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Title
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Westport Planning Area
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Description
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Update of the preliminary report of the previous year by the Kansas City Development (or Planning) Department on the projected land use for the Westport area, bounded by 31st, Troost, Ward, and State Line Road.. Comprehensive discussion of the diverse area of the city, covering trends in population, housing, transportation, etc., and needs for redevelopment and zoning changes, with numerous maps and illustrations.
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Date
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1972
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Object Type
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Report
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Title
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Scarritt Residence
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Description
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File containing a nomination form (with photos and map) for the National Register for the Nathan Scarritt home, built in 1847 at 4038 Central Street (formerly 305 Lawrence Avenue).
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Object Type
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Report
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Title
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Comprehensive Plan: Westport Planning Area, 1971 Preliminary Draft, Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Sections of the report about the need and methods for preserving historic structures and areas in the Westport area by Kansas City's City Planning Department. Discussion of legal and practical methods for retaining historically significant places, with map and lists of historic Westport landmarks, partially through zoning.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Report
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Title
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Comprehensive Plan: Westport Planning Area, 1971 Preliminary Draft, Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Preliminary report by the Kansas City Development (or Planning) Department on the projected land use for the Westport area, bounded by 31st, Troost, Ward, and State Line Road. Comprehensive discussion of the diverse area of the city, covering trends in population, housing, transportation, etc., and needs for redevelopment and zoning changes, with numerous maps and illustrations.
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Date
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1971
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Object Type
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Report
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Title
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Simpson-Yeomans Residential District
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Description
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Nomination form for the National Register for the Country Side or Simpson-Yeomans residential district between 51st, Wornall, 55th, and Main Streets, with history, maps, and photos, etc. Description also of early owner of the area, Ben Simpson, a farmer arriving from Kentucky in the 1860s and purchasing the site of the Battle of Westport in 1864 from Catherine McGee (heir of the land from her father Albert McGee, purchaser himself of the land in 1851 from William Gillis, who bought it from Daniel Yoacham in 1834).
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Object Type
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Report
