The history of Midtown Kansas City is full of tales of fortunes made and lost in real estate, but the Plaza Westport neighborhood’s past tells a different kind of story. A real estate developer and builder there, Will Corbin, is remembered for finding a way to help working class people in Kansas City afford the… Continue reading Early Plaza Westport neighborhood builder helped working people buy homes
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Early Plaza Westport neighborhood builder helped working people buy homes
The history of Midtown Kansas City is full of tales of fortunes made and lost in real estate, but the Plaza Westport neighborhood’s past tells a different kind of story. A real estate developer and builder there, Will Corbin, is remembered for finding a way to help working class people in Kansas City afford the… Continue reading Early Plaza Westport neighborhood builder helped working people buy homes
Early Plaza Westport neighborhood builder helped working people buy homes
The history of Midtown Kansas City is full of tales of fortunes made and lost in real estate, but the Plaza Westport neighborhood’s past tells a different kind of story. A real estate developer and builder there, Will Corbin, is remembered for finding a way to help working class people in Kansas City afford the… Continue reading Early Plaza Westport neighborhood builder helped working people buy homes
Do you know the history of this Plaza Westport neighborhood block?
Instead of drinking away their paychecks, developer S.H. Taylor advised working citizens of Kansas City to invest in real estate. In an 1887 advertisement in the Kansas City Star, Taylor listed multiple reasons that buying a home in his Bunker Hill neighborhood was better than frittering money away on cocktails or cigars. And, according… Continue reading Do you know the history of this Plaza Westport neighborhood block?