Kansas City - Country Club Plaza area - Cyburbia Forums

Dan · 2003-04-25, 11:23 AM

Some pics taken at sunset a couple of weeks ago. Larger images are in the Cyburbia Gallery.

There really was far more pedestrian traffic than what you'll see in the photos, but for some reason I couldn't capture it.

Dan · 2003-04-25, 11:23 AM

BKM · 2003-04-25, 12:01 PM

Nice. Looks like Walnut Creek, CA (Or, since this is THE ORIGINAL, I should say that Walnut Creek looks like Country Club Plaza

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Greenescapist · 2003-04-25, 12:23 PM

Dan,

It looks like a nice area. What's the story behind the name? "Country club", to me, conjure up golf and tennis and yuppies.

oulevin · 2003-04-26, 03:21 PM

It looks like a beautiful area. It's not too much of stretch to say it a planner's dream (at least community developer's)? Who was behind it, and what, if any, influence did the KC planning department have on it?

LouisvilleSlugger · 2003-04-27, 03:14 AM

great pics!!!!! I like the design...

Stockton · 2004-02-17, 04:28 PM

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Originally posted by Greenescapist

Dan,

It looks like a nice area. What's the story behind the name? "Country club", to me, conjure up golf and tennis and yuppies.

The Kansas City Country Club, until it moved a couple miles west into Kansas, was directly south of the Plaza. The land is now a public park, Loose Park. It's a nice park, probably Kansas City's nicest, but it isn't signifcantly urban. The area around Loose Park is called the "Country Club District", it is mostly residential.

Queen B · 2004-02-17, 04:41 PM

Great Pictures DAN!!!!!

ablarc · 2004-02-17, 05:07 PM

Looks good. Reminds me of Shaker Square. A little bit suburban, a little bit urban. Planning here started in the 1920's?

Stockton · 2004-03-18, 08:33 PM

This was an accident!

H · 2004-03-18, 08:38 PM

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Originally posted by Stockton

This was an accident!

do go on...

Budgie · 2004-03-18, 09:44 PM

I've frequently glided around the Country Club Plaza. Studio apartments run around $750 - $900. Renowed land use attorney, Robert Freilich (Bob), lives 1 block south and works 2 blocks north of the Plaza.

GRID · 2004-04-02, 06:04 PM

That Plaza area of KC has always been the "star" of that city. It really is so gorgeous. My parents are moving to K.C. and I have thought about joining them for awhile to be closer to family. It is not exactly my idea of the funnest city, but KC still has a lot going for it...

2003-04-25, 11:23 AM	#1
Dan Cyburbia Administrator Registered: Mar 1996 Location: Buffalo, New York USA Posts: 9,251 Blog entries: 3	Kansas City - Country Club Plaza area Some pics taken at sunset a couple of weeks ago. Larger images are in the Cyburbia Gallery. There really was far more pedestrian traffic than what you'll see in the photos, but for some reason I couldn't capture it. __________________ Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell. -- Edward Abbey

2003-04-25, 11:23 AM	#2
Dan Cyburbia Administrator Registered: Mar 1996 Location: Buffalo, New York USA Posts: 9,251 Blog entries: 3	__________________ Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell. -- Edward Abbey

2003-04-25, 12:01 PM	#3
BKM Cyburbian Registered: Oct 2001 Location: Solano County, California Posts: 6,469	Nice. Looks like Walnut Creek, CA (Or, since this is THE ORIGINAL, I should say that Walnut Creek looks like Country Club Plaza ) __________________ The war on drugs seems like a small thing, but actually it was a huge opening, created by the American government, to stealthily destroy your rights. It has done a crackerjack job. In California, poor Ed Rosenthal is again being prosecuted by Federal terrorists, otherwise known as the Drug Enforcement Agency. Free Ed Rosenthal. Arrest instead William Bennet (roger gathman)

2003-04-26, 03:21 PM	#5
oulevin Member Registered: Jan 2003 Location: The Burg Posts: 178	Nice Country Club Plaza It looks like a beautiful area. It's not too much of stretch to say it a planner's dream (at least community developer's)? Who was behind it, and what, if any, influence did the KC planning department have on it?

2004-02-17, 04:41 PM	#8
Queen B Cyburbian Registered: Mar 2003 Location: "Somewhere in the middle" Posts: 2,730	Great Pictures DAN!!!!! __________________ It is all a matter of perspective!!!

2003-04-25, 12:23 PM	#4
Greenescapist Cyburbian Registered: Apr 2002 Location: Boston Posts: 1,137	Dan, It looks like a nice area. What's the story behind the name? "Country club", to me, conjure up golf and tennis and yuppies.

2003-04-27, 03:14 AM	#6
LouisvilleSlugger Registered: Apr 2003 Location: New Haven, CT Posts: 217	great pics!!!!! I like the design...

2004-02-17, 05:07 PM	#9
ablarc Cyburbian Registered: Nov 2003 Location: East Coast Posts: 713	Looks good. Reminds me of Shaker Square. A little bit suburban, a little bit urban. Planning here started in the 1920's?

2004-03-18, 08:33 PM	#10
Stockton Registered: Jun 2003 Location: Kansas City Posts: 12	This was an accident!

2004-03-18, 09:44 PM	#12
Budgie Cyburbian Registered: Feb 2000 Location: Sans Souci Posts: 5,255	I've frequently glided around the Country Club Plaza. Studio apartments run around $750 - $900. Renowed land use attorney, Robert Freilich (Bob), lives 1 block south and works 2 blocks north of the Plaza.

2004-04-02, 06:04 PM	#13
GRID Registered: Apr 2004 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 35	That Plaza area of KC has always been the "star" of that city. It really is so gorgeous. My parents are moving to K.C. and I have thought about joining them for awhile to be closer to family. It is not exactly my idea of the funnest city, but KC still has a lot going for it...