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Title: Makeover for Gillham Will Ease Traffic
Description: The section of Gillham Road that sweeps between Children's Mercy Hospital and the back of the Hyatt Regency Crown Center is set for a major makeover. At this area Gillham Road, Oak, 22nd, and Locust come together for a dangerous intersection. "The new design will straighten much of the curve in Gillham Road, as well as widen 22nd Street to make it a better east-west connector." The first phase should be done by September of 2007. Includes a diagram of area.
Date: 2006-07-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Improvement of Cherry Street to Provide New Artery
Description: Photo and caption about the "important new traffic artery" of a section of Cherry Street making traffic on the McGee Street Trafficway more relieved between 22nd Street and 30th Street and affecting motorists traveling "down Journal-Post hill."
Date: 1929-09-02
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Hyde Park
Description: Postcard of a view in Hyde Park.
Date: 1915
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Pen and Sunlight Sketches of Greater Kansas City
Description: Photo of "Robt. Nesch's residence, 3821 Gillham Road."
Date: 1911~
Object Type: Book

Title: Gillham Road
Description: Postcard of Gillham Road, looking south from Linwood Boulevard.
Date: 1910~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Downtown Kansas City, North from Gillham Road
Description: Postcard of downtown Kansas City looking north from Gillham Road.
Date: 1914~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: A Stadium on the West Hillside Facing East on Gillham Parade Ground Is the Latest Plan
Description: Illustration and caption of a proposed stadium with grandstand overlooking the parade ground at 41st and Gillham Road, proposed by architect Selby Kurfiss.
Date: 1922-08-13
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Returning Gillham Road to All Its Historical Glory
Description: Article describes the efforts of Dona Boley and several neighborhood groups to envision the future of Gillham Road. The Gillham Road Improvement Project (GRIP) intends to restore Gillham Road, from Armour Road to Brush Creek.
Date: 2004-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: HKCF Acquires Historic Residence
Description: Article about the preservation from demolition by the Historic Kansas City Foundation of the "1888 red brick colonial revival residence at 3605 Gillham in the Hyde Park neighborhood."
Date: 1977-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: 3605 Gillham to Undergo Complete Restoration
Description: Article contains news of the sale for restoration of the 3605 Gillham Road house previously designated for a parking lot site.
Date: 1978-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: From Cadillacs to Condos
Description: Article details the conversion of the Robert C. Greenlease Cadillac dealership into 29 condominiums, part of an overall development known as The Founders at Union Hill. The Greenlease dealership was built in 1918 near the intersection of Gillham Road and McGee Street.
Date: 2005-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Gillham Road
Description: Description with photos and history of Gillham Road, part of the park and boulevard system, from Brush Creek Boulevard to 22nd Street, 4.34 miles long, acquired in 1901-1902.
Date: 1995
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Parkways and Land Values
Description: Photos of Gillham Road at 36th and 39th Streets, also with a map, tables, and discussion.
Date: 1937
Object Type: Book