Kansas City, Missouri: An architectural history, 1826-1976 ebook

by George Ehrlich

Kansas City isn't on most people's lists of great architectural cities. But those who have spent some time here and like beautiful buildings know that there are some gems in its downtown and lining its sleepy uncrowded neighborhoods.

Kansas City isn't on most people's lists of great architectural cities. Being a frontier city in the path of America's historical push West, . experienced a building boom from 1885-1929, which IMO is the most interesting period of American architecture. But those who have spent some time here and like beautiful buildings know that there are some gems in its downtown and lining its sleepy uncrowded streets.

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Kansas City, Missouri: An Architectural History, 1826 - 1990 (George Ehrlich) 1992. Journeys Through Time: A Young Traveler’s Guide to Kansas City’s History (Monroe Dodd, Daniel Serda) 2000. Kansas City Stories, Volume II. Virgil Thomson, a Reader: Selected Writings 1924-1984 (Thomson) 2002. Mrs. Bridge (Connell) 1959. I Was Right on Time (O'Neil) 1996. The O’Donnells (Peggy Sullivan) 1956. Independence Avenue (Eileen Sherman) 1990.

University of Kansas. Scholarly/refereed, publisher version.

Member Kansas City Landmarks Commission, 1979-1989; board directors History Kansas City Foundation, 1978-1984. First lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946, United States Air Force, 1951-1953, PTO. Member Society Architectural Historians (board directors 1979-1982). Instructor art history, U. Missouri, Kansas City, 1954-1956; assistant professor, U. Missouri, Kansas City, 1956-1962; associate professor, U. Missouri, Kansas City, 1962-1966; professor, U. Missouri, Kansas City, 1966-1992; professor emeritus, U. Missouri, Kansas City, since 1992.

Kansas City, Missouri. an architectural history, 1826-1976. 1st ed. by George Ehrlich.

Kansas City, Missouri: An architectural history, 1826-1976. Coauthors & Alternates. ISBN 9780913504529 (978-13504-52-9) Softcover, Historic Kansas City Foundation, 1979. Find signed collectible books: 'Kansas City, Missouri: An architectural history, 1826-1976'.

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Describes how in a few years after the civil war, a modern city arose on the great bend of the Missouri River. The design of an extensive park and boulevard system and the downtown high-class district. Heavily illustrated with photos.