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1. 100 Plus Years in the 54th Street Neighborhood 100 Plus Years in the 54th Street Neighborhood October 12-18, 2012 Article announces that a reunion of residents of the 54th Street neighborhood was hosted by the 54th Street Memorial Club. A brief history of the neighborhood is provided. The original purchase of land...
2. About Town: Remember James Crews? About Town: Remember James Crews? January/22/1988
3. Black Brokers: 'Exclusive' Home Sales in Kansas City Bow to Shifts in Market Black Brokers: 'Exclusive' Home Sales in Kansas City Bow to Shifts in Market February 22, 1981 News article about the Newsome Realty company at 6217 Prospect Avenue and its place in the changing climate of the local real estate market in which small, black-owned companies were losing their dominance...
4. Blaze Ruins Meat: A $75,000 Stock Is Destroyed by Fire at Robert Blond Company Blaze Ruins Meat: A $75,000 Stock Is Destroyed by Fire at Robert Blond Company August/2/1951 Photo and article about the explosion and fire at "the Robert Blond Meat company building, 3022 Prospect avenue," destroying "a $75,000 stock of meat" there.
5. Blight Flight Blight Flight August 16-22, 2012 Article describes the reactions of Kansas City residents and business owners to the decision to build the Kansas City Police Department's new East Patrol headquarters and crime lab in a four block area...
6. Brown States the Issue Brown States the Issue February/22/1916 Article about Darius Brown's "initial speech as Nonpartisan candidate for mayor" of Kansas City at the Linwood Theater at 3034 Prospect Avenue, arguing for a "businesslike, nonpolitical attitude toward...
7. City's Law Department Shoots Down Gates' Economic Plan City's Law Department Shoots Down Gates' Economic Plan October 23, 2009 Ollie Gates and others have proposed a "duty free tax zone" bounded by 9th Street on the north, 29th Street on the south, Troost Avenue on the west and Prospect Avenue on the east. Gates believes it would...
8. Deaths: Mrs. Lena E. Blender Deaths: Mrs. Lena E. Blender April/28/1974 Photo and obituary for Lena Blender, "former owner of Blender Barbecue, 5200 Prospect" Avenue, a restaurant established by herself "and her late husband, Julius Blender," "in May, 1927 at U. S. 50 and...
9. Deaths: The Rev. S. J. Williams Deaths: The Rev. S. J. Williams June/23/1972 Obituary for Reverend Simonetta Williams, "70, pastor of Brooks Chapel A. M. S. [African Methodist Episcopal?] Church in Butler, Mo.," with residence at 2732 Prospect Avenue. Native of Texas coming to...
10. Gonzalez' New Beauty Salon Futuristic with Furnishings in Colorful Pastels Gonzalez' New Beauty Salon Futuristic with Furnishings in Colorful Pastels October 8, 1954 News article about the opening of the Gonzalez beauty salon at 27th and Prospect Avenue in "the Gain building."
11. Harry Taylor: Former Motion Picture Figure Dies in Los Angeles Harry Taylor: Former Motion Picture Figure Dies in Los Angeles July/22/1953 Obituary for Harry Taylor, a local movie theater pioneer involved with the Diamond Theater at 15th and Prospect Avenue and the Queen Theater at 15th and Brooklyn Avenue.
12. Independence Boulevard Christian Church Independence Boulevard Christian Church March 19, 1973
13. James Perdew James Perdew January/2/1965 Obituary for James Perdew, president of the Southeast State Bank with residence at 3121 Prospect Avenue, dying at the age of 57 in 1965.
14. Journalist Lucile Bluford Dies Journalist Lucile Bluford Dies June 14, 2003 Front page story and obituary for local African American journalist Lucile Bluford. She died Friday, June 13, 2003, at Baptist-Lutheran Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. She was 91 years of age....
15. Marlborough Heights Neighborhood Marlborough Heights Neighborhood July 27, 1947 The boundaries of Marlborough are matters of choice, since it never had any boundaries legally. Marlborough folk say it properly extends from Seventy-ninth to Eighty-fifth and from Troost avenue to Prospect...
16. Mr. N.A. Westbrook Mr. N.A. Westbrook December 17, 1948 Biographical article with photo about N. A. Westbrook, "inventor and manufacturer of the Laundry Washing Machine Reversing Mechanism." Westbrook's invention, which was developed at his laundry shop at...
17. New Dental Clinic Defies Prospect Building Drought New Dental Clinic Defies Prospect Building Drought January 18, 1981 News article about an exception in a "drought" in building development along the Prospect Avenue corridor, in the form of a new building at 5420 Prospect Avenue for the dental offices of Dr. Sere Myers,...
18. New Hope on Prospect New Hope on Prospect April 2, 2012 Article reports on new development projects along Prospect Avenue that are bringing positive change to the corridor. One project is the building of the Blue Hills Community Services Center at 5008 Prospect,...
19. No Single Plan Approved: School Closings Are Still up in the Air at the End of 2006 No Single Plan Approved: School Closings Are Still up in the Air at the End of 2006 December 27, 2006 Article with color photos about school possible closings in Northeast Kansas City. Factors influencing the maintenance of active and vacant school buildings are discussed, including financial, enrollment,...
20. Prospect Corrider: Killings bring Attention - Bad and Good Prospect Corrider: Killings bring Attention - Bad and Good September 12, 2004 In the wake of recent killings in the area, four blocks each direction from Prospect Avenue and between 18th Street and Brush Creek, attention has focused on improving the Prospect Corrider neighborhood....