They range from retired folks to families with young children and live in a variety of homes, from single-family bungalows […]
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Valentine’s Day is a big deal in the Valentine neighborhood. But don’t let that fool you into thinking Valentine is named for the romantic holiday. The neighborhood takes its name from P.A. Valentine, a real estate developer who owned a lot of Midtown property at the turn of the century but who never actually lived
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Republished from the Feb. 2013 Hyde Parker newsletter The large home at 301 East Armour Boulevard was demolished in 1967, but the legacy of the Lillis family who lived there remains an important part of Kansas City history. Irish immigrant and homeowner James Lillis built the first streetcars in Kansas City as a railroad contractor,
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While folks in the suburbs sometimes complain about feeling isolated from neighbors, those who live in urban neighborhoods like Midtown’s Squier Park often feel they are truly living in an urban village. Squier Park Neighborhood Association President John Pajor said, “We do our best to get to know each other.” Pajor says he, his wife,
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This home at 3640 Tracy is one of five featured on this year’s Squier Park Homes Tour this Saturday. Squier Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in April, making it only the second residential district east of Troost to be so honored. Photos courtesy Squier Park Neighborhood Association. According to the
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posted by Joe Lambe Fans of great architecture don’t need to leave the ‘hood to see some fine Art Deco buildings. In fact, two Art Deco tours hosted by the Historic Kansas City Foundation sold out last month. The tours came on the heels of two popular lectures by Architect Richard Farnan at the Kansas City Public Library.
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Review by Mark Dillon excerpted from the Hyde Parker newsletter One gets a sense of the passion that KCMO baby boomers had back in the early 1970s in the final chapter of Kansas City’s Historic Hyde Park. First time authors Pat Alley and Don Boley recount the birth of the modern Hyde Park Neighborhood Association,
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A new book celebrating the 100-year history of the Redemptorist Church at 3333 Broadway notes the church was once the “center of the Catholic universe in Midtown.” It chronicles the relationships between the church and the neighborhoods around it as Kansas City grew and changed. Among the milestones the book records: The Book Redemptorist Church: Our
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