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Title
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Building for Now and Tomorrow
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Description
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Survey of planned commercial developments for the metro area, including Bluhawk and CityPlace in Overland Park, Lenexa City Center, and Loews Hotel in downtown Kansas City.
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Date
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2020-01
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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The Urban Rural Connection
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Description
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Article about Troy Nash, M.D., who grew up in Kansas City, practiced in rural communities in Mid-Missouri, and started work as a real estate developer.
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Date
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2020-03
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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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Cowherd Built Homes: The Standard of Value
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Description
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Promotional book published by the The Fletcher Cowherd Company to advertise new homes built by the firm in the Morningside neighborhood. Several photos and drawings of houses with ownership, address and architect information are included. The book also includes several pages of advertisements for firms connected to the home construction industry.
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Date
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1924~
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Object Type
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Book
