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A bronze statue of the city's namesake was dedicated in the Hermann Park. [11] Hermann was the nearest town to the Gasconade Bridge train disaster, November 1, 1855. The Leimer Hotel in Hermann [12] was used as a temporary hospital to treat the wounded. [13] In the 1960s, people began to rebuild the wine industry in the Hermann area.
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Downtown Kansas City is defined as being roughly bounded by the Missouri River to the north, 31st Street to the south, Troost Avenue to the east, and State Line Road to the west. The locations of National Register properties and districts are in an online map.
After I-29 and 35, 210 immediately intersects Route 1 and continues east. It intersects Walker Road in front of NKC Hospital and the Cerner world headquarters before an interchange with Chouteau Trafficway near North Kansas City, Missouri. It becomes a limited access freeway as it exits North Kansas City and into Kansas City proper.
Segregation, Jim Crow laws, and redlining kept Black Kansas Citians east of Troost Avenue for much of the mid-20th century. Prospect became one of the main commercial thoroughfares of the East Side during the 1950s and 1960s, providing the entertainment that the African-American community was barred from in locations such as Westport, the River Quay, and the Country Club Plaza. [3]
Kansas City's extensive parkway and boulevard system was designed as part of the City Beautiful Movement. Its design theme and name are taken from the Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City . [ 6 ] From its start at Cliff Drive, the original alignment was changed to install the on-ramp to Interstate 35, then it curves slightly southwest and heads ...
Ward Parkway was created as part of developer J.C. Nichols's overall plans for the Country Club District.Desiring a boulevard that would exceed the aesthetic value of all other streets in Kansas City, Nichols hired landscape architect George Kessler, who had designed several other boulevards, parks, and neighborhoods throughout Kansas City, Missouri, including Hyde Park. [2]