Back in January 2019, I posted “Finding Waldo’s Shadier Side,” my attempt to talk about the period when Waldo south of 77th Street was outside the city limits. The city limit reached 77th by 1909, but it would be almost 40 years until that changed. My Waldo research included mentions of a lot of shadyContinue reading “The True(r) Story of Mary’s Place”
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KC’s Board Track: Part 2- The Price of Speed
(originally published 9/26/19) Last time, in Part 1, we looked to 1922, and the latest civic endeavor to put Kansas City on the map. The Kansas City Speedway, a racing complex to rival the best tracks in the country, was one of only a couple of dozen in the country where the racing surface itselfContinue reading “KC’s Board Track: Part 2- The Price of Speed”
KC’s Board Track: Part 1 – The Promise of Speed
(originally published 9/19/20 The tale of Kansas City’s first but long-forgotten experience with big-time racing was too big to cover in one post. This week is the story of the track – how it came to be, it’s incredible construction and the spectacle of the finished Kansas City Speedway. The next post tells the taleContinue reading “KC’s Board Track: Part 1 – The Promise of Speed”
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