A fast-growing frontier community transformed itself into a beautiful urban model of parks and boulevards. In 1893; East Coast newspapers were calling Kansas City "the filthiest in the United States." The drainage of many houses emptied into gullies and cesspools. There was no garbage collection service; and herding livestock through the city was only recently prohibited. Through the diligent efforts of a handful of recently arrived citizens; political; financial; and botanical skills were successfully applied to a nascent parks system. "Squirrel pastures;" cliffs and bluffs; ugly ravines; and shanties and slums were turned into a gridiron of green; with chains of parks and boulevards extending in all directions. Wherever the system penetrated well-settled localities; the policy was to provide playgrounds; tennis courts; baseball diamonds; pools; and field houses. By the time the city fathers were finished; Kansas City could boast of 90 miles of boulevards and 2;500 acres of urban parks.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CommmasterGreat book to help my students learn theatre0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This book is adequately informational. It is not well ...By douglasThis book is adequately informational. It is not well written. It really; really needed an editor. There are several factual errors and misstatements that an editor would have seen immediately. Perhaps for the next edition; the author could improve the text by having it read by an editor before publication.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Unprofessional; badly writtenBy MadeleineThe content seems valid enough--the author is well-informed on his subject matter--but it is so badly written (use of slang; vernacular expressions; immature humor; etc.) that I found it unreadable.
