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1. 1977 Flood In the Country Club Plaza 1977 Flood In the Country Club Plaza 1977 Brush Creek at Main Street after September 12, 1977 flood, looking southwest.
2. 47th and Paseo 47th and Paseo 1955 47th and Paseo, looking east. Shows Brush Creek, portion of Paseo High School, former grounds of Electric Park.
3. A 1940s Pastime A 1940s Pastime Fall 1997 Photo of the Plaza Bowl on Nichols Road as it looked in the 1940s. It was closed following the 1977 Brush Creek flood.
4. A City Planned to Meet Modern Needs: New City in Making A City Planned to Meet Modern Needs: New City in Making March//1936 Sections of the magazine on Kansas City's airport, auditorium, city hall, hospitals, trafficways, parks and boulevards, water, Brush Creek, and Blue River.
5. A New Map Showing the Scene of the Battle of Westport, Fought Oct. 23, 1864 A New Map Showing the Scene of the Battle of Westport, Fought Oct. 23, 1864 October/18/1925 Covering territory from Brush Creek on the north to Indian Creek on the south and lying between Big Blue River on the east and State Line Road on the west, covering approximately 68 square miles. ..
6. A Rugged Ozarks Resident at 83 Tells Tales of a Pioneer Neighbor's Prowess A Rugged Ozarks Resident at 83 Tells Tales of a Pioneer Neighbor's Prowess Biographical article about Jacob Coonce (1806-1878), a hunter and soldier from Saint Clair County, Missouri, building that region's first cabin in 1831 and moving around 1832 to Jackson County near Brush...
7. A Tale of Two Projects: New Planning Processes Change Community Attitudes A Tale of Two Projects: New Planning Processes Change Community Attitudes April 2003 Introduction to two separate articles showing how two projects in 1998 were stopped as a result of strong community opposition, and the later results when the community became involved in the planning...
8. A Treasure Leaves Town: Gertrude Keith a Force in Earliest Corridor Developments A Treasure Leaves Town: Gertrude Keith a Force in Earliest Corridor Developments May/June 2003 Short review of Gertrude Keith's contributions to the city. Mayor Kay Barnes proclaimed April 27, 2003, as Gertrude Keith Day, and in May 2003, the Parks and Recreation Commission named the library/resource...
9. Affordable Housing Replaces Dangerous Blight in Blue Hills Affordable Housing Replaces Dangerous Blight in Blue Hills July 2003 Partners in the Woodland Redevelopment Project broke ground June 2003 for the construction of affordable housing on the former site of the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged in the Blue Hills...
10. Alameda Plaza Hotel Alameda Plaza Hotel n.d. View looking south on Wornall Road across Brush Creek at the Alameda Plaza Hotel.
11. Along Brush Creek Along Brush Creek 1999 View of Brush Creek, along Ward Parkway looking south. Apartment buildings in view. Located in the Country Club Plaza.
12. American Institute of Architects Guide to Kansas City Architecture & Public Art American Institute of Architects Guide to Kansas City Architecture & Public Art 2000 Book filled with photos, maps, and descriptions of numerous structures of architectural significance in Kansas City including buildings, residences, and public art works and including newer buildings up...
13. Amusement Parks Amusement Parks A selection of 8 postcards of Amusement Parks
14. Assured Majorities Assured Majorities June/7/1935 Photos and article about the apartments on the Country Club Plaza and Armour Boulevard managed by the Assured Rental Company, Incorporated (led by George Goldman and Herman Shapiro), in the city's "South...
15. Baron of Brush Creek Baron of Brush Creek June 2008 Article describes the residential neighborhoods that William Rockhill Nelson created for newspaper employees just before the turn of the twentieth century. "The Hoosier newspaperman and homebuilder believed...
16. Behind the Scenes with James E. Burke: Burke, Pendergast and J.C. Nichols Behind the Scenes with James E. Burke: Burke, Pendergast and J.C. Nichols August//1981 Excerpt from a 1976 speech given by local real estate developer and former Pendergast associate James Burke, about ties between J. C. Nichols and Tom Pendergast related to the paving of Brush Creek on...
17. Benton and Swope Parkway Bridge Benton and Swope Parkway Bridge 1925 Looking southwest across bridge crossing Brush Creek at Benton Boulevard and Swope Parkway.
18. Benton Boulevard Bridge over Brush Creek, Three Fourths Completed Benton Boulevard Bridge over Brush Creek, Three Fourths Completed October/15/1922 Photo and caption about the new (1922) Benton Boulevard bridge crossing Brush Creek and connecting northeast Kansas City with the Swope Park area.
19. Biography of Ernest H. Newcomb (1886-1979), Founder of the University of Kansas City Biography of Ernest H. Newcomb (1886-1979), Founder of the University of Kansas City 2008
20. Biography of Frank A. Theis (1899-1965), Grain Merchant Biography of Frank A. Theis (1899-1965), Grain Merchant 1999