Hyde Park residents send messages to the future
The entrance to Janssen Place in central Hyde Park, on 36th between Cherry and Kenwood, is getting a renovation, and today (12/12/12) nearby residents placed a time capsule into the pillars.
Dozens of items, including letters to people a century ...
Remember – Pilgrim Run coming on Thanksgiving morning
Volunteers and runners are getting ready for the Pilgrim Run on Thursday morning at 9 a.m. The race begins at 3801 Gillham in Hyde Park. Don’t forget your costume!
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Run on Thanksgiving benefits Pilgrim’s Chapel youth programs
The Pilgrim Run, a 5K race in Hyde Park, benefits the Pilgrim Center at 3801 Gillham Road. The public chapel is on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1941 as the Pilgrim Church for the Deaf, it provided religious services and ...
Crowdsourcing project helping to fund Académie Lafayette playground
At the Académie Lafayette in Hyde Park, children enjoy the swings on the new school’s playground during breaks from class. Parents are fundraising online in hopes of raising money for additional playground equipment.
Parents and neighbors ...
From dangerous building to Upcycling Center: dreams for the Acme Building
The Acme Building at 3200 Gillham Road is now officially a dangerous building, but a couple of Midtown dreamers have big ideas for the future. Image: Google Maps.
By contributing writer Mark Dillon, Editor, The Hyde Parker
Underused since ...
Acadèmie Lafayette invites community to open house
The former Longan School in Hyde Park has been converted to a French language immersion charter school. The school is holding an open house tomorrow to let the community see what’s going on at its Cherry Street location.
Acadèmie Lafayette, ...
Hyde Park homes tour includes Janssen Place mansion
The Hyde Park Homes tour coming up on October 6 features tours of six historic homes. It is the 30th anniversary of the event, which also includes a candlelight tour on October 5. Our friends at the Hyde Parker newsletter have provided us with ...
Hyde Park homes tour offers candlelight tour for 30th anniversary
The Hyde Park Historic Homes Tour showcases six residences on October 6.
For historic home enthusiasts, it doesn’t get much better than the Hyde Park Homes Tour. The neighborhood has been doing the tour for 30 years now, and it is scheduled ...
Midtown bookshelf: new book chronicles history of Hyde Park
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 ...
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