Historic commission denies demolition of Armour buildings
Old Hyde Park president Marty Phillips.
By Joe Lambe (updated at 4:20 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27)
The Historic Preservation Commission today voted unanimously to block demolition of four apartment buildings on Armour Boulevard.
The group, formerly ...
MAC Properties presents new plans, but neighbors skip meeting
Architects showed a new design concept for two apartment buildings MAC Property wants to build on Armour Bouelvard this week. The Old Hyde Park neighborhood opposes demolition of the current buildings on the site, but MAC is asking the city ...
Residents continue effort to save buildings on Armour
Residents of Old Hyde Park took their message to the street on Sunday. They are hoping to gather enough signatures on a petition to stop the city from approving the demolition of several buildings on Armour Boulevard.
Residents of a group called ...
Resident cite multiple traffic, parking problems on Armour Boulevard
Dave Mennenga of consulting firm GBA kept notes on traffic and parking problems residents detailed on Armour Boulevard. The consultants are studying problems and will make recommendations to the city over the next several months.
Residents had ...
Study to address Armour parking and biking
Residents are invited to get involved in a study of how to improve parking and bicycling on Armour Boulevard.
The city is starting a study of ways to make Armour Boulevard better for parking and biking.
With lots of new residents in the rehabbed ...
The Homestead’s new name has a Pendergast past
The Homestead at 811 East Armour is being renovated by MAC Properties, which has redeveloped many properties on Armour.
Reprinted from the April Hyde Parker newsletter
MAC Properties is reviving the former The Homestead Apartments’ original ...
History: The Lillis family legacy on Armour Boulevard
The 1950 Sanborn map shows the Catholic Community Library across the street from the Park Central Apartments on Armour Boulevard (in blue just south of Armour). Also gone are a row of single-family homes behind the Park Central, the Belleclaire ...
Developer cancels demolition request for Armour Boulevard buildings
This 1940 photo of 100-106 West Armour shows the building as it looked then. A plan to tear down the building for parking has been put on hold as the owner and the city work on options for rehabbing this and adjoining buildings. Photo courtesy ...
Mansion returns to life on Armour Boulevard
This large home at 500 E. Armour was designed in 1910 and stood proudly among the many lavish homes on Armour Boulevard. It’s now being restored by a developer.
A development company restoring 20 apartment buildings along Armour Boulevard ...
Suspect charged in murder on Armour Boulevard
Jackson County prosecutors today charged an 18-year-old Kansas City woman with first-degree murder for an Armour Boulevard shooting Monday.
Takydra West
Takydra S. West is charged with killing Karyia S. Edmondson at the Bainbridge Apartment ...
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