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Title
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Urban Retreat
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Description
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Color pictures of the exterior of the house on a steep Westside hilltop built in 2007 and its new courtyard and pool, owned by Ryan Fischer.
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Date
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2011-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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West Side Story: Building a Neighborhood Piece by Piece...Again
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Description
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A look at Kansas City's West Side neighborhood, its history and current rennaisance. The neighborhood includes the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Guadalupe Center, the longest running Hispanic organization in the country. The area also had a strong Irish population in the late 1800s.
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Date
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2004-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Downtown Districts Reflect Individual Strengths
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Description
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Summary and assessment of Kansas City downtown development at the end of 2009. Articles contain descriptions of activity in districts of the central city: The "Loop" (Central Business District); Government/East Village; Northeast and East; West Bottoms and West Side; Crossroads and Freighthouse; Crown Center; and Midtown/Westport. A chart shows current and recently completed building projects with estimated costs.
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Date
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2009-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Westside
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Description
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Article about the West Side neighborhood of primarily Mexican Americans and their distinct culture, bounded by 14th, Broadway, 31st, and State Line Road. Discussion of neglect of the neighborhood by urban planning, causing decay and division, especially by highways (Interstate 35 and Southwest Trafficway).
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Date
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1984-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Raising the Roof
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Description
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Photos and biographical article about Regina Lopez-Fries, "a businesswoman, president of VINA Construction Inc.," raised in the West Side neighborhood and developing the same area at 21st and West Pennway for a "two-story community center, complete with gymnasium." Review of her life and career, born in the Hispanic West Side neighborhood of Kansas City and starting her construction company with her husband in 1989, moving near Stilwell, Kansas, in the 1990s and planning to create a nightclub called Adolfo's at their property at 11th and Grand Avenues.
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Date
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1997-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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City Council: Who Are These People?
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Description
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Photo and biographical description of Robert Hernandez, a 37-year-old Hispanic member of the City Council (in 1983) for the second district starting in 1975, previously "director of the Model Cities program on the West Side," and known "for his work in gaining money for the rehabilitarion of old houses in his district, of which there is an abundance."
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Date
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1983-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Neighborhoods
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Description
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Article shares short description of several eateries in the 16th and 17th blocks of Summit and 17th Street of Westside including Fresher Than Fresh Snowcones; Blue Bird Bistro; The Westside Local; Lill's; Fud; Fervere Bakery; Chez Elle Creperie and Coffeehouse (in the former Summit Theatre, a silent movie house built in 1913); and Los Alamos Market y Cocina.
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Date
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2011-06
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
