Excellent Piece on Kansas City’s ‘Border Boulevard’: Troost

The KC Call has put out part two of a four part series addressing the dichotomy of KC’s two worlds separated by Troost Avenue. Herron does a fine job of examining the racial, social, and econmic factors comprising the historic disparity between the two ‘worlds’. While this is a reader’s digest version of the story, it works to highlight key issues past and present as well as put the spotlight on some major players as well as those accomplishing real progress, ie. Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council

For a thorough review of the subject, I highly recommend Kevin Fox Gotham’s Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development- The Kansas City Experience, 1900-2000.