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This Kansas City boulevard was an original jewel in 1890s City Beautiful movement
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 6 months agoPaseo Boulevard was an integral part of the ambitious Parks and Boulevard system that Kansas City...
Midstate Marker: Wildwood Park
WHTM via Yahoo News· 1 week agoHARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM)– It was one of the jewels of Harrisburg’s City Beautiful movement. Opening in 1907, Wildwood Park transformed the old Wetzel’s...
Why is Kansas City called ‘The City of Fountains?’ Here’s the nickname’s hidden history
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoYou’ll find more than 200 fountains lining Kansas City’s courtyards, plazas and boulevards. You’ll...
Florida Buildings I Love, No. 9: Biltmore Hotel, 1926, Coral Gables
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCoral Gables was the dream city of the 1920s Florida land boom, and the Biltmore Hotel was and still...
3 things to prioritize with Des Moines City Hall on the move
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoChange is constant in downtown Des Moines, but every so often a period of more dramatic upheaval...
Every American city wanted to be cool. Now they're all just boring copies of each other.
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoRemote work caused a flood of new arrivals to small and midsize cities. And now those cities all...
Free Press Flashback: For decades Detroit ghost park was 'Disneyland' to kids
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWalk out of Pewabic Pottery on East Jefferson and you can’t miss it: the massive Beaux Arts Chauncey...
Buildings on Grambling campus on National Register, with Colonial Revival architecture
The News-Star via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrom 1939 to 1960, Grambling State University was the only institution of higher learning available...
East riverfront could be new spot for housing, dining if city workers move to Nationwide building
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe east bank of the Des Moines River is on the cusp of substantial redevelopment should the city...
The Hollywood sign debuted 100 years ago in 1923, the year of L.A.'s 'Big Bang'
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe year 2023 marks the centennial of many iconic L.A. landmarks, including the Hollywood sign,...