Harlem district to E of downtown aiport
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Harlem district to E of downtown aiport
Often forget about this hidden dilapidated ghost town. We biked through here recently and were fascinated. Something to check out on bike when up for an adventurous journey of industrial grit. Seems like the only place left is a church that draws immigrants from Sudan.
Very interesting history most locals don't know about...
http://kcur.org/post/take-trip-harlem-k ... d#stream/0
From downtown we bike the HOA bridge then cut left first road and eventually make it over in just a few minutes. Can also reach the airport if you want to bike around it. Or can park and ride at airport then venture over.
Very interesting history most locals don't know about...
http://kcur.org/post/take-trip-harlem-k ... d#stream/0
From downtown we bike the HOA bridge then cut left first road and eventually make it over in just a few minutes. Can also reach the airport if you want to bike around it. Or can park and ride at airport then venture over.
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Re: Harlem district to E of downtown aiport
I'll have to check that out.
fyi your link was just of the map.
fyi your link was just of the map.
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Re: Harlem district to E of downtown aiport
^Fixed the link, and here it is again. Worth a read...
http://kcur.org/post/take-trip-harlem-k ... d#stream/0
http://kcur.org/post/take-trip-harlem-k ... d#stream/0
“Harlem was Harlem when Kansas City was Westport Landing,”
The first settlers to Harlem were Germans who came over from the Netherlands during the mid-1820s Broomfield says.
They named Harlem after a city in the Netherlands, the same city the better-known Harlem neighborhood in New York City is named after.
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Re: Harlem district to E of downtown aiport
It's easily the creepiest neighborhood in the city and I've been in most of them.
And apartments popular with sex offenders.earthling wrote:Often forget about this hidden dilapidated ghost town. We biked through here recently and were fascinated. Something to check out on bike when up for an adventurous journey of industrial grit. Seems like the only place left is a church that draws immigrants from Sudan.
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Re: Harlem district to E of downtown aiport
I think the neighborhood down by the Local Pig is the Creepiest. That area looks like Rich Hill Missouri or Appalachiaflyingember wrote:It's easily the creepiest neighborhood in the city and I've been in most of them.
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Re: Harlem district to E of downtown aiport
seams like a good place for a couple of stadiums.
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FAA would never allow it over height concerns.shinatoo wrote:seams like a good place for a couple of stadiums.
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Re: Harlem district to E of downtown aiport
The East Bottoms is odd, but it has a lot of people that live there. So, it never has that abandoned feel like Harlem.brewcrew1000 wrote:I think the neighborhood down by the Local Pig is the Creepiest. That area looks like Rich Hill Missouri or Appalachiaflyingember wrote:It's easily the creepiest neighborhood in the city and I've been in most of them.
I think the Stadium Drive area between Linwood and Raytown Rd could give Harlem a run for its money on the creepy scale. I never stop along there, but there is a weird abandoned log building and the old Leeds Diner that both seem a bit... weird.
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Re: Harlem district to E of downtown aiport
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Re: Harlem district to E of downtown aiport
I always thought Harlem could become the next West Bottoms in terms of an urban renaissance neighborhood. I know it would take a lot, but those would be some killer views of the city.
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Re: Harlem district to E of downtown aiport
West Bottoms hasn't even become the West Bottoms yet.
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Re: Harlem district to E of downtown aiport
However there's a buzz and projects afoot there as well as some great events and cool stores. Harlem would be one of those new gritty on the edge neighborhoods if someone would take a real interest in it and see it's potential.
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What about all the wooded area along the north bank of the Missouri River near Harlem? Why has that never been developed? That land can't be that expensive.
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Buying land from the federal government that's purposefully designated as floodable space likely has more red tape than can be imagined.JBmidtown wrote:What about all the wooded area along the north bank of the Missouri River near Harlem? Why has that never been developed? That land can't be that expensive.
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Oh I didn't know that patch of land was used as a flood buffer. Eh oh well.
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Re: Harlem district to E of downtown aiport
115-year-old Harlem Baptist Church, last survivor of Missouri River town, will be torn down
https://www.kcur.org/news/2023-04-21/11 ... -torn-down
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1175891 ... 384!8i8192
https://www.kcur.org/news/2023-04-21/11 ... -torn-down
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1175891 ... 384!8i8192
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Re: Harlem district to E of downtown aiport
I was in Harlem for what may have been the first time a couple of weeks ago. Came down US169 without realizing the southbound lanes on the Broadway Bridge were closed. Had to drive through Harlem to get to the Oak Street Bridge (Heart of America Bridge). From the traffic at the time, I suspect a lot of Kansas Citians were making their first acquaintance with Harlem.
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Lol, you are lucky you made it as to get over to Burlington (Oak St) to the HOA bridge you basically cross a rail yard. 75% of the time the through streets are blocked by trains
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Re: Harlem district to E of downtown aiport
The 180-unit apartment building in Harlem will go to auction in the middle of May. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/115-NW- ... /31221421/