This was greeted with enthusiasm, as evidenced by a Cincinnati Post headline from 1906: New park system would make beautiful hanging gardens of unsightly hillside slopes. The newspaper printed a photograph of a patchy hillside plastered in billboards that was bound to be improved by the plan. Olathe Out of School Time 415 E 12th Street Dunbar Playground 1941, 1945-1947, 1956, 1963-1965, 1967, 2. Phone: 415-831-2700. It was transformed into a stately park that hosted part of the 1888 centennial exposition. Parks and Recreation Staff Directory. General Number (785) 748-0600, East Lawrence Recreation Center 2. Located at 1250 East 902 Rd. Legal Disclaimer Privacy Policy, Employment Photo Release Partners ADA, Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners. Facebook link Instagram link Home Link. Part 1: Personnel This section contains resolutions and related documents that pertain to Board of Park Commissioners personnel matters. Sports Schedules & Registration. These documents contain material on activities of the Recreation Division during the 1940s and 1950s. These records also hold a large quantity of George Kesslers correspondence during his tenure as Board of Park Commissioners secretary and engineer. 3. During thecamp, your child(ren) will have a wide variety of fun and unique soccer games to play, learning advanced street skills from international expert coaches. Today, the parkway portion of Central Parkway has been reduced to a thin strip of grass and trees, with no walkways or fountains, in the middle of a busy boulevard hardly enough space for residents to walk their dogs. Central Parkway was praised for its beauty and the potential for development along its route. 59th Street and Spruce 1955-1956, 1958, 26. Penn Valley Park, Tourist Camp 1919-1929, 6. 816-881-3000 Park RangersOffice: 816-513-7570Cell: 816-799-7521E-mail:kcparkssecurity@kcmo.orgIf you have an emergency, 9-1-1 is still the appropriate first call and then call the Rangers. Many appear to have been collected by W.I. These files contain correspondence and reports received and sent by the Board of Park Commissioners on a variety of subjects. MCI Airport Baseball Diamonds 1964-1966, 17. Roll No. CLOSE. Adair Park; Blue and Gray Park; Blue River Parkway; Fleming Park - Lake Jacomo & Blue Springs Lake; Hayes Park; Landahl Park; Little Blue Trace; Longview Go. Located at 2730 Harper St. General Number (785) 832-7980, Park/Maintenance District #1 (includes Athletic Fields and Golf Course), Park/Maintenance District #2, Oak Hill, Maple Grove and Memorial Park Cemeteries, Sports Pavilion Lawrence Staff Directory It was the first municipal reforestation project. Microfilm available at Kansas City Parks and Recreation Archives: Subject Files of Park Board President L.P. Cookingham 1979-1986, A-Z. Cincinnatis first public playground opened in 1909. Area Miscellaneous 1946-1952, 1954-1959, 6. Construction dragged on for years, with accusations of political corruption within the Rapid Transit Commission for added measure. Roll No. Russell Reitz Animal Shelter Phone: 785-587-2783 Email the Animal Shelter Sunset Zoo Phone: 785-587-2737 Email Sunset Zoo Flint Hills Discovery Center Phone: 785-587-2726 Email Susan Adams, Director The archivists of Kansas City Parks, Recreation and Boulevards work to preserve and organize valuable historical photographs and documents that trace the development of the parks system in the City of Kansas City, Mo. NKC Parks & Recreation Broadway as a Boulevard 6th-14th St. June 1984, 23. Public Recreation Scrapbook 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 2. The canal had been an important part of an inland waterway system to connect Lake Erie to the Ohio River in the 1830s, but its usefulness had dried up.