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Title: Around Westport--General News: Westport Historic Survey
Description: Announcement of the "detailed study of the architecture of Westport" to be made by the Historic Kansas City Foundation in a survey for potential nominations for the National Register.
Date: 1977-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Westport Planning Area
Description: 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.
Date: 1972
Object Type: Report

Title: Comprehensive Plan: Westport Planning Area, 1971 Preliminary Draft, Kansas City, Missouri
Description: 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.
Date: 1971
Object Type: Report

Title: Comprehensive Plan: Westport Planning Area, 1971 Preliminary Draft, Kansas City, Missouri
Description: 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.
Date: 1971
Object Type: Report

Title: Westport! The People, the Stores, the Places--from Then Til [sic] Now, It's Been Something Very Special
Description: Article about the neighborly cooperation among Westport businesses (Westport Bank, Broadway Hardware, Speyer Realty, Pryde's, Klewono Kitchens, Westport Floor Coverings, Kelly's Bar, and the Rock Shop, etc.) and residents, including restoration of older buildings, with photos. Also sections on "the morning crowd" business breakfast club at the Harris House, the Westport Square shopping center, parking lots, bars, and night life entertainment, etc.
Date: 1981-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Harris/Kearney House
Description: History of the house including the story of its preservation by moving from Westport and Main Streets to 4000 Baltimore Avenue.
Date: 1924
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Those Old Houses on Central
Description: Article about the history and future of the houses on the 3900 block of Central Street, designated as the Westport Post Office's new parking lot.
Date: 1977-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Captain Joseph Parks: Chief of the Shawnee Indians
Description: Description of the building at 500 Westport Road, said to be the oldest in Jackson County, Missouri, bought by Shawnee Indian Captain Joseph Parks from John Calvin McCoy in 1836.
Date: 1969-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Lifestyle: Renovating a Neighborhood
Description: Article discussing architectural renovation of older historic buildings in Midtown neighborhoods for adaptive reuse, with photos.
Date: 1984-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: A Central City Neighborhood Makes a Comeback
Description: Article about the integrity of the Westport residential community, focusing on its neighborhood organizations designed to preserve its older and characteristic architecture, with several photos, including the "Shirtwaist house. ..a Kansas City specialty, masonry below the belt and stucco or wood above."
Date: 1979-03
Object Type: Magazine Article

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