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Nichols Fountain Mystery Solved at Last
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The J. C. Nichols Memorial Fountain was once the centerpiece of the Stanley Mackay family's Harbor Hill estate in Roslyn, New York, on Long Island. The fountain had been created in 1910 by French sculptor Henri Gerber for the Mackays. Mackay was president of the Postal Telegraph Co. After their deaths in 1938, the fountain fell into disrepair and pieces went missing. One of the four dolphins, though, was purchased by Marjorie Singer in 1938. It remained in the Singer family until 2010, when a member of the Singer family contacted Kansas City and sold the missing sculpture to the Parks department. The original piece will be refurbished and then replace the piece that had been created when the fountain was originally brought to Kansas City in 1957.
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2010-07-07
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Newspaper Article
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Park Board Launches New Image
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Kansas City park board begins marketing campaign not only with a new logo, "the green ball," but plans for its own Internet domain. "The campaign is one way the park board is attempting to fulfill Mayor Mark Funkhouser's mandate of improving citizen satisfacton scores for park services." The green ball logo is "based on the One Kansas City 'red ball' campaign launched four years ago by the Kansas City Area Development Council, a nonprofit organization that seeks to promote the region as a unified entity." The new logo won't replace the park department's existing oval seal or crest.
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2008-06-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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New KC Museum Leader Named
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Article announces that the Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department has named Anna Marie Tutera as the new executive director of the Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall. Tutera's background in museum work is summarized. The author states that Tutera has most recently been the director of the Wornall House and Alexander Majors House museums.
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2014-04-26
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Newspaper Article
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Funkhouser Shakes Up Park Board
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Newly elected mayor Mark Funkhouser has appointed a new Kansas City park board. The members are John Fierro, Tyrone Aiken, Frances Semler, Aggie Stackhaus, and Ajamu Webster. Funkhouser "took a slap at the board for decades of 'elitism and community divisiveness'," further stating, "the commissioners have often been chosen from among the city's wealthiest." His focus for the board is to serve all people at all income levels. According to the article, the city spends $56 million a year on the Parks and Recreation Department but only 13 percent of residents visit the parks weekly and 32 percent do so rarely. The mayor recounts the history of the park and boulevard system and contends it was created for the elites and their property values.
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2007-06-12
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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KC Park Board to Study Service
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Members of the city's Park Board plan to take a closer look at the city's 10 community centers. The main concern is that the centers are well maintained and that they meet the needs of the community. About a third of the community center staff haa been lost in recent years due to budget cuts. The centers are Southeast Community Center in Swope Park (to be the city's largest and to open in late 2008); Tony Aguirre; Brush Creek; Garrison; Gregg-Klice; Hillcrest; Kansas City North; Marlborough; Westport-Roanoke; and a new one to be built at 9th Street and Van Brunt Boulevard.
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2008-08-04
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Burned Rubber, Shared Memories
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Description
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The Kansas City International Raceway at 82nd Street and Noland Road was purchased by the city for a park. It has been the home track for the American Hot Rod Association.
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2011-11-28
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
