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Title: New Life for Kansas City's Grand Old Homes
Description: Article about the restoration projects being carried out on old homes in Hyde Park and other residential districts, often not only preserving the houses but also increasing their value. Urban homesteading also covered, offering houses for auction, starting at $1.
Date: 1979-01-07
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Hyde Park Rehab
Description: Story of the room-by-room restoration of neighboring houses at 3417 and 3419 Campbell Street by a couple seeing their efforts make themselves a good investment of $70,000 initially and only $10,000 for restoration.
Date: 1996-03-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Hyde Park
Description: Across the street was Hyde Park, privately owned then, with an iron fence and locked gates, only the Hyde Park householders possessing keys. ..
Date: 1949-12-16
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Armour Blvd. Once Commonwealth Ave.
Description: Article discussing the "change of character" of the once-exclusive single-family Armour Boulevard, illustrated on a 1886 plat map of the Hyde Park addition, when the boulevard was known as "Commonwealth Avenue."
Date: 1928-09-23
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Loose and Fast
Description: Article describes controversy over the renovation and use of the Loose Mansion (101 E. Armour Road) as a venue for weddings and corporate functions. A vocal group of neighbors has sought to block such uses of the 40-room mansion, interpreting them as zoning violations.
Date: 2004-12-23
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: The Lighter Side of Torture
Description: Article describes a 2004 documentary film, Bazaar Bizarre, examining the Robert Berdella serial killings of the 1980s. Kansas City director Ben Meade addresses various aspects of the Berdella murders and myths in the film.
Date: 2004-09-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Code Warriors
Description: Description of Dawn and Bob Lindsey's struggles with Kansas City Neighborhood Preservation inspectors as they attempt to renovate house at 37th and Wyandotte Streets.
Date: 2001-11-01
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: City Developed "Courts" and "Places" in the 1880s
Description: Article about the streets developed in the 1880s for residential districts called "courts" and "places," such as Janssen Place (pictured), Knickerbocker Place, Hasbrook Place, Aldine Place, Tullis Place, Munford Court, and Woodland Court, etc.
Date: 1955-09-04
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: A Very Tough Act to Follow
Description: Tribute to Elizabeth Kostelac of Kansas City who died March 29, 2011. Kostelac taught ice and roller skating at the Pla-Mor Ballroom at Linwood and Main. She also performed at the Pla-Mor's water shows performing a "phenomenal trick . . . diving from the rafters 40 feet up, with her cape aflame, she plunged toward the water and its kerosene-soaked surface. In the stunt's grand finale, a flash of fire exploded as she broke the surface." Kostelac became active in many local organizations and was a founding member of the Hyde Park Crimie Patrol, as well as "balancing the books for homeowner dues and such things" for Janssen Place for 30 years.
Date: 2011-04-30
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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