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Troost Avenue was continuously developed from 1834 into the 1990s. From the 1880s to 1920s, many prominent white Kansas Citians (including ophthalmologist Flavel Tiffany, Governor Thomas Crittenden, banker William T. Kemper, and MEC, S pastor James Porter) resided in mansions along what had been a farm-to-market road.
Kansas City Airport: Rescue 92, Rescue 93, Rescue 94 6 Avondale: Pumper 6: Truck 12: Medic 506: 7 Westside: Pumper 9: Truck 6: Medic 9: High Rise 102 8 Crossroads: Pumper 8: Battalion 102: 10 Pendleton Heights: Pumper 10: Truck 3: Medic 503, Medic 510: 14 Shoal Creek: Pumper 14: Medic 14: Battalion 103: Command 2 15 Staley Pumper 15 Medic 515 ...
Segregation, Jim Crow laws, and redlining kept Black Kansas Citians east of Troost Avenue for much of the mid-20th century. Prospect became one of the main commercial thoroughfares of the East Side during the 1950s and 1960s, providing the entertainment that the African-American community was barred from in locations such as Westport, the River Quay, and the Country Club Plaza. [3]
Koton or Rando (died 1991) was a German Shepherd police dog who played Jerry Lee in the 1989 movie K-9 with James Belushi. He also starred in a short lived TV series of the same name. Prior to being in the movie/TV series, Koton worked for the Kansas City Police Department as a K-9 officer.
The architect of the Landing Mall was Edward Tanner, who was also the architect of the old Kansas City Missouri School District Building on 12th and McGee Street in Downtown. The J.C. Nichols company commissioned local artist Jac T Bowen to make a medley of 30 almost life-sized animal sculptures that children could climb on for the mall. [ 1 ]
Pharmacy chain Walgreens will close its store at 1100 E. 63rd St. in Kansas City later this month. Its last day will be Monday, Sept. 30, according to a sign posted outside the entrance.
The Paseo (also known as Paseo Boulevard, or Paseo) is a major north–south parkway in Kansas City, Missouri. As the city's first major boulevard, it runs approximately 10 miles (16 km) (85 blocks) through the center of the city: from Cliff Drive and Lexington Avenue on the bluffs above the Missouri River in the Pendleton Heights historic ...
SWAT officers were called in to help Long Beach police with a gunman whom authorities accuse of killing two people.