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A news article from the Kansas City, Kansan dated Feb. 15, 1987, shows a photo of the YMCA in 1911 during the first phase of construction. The building was dedicated on Nov. 20, 1927.
Baltimore, Maryland, Oldest Central Building of the YMCA constructed 1872–73, a triangular structure of five stories in "Second Empire" style architecture with brick and stone trim, slate mansard roof with large corner central tower and several smaller towers (later removed in early 1900s remodeling), at the northwest corner of West Saratoga and North Charles Street, on the northwest edge of ...
The Paseo YMCA opened in 1914, when Julius Rosenwald encouraged Kansas Citians to raise $80,000 toward building a new YMCA. [2] The architect of the Paseo YMCA was local architect Charles A. Smith. In 1920 eight independent black baseball team owners met to form what would become the Negro National League. [3] The facility closed in the 1970s.
In the early 1970s an entire city block inside the loop in downtown Kansas City was labeled as blighted, making way for this project completed in 1977. Photos show what downtown Kansas City urban ...
Quality Hill is a historic neighborhood near downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA, on a 200-foot-high bluff which overlooks the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers in the West Bottoms below. Located on the west side of downtown, it is bounded by Broadway to the east, I-35 to the west, 7th Street to the north, and 14th Street to the south.
In 2019, the city approved spending $375,000 to help prevent the Sun Fresh Supermarket in the Linwood Shopping Center from closing its doors. The store has been the anchor of a long-term economic ...
2003 - First Kansas City Irish Fest at Crown Center. 2004 Zona Rosa urban shopping district opened. Sister city relationship established with Metz, France. [59] 2005 Penn Valley skatepark opens. Emanuel Cleaver becomes U.S. representative for Missouri's 5th congressional district. [71] 2006 Modern glass Kansas City Star Building built. [72]
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