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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
1. 2002 Home of the Year Awards 2002 Home of the Year Awards March/April 2002 Photographs and article about the "Homes of the Year 2002". The awards recognize excellence in the homebuilding and remodeling industry.
2. 54-56 Janssen Place Opens to Friends 54-56 Janssen Place Opens to Friends October//1977 History and description of the residence originally home to the founder of the Jenkins Music Company, J. W. Jenkins, at 54-56 Janssen Place.
3. 75 Years of Growth and Service: J. C. Nichols Co. 75 Years of Growth and Service: J. C. Nichols Co. May//1980 Article on shopping center and residential developments by the real estate company in Prairie Village, Brookside, etc.
4. A Central City Neighborhood Makes a Comeback A Central City Neighborhood Makes a Comeback March 1979 Article about the integrity of the Westport residential community, focusing on its neighborhood organizations designed to preserve its older and characteristic architecture, with several photos, including...
5. A Home Apart A Home Apart August/28/2002 Photos and text describing a 1950s N. W. Dible built home in Rockhill Manor.
6. A Home District Beautiful A Home District Beautiful February 1921 Photos, architectural drawings, and article about the Country Club District of Kansas City, with details of its beauty and design and history, including an interview with "J. C. Nichols, designer and builder...
7. A Kansas City Architect: Clarence Erasmus Shepard A Kansas City Architect: Clarence Erasmus Shepard July-August//1987 Photos, illustration, and biographical article about Clarence Erasmus Shepard, or Clarence Shepard (1869-1949), a Kansas City architect, artist, and landscape engineer. Native of New York growing up in...
8. A National Register Update A National Register Update May-June//1982 Update of the National Register after the one-year hiatus of the organization, with two residential districts and two buildings.
9. Activity Spurs Hope in Hyde Park Activity Spurs Hope in Hyde Park April-May//1979 News of a joint preservation project for Hyde Park neighborhood between the Home Savings Association and the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association, by which area homeowners can save on mortgages.
10. Back to the City: Moving to Coleman Highlands Back to the City: Moving to Coleman Highlands Fall 1999 Article describing the appeal of moving to the Coleman Highlands residential district or neighborhood, with information about some of its old houses.
11. Best-Kept Secret Best-Kept Secret September/October 2002 House-hunting profile of the Waldo residential district, bounded by Gregory Boulevard, Ward Parkway, Holmes Road, and 85th St.
12. Birth of a City Birth of a City May//1978 Historical overview of residential districts in Kansas City, starting in 1854 with Kersey Coates and Quality Hill.
13. Branching Out Branching Out March/April 2005 Article profiles The Village at Shoal Creek Valley. Making its debut in 2005, this second planned neighborhood of the Shoal Creek Valley Residential District integrates historic designs with an eye toward...
14. Brief History of Historic Preservation in Kansas City Brief History of Historic Preservation in Kansas City May-June//1982 Comprehensive article about the history of architectural preservation in Kansas City and the nation, with most efforts beginning after the 1960s, including Quality Hill, but the first probably the 1922...
15. Briefs Briefs July-August//1986 Short notice of the plans "to restore and preserve Roanoke Court, a group of seven historically significant apartment buildings" at 3659-3689 Summit Road.
16. Brookside: A Small Town in a Big City Brookside: A Small Town in a Big City February//1984 Article describing the Brookside neighborhood as a mixed residential and business district, similar to a small town, with photos and illustrated map.
17. Business: Crestwood Tenants Secure Destiny Business: Crestwood Tenants Secure Destiny April/12/2000 Article about the purchase in the Brookside neighborhood by local business people of the Crestwood Shopping Center, "the first commercial building built by J. C. Nichols," describing the improvements to...
18. Central Hyde Park Is Nominated to the National Register of Historic Places Central Hyde Park Is Nominated to the National Register of Historic Places June-July//1979 News of the nomination of the "Central Hyde Park District" for the National Register, primarily a residential neighborhood.
19. Charming to a "T" Charming to a "T" January/February 2003 Article describes the city of Westwood, Kansas. Westwood is bordered by 47th Street and Shawnee Mission Parkway to the north and south, Mission Road to the east, and Rainbow to the west. "In the late 1940s,...
20. Chic Center at the Spot Where Kansas City Began Chic Center at the Spot Where Kansas City Began March 1979 Story of the Westport Square business district centered at Pennsylvania and Westport Roads, designed to reinvigorate surrounding residential districts, discussing also the problems caused by such development,...