Rather than note all of the garbage McMansions for sale today . . . Check this informative local blog description of an urban core structure that was formerly one of the finest in town . . .
"The interior was one of the most splendid in Kansas City. It included a dozen different varieties of wood including Philippine mahogany, white mahogany, satinwood, Wisconsin birch, birds-eye maple, oak, and redwood. Bathrooms, some with 12-foot ceilings, had marble fixtures in some cases, and a center “well” on the second floor was topped with a skylight made of colored glass . . ."
Read more of this EPIC trip down local memory late . . .
Look at 30th and Troost today. If we had only taken more in taxes and given more to the blacks...
ReplyDeleteIs this a 999 dollar house?
ReplyDeleteWhat a mistake to tear those houses down. Should have left the millionaires there instead of what's there now.
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