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Title
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Cowtown 1890 Becomes City Beautiful 1962: The Story of Kansas City's Parks
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Description
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Origins and early history of the parks and urban planning in the city, describing the efforts to beautify and maintain the growing city, starting in 1872 with such men as Milton McGee, William R. Nelson, August R. Meyer, George E. Kessler, Frederick Law Olmstead, et al.
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Date
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1962
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Housing Survey - Kansas City, Missouri - Negro Districts Map
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Description
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Map prepared by the Missouri Era Non-Manual Works Program, the City Plan Commission, and the Jackson County Emergency Relief Committee showing African American population centers in Kansas City in 1934. The map was included as part of the 1934-1935 Report of the Housing Survey of Kansas City, Missouri.
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Date
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1934
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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City Officials
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Description
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Profiles of city officials involved in urban planning either through financing or organizing infrastructure improvements such as utilities, transportation, natural disaster prevention, parks, etc.
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Kansas City Zoning
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Description
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File containing a pamphlet or booklet on zoning in Kansas City with illustrations and information on the division of areas of the city into residential districts, commercial or business districts, industrial districts, and other districts (automobile parking lots, planned shopping districts, planned office building districts, and airports, water towers, etc.).
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Date
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1954-06-01
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Keeping FOCUS in Focus
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Description
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Aricle about the City Plan Commission's plan standing for "Forging Our Comprehensive Urban Strategy," with "rules of engagement on seven fronts: the urban core, the Northland, neighborhoods, infrastructure, historic preservation, finances, and people.
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Date
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1998-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
