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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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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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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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1962-06-20
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Newspaper Article
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Country Club Plaza
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View of the Country Club Plaza looking toward the northeast and taken from the Alameda Plaza Hotel. The north/south street by the hotel is Wornall Road at the intersection of Brush Creek Boulevard. Ward Parkway intersects Wornall Road on the opposite side of Brush Creek. Various Plaza stores are in view.
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1972-07
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Object Type
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Photograph
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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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2005-07-11
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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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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2005-06-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Woodland Avenue Bridge
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Description
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View of Woodland Avenue Bridge over Brush Creek, looking southwest.
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Photograph
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Brush Bridge Bridge
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Description
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View of auto bridge over Brush Creek near the Country Club Plaza.
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Photograph
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Brush Creek
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View looking east down Brush Creek, including apartment buildings and Wornall Road Bridge.
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Photograph
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Brush Creek Bridge
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Bridge spanning Brush Creek on Ward Parkway west of the Country Club Plaza.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Alameda Plaza Hotel
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Description
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View looking south on Wornall Road across Brush Creek at the Alameda Plaza Hotel.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Brush Creek Bridge
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Bridge spanning Brush Creek near the Country Club Plaza; two young men are pictured sitting in tree.
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Photograph
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