'SCHLEY RIDE TO KANSAS CITY" 1954 REEL

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'SCHLEY RIDE TO KANSAS CITY" 1954 REEL

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"SCHLEY RIDE TO KANSAS CITY" 1954 JACKSON CITY, INDEPENDENCE & KANSAS CITY REEL"

https://youtu.be/XJaSmarx45s
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Thanks for this gem. Starting with the view of Signboard hill, the Scout not on a pedestal, 14th and Truman Rd before the freeway trench, Bug Bunny on the Plaza. Excelsior Springs bustling; with the "healing" waters, why could not this become a New Age spa?
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The narrator kind of dissed President Truman for his yard, and also made some negative remarks about Excelsior Springs.
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A lot of urban KC was destroyed by interstates shortly thereafter but the skyline has at least vastly improved. We didn't have much of a skyline in 1954. A lot of gaps between the taller buildings.
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And yet it was the best skyline west of the Mississippi in 1954.
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