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Lawrence City Hall building in Kansas, 2011. Part of a series on the. History of Kansas; Periods; Timeline; ... Old Lawrence City Hall, in use c.1929-1970; Lawrence ...
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Lawrence was the first city in Kansas to enact an ordinance prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (enacted in 1995, after a campaign called Simply Equal). On October 4, 2011, Lawrence became the first city in Kansas to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity with the passage of City Ordinance No. 8672. [241]
The Western Auto Building, first known as the Coca-Cola Building or the Candler Building, after owner Asa Griggs Candler, is located at 2107 Grand Boulevard, in the Crossroads neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. Built in 1914, it later served as the headquarters of the Western Auto Supply Company and became known by that association ...
The Lawrence World was first issued by Simons on March 2, 1892. [3] In 1905, the World acquired the Lawrence Journal, and merged the Journal and World in 1911 after a fire destroyed the offices of the Journal. [3] [4] The Lawrence Daily Journal title dates back to 1880, but was a continuation of the Republican Daily Journal which dates back to ...
Douglas County comprises the Lawrence, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area. As of the census of 2000, there were 99,962 people, 38,486 households, and 21,167 families residing in the county.
Shawnee Mission / ʃ ɔː n i ˈ m ɪ ʃ ən / is a region of northern Johnson County, Kansas, part of the Kansas City metropolitan area in the United States. Since August 1, 1960, the United States Postal Service has used the name to denote a large postal coverage area (ZIP Codes 662xx) at the northeastern tip of Johnson County.
KMXN (92.9 FM) is a radio station that broadcasts in a country music format.The radio station is licensed to Osage City, Kansas, and the station serves the Topeka and Lawrence areas.