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Title
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First Overhaul on Brush Creek
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Description
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The paving of the creek bed began in November 1935, at a cost originally estimated at $1,395,000, and at one time employed 1,647 WPA workers. Concrete was laid eight to 10 inches thick and 70 feet wide. City officials explained at the time that paving the creek bed would prevent accumulation of stagnant pools, which had created a nuisance and would also permit the channel to empty floodwaters into the Blue River an hour or more sooner and prevent backing up. Severe flooding occurred on the creek in 1934 and 1935. Opponents of the T. J. Pendergast political machine then in control of the city affairs criticized the project, however, as a windfall for Pendergast's concrete company [Ready-Mixed Concrete Company].
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Date
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1962-06-20
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Troost Span Proposal Takes a Sleek Shape
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Description
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A public meeting is planned for June 16, 2005, evening to discuss the new Troost Avenue bridge over Brush Creek. ''The project design combines artistic and functional elements as part of the channel improvements for flood control on Brush Creek.'' Article includes drawing of the proposed bridge.
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Date
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2005-06-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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20 Years Later, We Dread the Next Flood
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Description
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Article focuses upon remembrance of the flood that impacted the Kansas City area during the summer of 1993. Business and property owners in the affected areas are interviewed and discuss both their recollections and fear of future floods. Representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers and other river management agencies are interviewed and discuss past projects aimed at improving flood control in the area and risk factors that may lead to similar flood disasters.
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Date
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2013-06-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Floods Ravaged Plaza - 30 Years Ago Today
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Description
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Article and photos looking back at the deadly flash flood that struck the Country Club Plaza on the night of September 12, 1977. The resulting damage was disastrous, including 25 lives lost, over 1,000 people left homeless, and over $100 million in property damage. The photos featured in this article were only recently uncovered by the Northeast News staff.
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Date
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2007-09-12
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Traveling Fire Show Lights the Night on Brush Creek
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Description
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An event called WaterFire Kansas City was held on September 8, 2007, on Brush Creek at the Country Club Plaza. The show originated in Rhode Island and uses both sights and sounds to entertain. "A series of log bonfires were set with torches in the middle of the creek in the heart of the Country Club Plaza as throngs of people lined creek walkways, banks and bridges. New Age, classical, opera and other music resonated along the waterway, and fire-eating dancers entertained." The event is scheduled to return on October 13, 2007.
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Date
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2007-09-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
