The Park and Boulevard System of Kansas City
Author: Kansas City (Mo.). Board of Park Commissioners
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 54
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Author: Kansas City (Mo.). Board of Park Commissioners
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 54
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Patrick Alley and Dona Boley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1467112593
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of photographs documenting the founding and development of Kansas City's parks and boulevards from the late 1800s, as part of the City Beautiful movement.
Author: Kansas City (Mo.). Board of Park Commissioners
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Published: 1920
Total Pages: 48
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Published: 1893
Total Pages: 138
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Publisher: Lowell Press
Published: 1991-01-01
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780932845528
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Board of Park and Boulevard Commissioners of Kansas City, Missouri
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Published: 1893
Total Pages: 84
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Published: 1909
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kansas City (Mo.). Board of Park Commissioners
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Published: 1914
Total Pages: 47
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Patrick Alley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2014-10-27
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 143964800X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fast-growing frontier community transformed itself into a beautiful urban model of parks and boulevards. In 1893, East Coast newspapers were calling Kansas City the filthiest in the United States. The drainage of many houses emptied into gullies and cesspools. There was no garbage collection service, and herding livestock through the city was only recently prohibited. Through the diligent efforts of a handful of recently arrived citizens, political, financial, and botanical skills were successfully applied to a nascent parks system. Squirrel pastures, cliffs and bluffs, ugly ravines, and shanties and slums were turned into a gridiron of green, with chains of parks and boulevards extending in all directions. Wherever the system penetrated well-settled localities, the policy was to provide playgrounds, tennis courts, baseball diamonds, pools, and field houses. By the time the city fathers were finished, Kansas City could boast of 90 miles of boulevards and 2,500 acres of urban parks.
Author: William Henry Wilson
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 208
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistory of the planning that began in 1890s Kansas City for beautiful parks and boulevards by George Kessler and city officials.