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Title
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Brooklyn Avenue, 35th to 36th
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Description
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Postcard of residences on Brooklyn Avenue betweeen 35th and 36th streets.
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Date
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1908
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Zoning Map of Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Zoning map of Kansas City with shading indicating zoning districts. Key on map. "Red areas indicate the location of zoning changes during the period June 1952 to January 1956."
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Date
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1956
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Proposed Master Plan
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Description
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Proposed master plan for Kansas City, Missouri development, including highways, thoroughfares, neighborhood boundaries, residential areas, business & commercial areas, railroad and industrial areas, public spaces, and public schools and recreation areas. Map covers Kansas City, Missouri city limits south of the Missouri River, with connections shown to surrounding communities, including North Kansas City, Missouri, Johnson County, Kansas, and Raytown, Missouri.
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Date
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1946
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Crestwood Country Club District, 55th and Oak, Kansas City, Mo.
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Description
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Postcard showing the Crestwood Country Club District at 55th Street and Oak Street in Kansas City, Missouri. This vantage point faces north towards the Second Presbyterian Church (pictured left) from between Oak Street and Crestwood Drive, just south of 55th Street.
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Date
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1925
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Taking Steps To Record Steptoe, Westport's Vanishing African American Neighborhood
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Description
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The African American community of Steptoe was located in Westport, Missouri. This article explores the name of the community and its growth after the Civil War. "The tiny hamlet in Westport known as Steptoe was a collection of neat clapboard houses tucked along narrow streets between Westport Road and the Country Club Plaza. Its center was at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 43rd Terrace. The name Steptoe was spelled out in blue and white ceramic tiles set in the pavement at each corner." Various family names connected with the area are mentioned.
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Date
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2004
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Old Homes Remaining on Quality Hill Soon to Be Demolished
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Description
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Story of two adjacent homes of members of the Fisher family on Quality Hill at 701 and 711 Pennsylvania Avenue, scheduled for demolition in area redevelopment plans. Photos and history of Quality Hill, including the Fisher Sawmill, built by the Fisher brothers in 1866, responsible for most of the early construction of the neighborhood.
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Date
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1962-10
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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Indian Village Country Club: Homes, Not Houses
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Description
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Promotional booklet for building family homes in 1920s luxury Kansas City suburban tract development now in the Santa Fe Hills neighborhood southeast of 85th Street and Wornall Road. It was to include rare amenities such as an open air theater, bell tower, pool, club house, and Dutch windmill. Built on property owned by Daniel Boone's son Nathan, and featuring the Boone school and home. Businessman developer Emory Sweeney founded an automobile school and WHB radio. Landscape architects Hare & Hare were to handle the project, and George Hamilton Stone was assigned as General Manager. Detailed plat map at center fold. The document claims that the neighborhood will, “exclude undesirable people from the standpoint of morals, character, and integrity.”
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Date
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1923
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Town Meetings - City Style
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Description
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Article about "town meetings" on neighborhood issues as "the antidote" to apathy toward city government in cities "where municipal matters run smoothly and there are no screaming headlines," run by the Welfare Department's Community Service Division.
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Date
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1952-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Country Club District
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Description
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Title continues: "Including Sunset Hill, Mission Hills, Hampstead Gardens, Wornall Manor, and Greenway Fields, '1,500 Acres Restricted. Planned, Developed, and Offered Exclusively by J.C. Nichols." Street map of Country Club district and of Mission Hills, Kansas. Identifies property owners. Inset map of Kansas City shows relative location.
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Date
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1917-04
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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The Country Club District: 1000 Acres Restricted
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Description
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Booklet published to promote the Country Club District neighborhoods by the J. C. Nichols Company. Images of landscaping, streets and residences are included. Property descriptions for residents are described.
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Date
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1920~
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Country Club District: 2500 Acres Restricted
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Description
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Title continues: "Including Sunset Hill, Mission Hills, Indian Hills, Hampstead Gardens, Crestwood, Greenway Fields, Wornall Manor, Westwood, Westwood Hills, and Armour Hills. 2,500 Acres Restricted. Planned, Developed and offered Exclusively by J. C. Nichols Investment Co." Plat map of the Country Club District, showing dimensions for each plot and sites for some proposed structures.
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Date
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1922-08
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Creating Karnes Boulevard and Coleman Highlands
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Description
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History of Karnes Boulevard and the Coleman Highlands Residential District, both within or near the Roanoke-Valentine residential district, or the Valentine residential district.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Magazine
