Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 4:24 pm
I just found this site.
http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi ... =umkcredic
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Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:31 pm
Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:51 pm
theres a hidden stairs that leads down 30 feet at the corner of 79th and agnes
Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:21 pm
That's cool. Have you been down?
Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 11:40 pm
yes, the first time i did there was a down power linemissingkc wrote: That's cool. Have you been down?
, but i rode my bike a few weeks later and the city works cleared some of the brush and fixed the line,,,, ive shyed away from going back because the area that the staircase leads into is a creepyyyy street, ill snap some shots like ive been meaning to of this area, the marlborough east neighborhood...Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 9:56 am
hey redperro, that area is on my route so if you see the mail truck feel free to stop by and say hi. Although the city did clean up a lot of trees and brush right next to the road, they didn't clear out the brush from the stairs. A resident in the area used a machete to clear it out a few months ago. If you do go down it just watch out for dogs. I don't see them out all the time but one of them likes to chase my truck(they're not on the gravel road part but across the small bridge). There are no sidewalks on Agnes but I think the staircase is in the city right of way(there are power lines that run parallel with it). It serves as a good shortcut for anyone wanting to walk from 77th to 83rd st without having to walk all the way over to Prospect.
Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 1:08 pm
These staircases were built as shortcuts, often from residential areas to the streetcar line.mailman641 wrote: It serves as a good shortcut for anyone wanting to walk from 77th to 83rd st without having to walk all the way over to Prospect.
Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 7:55 pm
Here is a link to a photo of the stairs on Belleview.loftguy wrote: Correctamundu, Fang, it is Holly. It's a housing and access layout that I have only seen in mountain/mining towns like Jerome, Az and Telluride, Co.
In related news, recently a westside old-timer told me that Jarboe, one block east of Holly used to run from 21st street straight down to SW Blvd. A ridiculously steep grade. In the late teens a milk wagon broke loose on the hill, killing two milkmen and a horse. After this the properties on the north side of Cesar Chavez, from Holly to Belleview, were purchased and cleared and Jarboe Street was filled in and the site leveled to make the existing park.
The cities only involvement was to facilitate the legalities and accept the park as a donation from the neighborhood.
Great story. True..........?
http://www.kchistory.org/cdm4/item_view ... OX=1&REC=1
Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:44 pm
Great picture-must have had goats to keep the grass from getting too long.
Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:43 pm
Great picture. On the left are obviously men walking after work from a streetcar line to their homes. Just what those stairways were designed for.FangKC wrote: Here is a link to a photo of the stairs on Belleview.
http://www.kchistory.org/cdm4/item_view ... OX=1&REC=1
Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 1:10 pm
That is a great picture. Guess 20th and Belleview is now hidden in the wooded area below Observation Park.
Related to Thaines comment, does anyone know how lawns were trimmed back in those days? Was a push mower used?
Related to Thaines comment, does anyone know how lawns were trimmed back in those days? Was a push mower used?
Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:07 pm
definately a neighborhood of character..
Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:34 am
Wondering about the african-american children in the photo. Was this an african-american neighborhood before it became Hispanic?
Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:48 pm
I would assume a push mower or a scythe.loftguy wrote: Related to Thaines comment, does anyone know how lawns were trimmed back in those days? Was a push mower used?
Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 12:24 pm
it was mixed area, but this area has been hispanic part of kc orignally, i guess it was an irish area too at one timemoderne wrote: Wondering about the african-american children in the photo. Was this an african-american neighborhood before it became Hispanic?
Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 1:46 pm
It was hispanic, black, scot/irish, and there was a pretty significant swedish population on the westside too(1870's-1940)redperro wrote: it was mixed area, but this area has been hispanic part of kc orignally, i guess it was an irish area too at one time
Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 3:03 pm
Parts of the Westside was also the homestead of Indian agent and fur-trader Major Andrew Drips.
Modern Archeology
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 4:55 pm
Standard Modern are some of the best lathes ever built and are still made in Canada. If you do not buy this tell me where it is
Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:08 pm
Everyone recognizes that this dude is a bot...correct?SemenOV wrote: Standard Modern are some of the best lathes ever built and are still made in Canada. If you do not buy this tell me where it is
Re: Modern Archeology
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 1:14 pm
i thought i banned it...smh wrote: Everyone recognizes that this dude is a bot...correct?