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Pondering a Sweeping Vista of Brush Creek Beauty
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Description
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Illustrations and map of proposed improvements along Brush Creek. The design was developed by Bucher, Willis & Ratliff Consulting Engineers, Planners & Architects under commission by the parks department. Target date for completion is 2020; flood control portion, 2011.
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Date
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2003-05-14
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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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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Seeking Brush Creek's Promise
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Description
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According to this article, the development of Brush Creek involved three parts: (1) a flood protection project; (2) a project prettier than the concrete trough the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers suggested; (3) to promote development along the creek which would be a magnet for people. Efforts to promote people to the area have so far mostly failed. Events that might work are mentioned. Includes a map of the creek entitled "Along Brush Creek." Work on the creek was spurred by the 1977 flood that swamped the Plaza and took 25 lives. The Corps of Engineers agreed to build a protection system that would essentially create a large trough from Roanoke Parkway to Troost Avenue. Within it would flow the trickle that Brush Creek remains upstream from Roanoke.
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Date
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2005-07-11
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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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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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Bridge on Rockhill Road, Kansas City, Mo.
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Description
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Postcard showing the stone Rockhill Road Bridge that once spanned Brush Creek. The bridge had previously been known as the Nelson Bridge.
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Date
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1910
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1957, Page p800
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Description
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A portion of western Kansas City from W. 51st Street south to W. 54th Street and from State Line Road east to Belleview Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1917/1957
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1957, Page p827
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from W. 48th Street south to W. 51st Street and from Holly Street east to Pennsylvania Avenue and a portion of Brookside, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. Noted at top of page, "New Sheet Dec. 1931."
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Date
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1917/1957
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page f005
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Description
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Key to Sanborn Map of Kansas City, Vol. 4 (updated index to April 1941), showing Kansas City area bounded from the Kansas and Missouri State Line on the west, College Avenue on the east, 31st Street on the north, and 48th Street on the south. Also shows railroad lines, bridges, rivers, and parks. Indicates areas covered by volumes 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6.
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Date
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1909/1950
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p548
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 45th Street south to Swope Parkway and from The Paseo east to Michigan Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. At top of map, "October 1948."
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Date
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1909/1950
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p550
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 47th Street south to E. 48th Street and from about Locust Street east to Charlotte Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1950
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1896-1907, Page p352
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Description
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Southeastern part of early Kansas City in the Waldo residential district, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1896/1907
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1957, Page p548
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 45th Street south to E. 47th Street and from Virginia Avenue east to Michigan Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1957
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1957, Page p549
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 47th Street south to Volker Boulevard and from McGee east to Locust, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1957
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1945, Page p852
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City, Missouri, from E. 49th Street south to E. 51st Street and from Grand Avenue east to Lydia Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. At top of map, "Add'l Sheet, Dec. 1933."
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Date
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1933
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Object Type
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Map
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