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Central Standard Friday
4:26 pm
Thu June 7, 2012

KC History: Waldo & The Westport Presbyterian Church

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From "The Waldo Story" by LaDene Morton
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Cars line up along the newly opened Romanelli Shops at Gregory Boulevard and Wornall Road, 1931.
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From the interior of the Colormax Paint Store on Wornall Road, the Waldo streetcar station is visible. In the background are shops on Broadway across the tracks form the station.
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One of the last runs of the Country Club Streetcar line, as it pulls into the Waldo Station area from the south, circa 1955.
Credit Dorothea Eldrige / Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri
View looking north on Wornall at 75th Street in the Waldo Shopping area, 1961
Credit Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri
View facing southwest of the Romanelli Shops (southwest corner of Wornall and Gregory Boulevard). The shops, designed by the J. C. Nichols Company, received a design award for attractive refurbishing of older buildings. 1965.
Credit Randy Storck / Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri
Looking South along the 7400 block of Broadway. 1977.
Dory DeAngelo
Credit Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri
Looking southwest from the northeast corner of Gregory and Wornall. 1993.
Credit Dory DeAngelo / Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri
Waldo Theater, Partial frontal view; located at 7428 Washington. 1993.
Credit Betty Tillotson / The History Press
The "rock barn" near 75th Street and Wornall Road--believed to be one of the first structures in Waldo--before it was demolished in 1997
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Next time on Central Standard Friday, join historian Monroe Dodd for the history of the Waldo neighborhood with LaDene Morton, author of The Waldo Story.

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KC Currents
8:30 am
Sun June 3, 2012

PHOTOS: What Kansas Looked Like Then And What It Looks Like Now

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Monument Rocks, Kansas (1949)
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Monument Rocks, Kansas "Now"
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Lawrence, Kansas (1863) "Then"
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Lawrence, Kansas 2012 "Now"
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Minnesota Ave. Kansas City, KS (1951) "Then"
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Minnesota Ave. Kansas City, KS "Now"
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Garnett, Kansas Tornado 1884 "Then"
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Garnett, Kansas "Now"
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Hays, Kansas (1873) "Then"
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Hays, Kansas "Now"
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Chase County Courthouse (1880s) "Then"
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Chase County Courthouse "Now"
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Nicodemus, Kansas (1965) "Then"
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Nicodemus, Kansas "Now"
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Greensburg, Kansas (1970s) "Then"
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Greensburg, Kansas "Now"
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If you happen to stand in one spot in a Kansas town or city, did you ever wonder what things looked like 100+ years ago? 

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Central Standard Friday
1:29 pm
Wed May 9, 2012

KC History: Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum Celebrates 100th Anniversary

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What comes to mind when you think of famous Missourians? Brad Pitt, or Thomas Hart Benton, or Sheryl Crow? Well, of course, but even more long-enduring is the beloved author and satirist Mark Twain.

On Central Standard Friday, our host Monroe Dodd interviews Cindy Lovell, executive director of the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum. The museum celebrates its 100th anniversary on May 15th.

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People
2:12 pm
Mon May 7, 2012

Revising History: Native American Missions In Kansas

Tai Edwards teaches history at Johnson County Community College.
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Sitting on the Old Santa Fe Trail, the town of Shawnee Mission was originally that: a mission for members of the Shawnee tribe who were transplanted from their native territory.

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Thank You, Walt
12:45 pm
Tue April 24, 2012

Walt's 'Loveable Joints' On KMBC

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Walt Bodine has been a ubiquitous voice for Kansas City over the years, but he's also been a face as well. In these human-interest shorts that he did for KMBC starting in 1982, Walt reaches out to Kansas City by doing what he does best: telling stories and sharing information.

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Walt Bodine Show
9:33 am
Fri April 20, 2012

Tournament Town

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Before March Madness infected the nation, Kansas City was patient zero.

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Central Standard
2:39 pm
Wed April 18, 2012

The Traveling Trunk Of African American & Latino Inventors

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Students from the Youth Leadership Summit from the Urban League's national conference in Boston last year
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Students from a local community group in Boston peruse the traveling exhibits
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Students from the Exxon Mobile Bernard Harris Summer Camp
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Students from the Youth Leadership Summit from the Urban League's national conference in Boston last year
Carroll G. Lamb, Executive Director of The Institute of Black Invention and Technology
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If you're a young black or latino student plotting your future, do you look up to athletes or entrepreneurs? Entertainers or innovators?

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