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Title
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Roads For the Rich: Highway Development and the Upper Class of Kansas City, 1923-1936
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Description
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Written as an Undergraduate Honors Thesis from the University of Kansas, this 48 page paper is on the important period in Kansas City's transportation development, during the period when the mobility of automobiles began to blur class distinctions. Includes chapters on George Kessler's legacy, street cars and automobiles, and financing streets partly through funds of organized crime led by Boss Tom Pendergast.
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Date
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1978
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Object Type
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Thesis/Dissertation
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Title
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Blue Valley Industrial Area Plan: Area Plan 18
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Description
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Land use, long-range plans, and maps of the Blue Valley industrial district, bounded by I-435, I-70, Topping, and Kansas City Terminal Railway.
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Date
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1978
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Object Type
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Report
