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Overland Auto Company sign at 2112 Grand.

I don't think they did bottling in the Western Lofts building.  They probably did it in the old Coca-Cola buildings on between I-35 and Broadway across from the IRS complex.  The Western Auto building was probably administrative offices for Coca-Cola.  Nell Donnelly also had her garment factory ther...

Wasn't there a horse-racing track at Longview?

Houses on W. 30th Street near Grand on Union Hill.

Houses located along Grand Avenue between 30th and 31st streets on Union Hill. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/FangKC/Yahoo/KCPaintedLady.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/FangKC/Yahoo/PLporch.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/FangKC/Yahoo/PLporch2.jpg http://img.photobucket...

The Jesse Hoel residence, designed by Louis Curtiss and completed in 1916, is located at 2108 Washington Boulevard in the Westheights Neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas.  (the photo in the link won't load). http://westheight.tripod.com/2108washb.html http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/FangKC/Ya...

LOL. I was working on a post about the Hoel House as we speak.

The Victor Beutner House at 1800 E. 39th (39th and Forest). It's in the Mannheim Park neighborhood.  This is a Louis Curtiss-designed house, completed in 1911, that is in terrible distress and needs a savior.

It's known as Sauer Castle. It's located at 935 Shawnee Drive in KCKS.

The Corrigan-Sutherland mansion at 1200 W. 55th Street (NW corner of 55th and Ward Parkway) in the Sunset Hill neighborhood.  This home, completed in 1913, is considered by many to be local architect Louis Curtiss' masterpiece.  According the UMKC architectural historian George Ehrlich, the home has...

The Calvert Hunt mansion at 3616 Gladstone Boulevard.  I describe this as beaux-art nouveau architecture.    The architect was John McKecknie. The home was completed in 1904.

The Roland Bruner mansion, also called "Mineral Hall," was completed in 1904. The house at 4340 Oak Street was designed by Kansas City architect Louis Curtiss in what the KC Library describes as an "eclectic Prairie Style amalgam of Second Empire Art Nouveau and Neoclassic elements.&q...

1620 Jefferson. A 2-bed, 1.5 bath renovated Italianate Victorian cottage with front porch close to downtown, and with landscaped yard on tree-lined street.  Has fireplace and backyard pergola. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/FangKC/Towers/1620Jefferson.jpg Ponder your future on this front por...

AllThingsKC and Schugg's "Fix This House" gave me the idea for another photo thread. There are many beautiful and striking houses around the city. This thread is devoted to posting photos of your favorite houses. They can be in the Kansas City Metro, or elsewhere, just be sure to identify ...

I think one of the mistakes Kansas City makes is not embracing its' colorful past more.  It's like the intent is to keep the perception of the city as bland as possible.  Kansas City has an interesting and intriguing past, and it fails to exploit any of it well.

But without the tax abatements, the buildings may sit empty and generate little revenue anyway. Independence has wide-scale tax abatement program in its' historic district around the business district and Truman home and it is transforming that neighborhood, and the entire area. I'm sure the tax aba...

I like the blue lights a great deal. They will look great in winter.

I think most people realize that the River Market is a vastly different place today.

The school boundary vote wasn't even close.  I think the message that voters are sending to the KCPSD is that changes must be made soon, and that voters are prepared to take the most drastic steps to bring it.

I think enough time has elapsed since the River Quay mob wars that it wouldn't have any effect on the P&L District.  Certainly, it's time to be able to reclaim the River Quay name as part of our  history. The mob elements actually adds some interest to it.