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The Brookside Shopping District is located in the Brookside neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri at 63rd Street & Brookside Boulevard. This district was founded in 1920 as Kansas City's first suburban shopping center. [1]
It was built in 1960, on 63rd Street and Troost Avenue (it also has frontage on East Meyer Boulevard) and it was originally an open-air shopping center. 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.
In 2000, the center was named for Sidney Kimmel in recognition of his gift in 1993 and an additional $3 million donation in 1998. The concert hall was originally named Verizon Hall to recognize contributions totaling $14.5 million in cash, equipment and services from Verizon and the Verizon Foundation.
Troost Avenue is one of the major streets in Kansas City, Missouri and the Kansas City metropolitan area. Its northern terminus is at 4th Street and its southern terminus Bannister Road, totaling 10.7 miles (17.2 km). It is named after Kansas City's first resident physician, Benoist Troost.
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The Kansas City Star, based in Kansas City, Missouri, is our region’s largest newsroom and covers both Kansas and Missouri news and issues. Published since 1880, The Star is the recipient of ...
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]
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