Redlining map of Kansas City (1939)

[mjbauer95]

Found this map today, which I'm sure many of you have seen. It depicts neighborhoods of KCMO circa 1939 with different grades (A, B, C, & D) used by Fed. government during New Deal era to determine riskiness of loans. The use of the maps are seen as a major catalyst in housing segregation, the decline of urban areas, and white flight to the suburbs.

What I had not realized until now, is that there were full descriptions provided by the surveyors giving their rationale. There's lots of racism, classism, but they also did look at how houses were built & nearby infrastructure. Feels not too removed from "scores" you see on Zillow or Redfin actually minus the overt racism.

I find even just looking at how the city was built out circa 1939. One thing I'm curious of is why it looks like some developed areas have no grade - were there no sfh at that time, or maybe the area was old enough that not many people were seeking mortgages?

Anyway, here's the link, it's worth spending a few hours on:

https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redli ... ty/context

[beautyfromashes]

What is the Blue Hills golf club and what happened to it?

[moderne]

Also remember that in 1939 the Black/White dividing line was 27th St.

[Highlander]

What is the Blue Hills golf club and what happened to it?

The area known as the Citadel occupies some of the golf course former site. The site is fairly obvious on Google Maps by the more "modern" street patterns just north of 63rd and east of Blue Hills Drive.

The club was established in 1912 and moved to south Kansas City in 1963 (about 125th and Wornall). I am not sure if that 63rd street location was even their first location. Everything you could possibly want to know about their history is right here:

https://www.bluehillscc.com/_filelib/Fi ... k_2012.pdf

[mjbauer95]

What is the Blue Hills golf club and what happened to it?

The area known as the Citadel occupies some of the golf course former site. The site is fairly obvious on Google Maps by the more "modern" street patterns just north of 63rd and east of Blue Hills Drive.

The club was established in 1912 and moved to south Kansas City in 1963 (about 125th and Wornall). I am not sure if that 63rd street location was even their first location. Everything you could possibly want to know about their history is right here:

https://www.bluehillscc.com/_filelib/Fi ... k_2012.pdf

When they built the newer neighborhood on Blue Hills, they thought it would be a good idea to build a brick wall to divide the old & new parts. Feels very symbolic of urban planning issues of the time:

https://www.reddit.com/r/kansascity/com ... rick_wall/