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Loose Park

Loose Park is the third largest park in Kansas City, Missouri, located at 51st Street and Wornall Road. It has a lake, a shelter house, Civil War markers, tennis courts, a water park, picnic areas, and a Rose Garden. The Rose Garden hosts all types of outdoor special events including theatrical performances and wedding ceremonies. The Japanese Tea Room and Garden is a small traditional Japanese garden conceived as a cultural exchange between the sister cities of Kurashiki, Japan and Kansas City, Missouri. History The original pasture belonged to Kansas City pioneer Seth Ward. During the Battle of Westport in American Civil War Confederate General Sterling Price is said to have to commanded his forces from gun emplacements on what became the south end of the park. In 1897, Ward leased the land to the Kansas City Country Club for its first golf course. In 1907 J.C. Nichols bought land around the course to form the Country Club District and Country Club Plaza. In 1925 when the golf club moved to Mission Hills, Kansas the land became a city park. In 1926, Ella Loose bought the property from the Hugh Ward estate (the son of Seth Ward) so that it could be made into a park to honor her husband, Jacob Loose. She gave the property to the city in 1927. Jacob Loose founded the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company, which produced Sunshine Biscuits and other products. In 1957, the Loose Park Garden Center was built at 5200 Pennsylvania Avenue for meetings and horticultural exhibitions of various kinds. The garden center has two large meeting rooms with small kitchens attached to the meeting rooms. In 1977, international artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude selected Loose Park for their art installation concept called Wrapped Walk Ways, consisting of 135,000 sq ft (12,500 m2) of orange-yellow colored shiny nylon fabric and a budget reportedly exceeding US$130,000 (equivalent to $690,692 in 2025). Mayor Charles Wheeler presented Christo with a key to the city for this brief project, which Christo described as "exquisite" and deserving of national front-page coverage. In 1979 Neal Patterson, Cliff Illig and Paul Gorup founded the Cerner Corporation while on a picnic in the park. In 2006, the Japanese Tea Room and Garden was dedicated as a small traditional Japanese garden. It was conceived as a cultural exchange between the Sister Cities of Kurashiki, Japan and Kansas City, Missouri. References Further reading Wilson, D. (1992). A City Within a Park: One Hundred Years of Parks and Boulevards in Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City, Missouri: Kansas City Parks and Recreation. Wilson, William H. (1964). The City Beautiful Movement in Kansas City. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press. OCLC 233062. Retrieved January 20, 2026 – via Internet Archive. External links Official website
Brewer Fieldhouse

The Brewer Fieldhouse was a multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Built in 1929 to expand upon the 500-seat Rothwell Gymnasium, the structure was named for Chester Brewer and served as the home for the university's Tigers basketball team. In 1972, basketball games moved to the new Hearnes Center. The fieldhouse and gymnasium were converted into the Student Recreation Complex, which was renovated in 1987 and again in 2005. References
Buck O’Neil Bridge

Die Buck O’Neil Bridge, früher Broadway Bridge, ist eine vierspurige Straßenbrücke über den Missouri River in Kansas City, Missouri. Die Stabbogenbrücke aus dem Jahr 1956 führt den U.S. Highway 169 und wird vom Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) betrieben. Das Verkehrsaufkommen lag 2016 bei 34.600 Fahrzeugen täglich. Sie ist benannt nach dem afroamerikanischen Baseballspieler John Jordan „Buck“ O’Neil. Geschichte Die damals noch Broadway Bridge genannte Brücke wurde ab Ende 1954 als Ersatz für die benachbarte Hannibal Bridge gebaut und am 5. September 1956 eröffnet. Die Hannibal Bridge aus dem Jahre 1917 war bis dahin eine Doppelstockbrücke mit einer zweispurige Straßenebene im oberen Bereich, die man später entfernte; die untere Eisenbahnebene wird heute noch von der BNSF Railway genutzt. Zu Ehren des ehemaligen afroamerikanischen Baseballspieler John Jordan „Buck“ O’Neil (1911–2006) wurde sie 2016 in Buck O’Neil Memorial Bridge umbenannt. O’Neil spielte in der Negro American League für die Kansas City Monarchs von 1938 bis 1947 und war später Manager der Mannschaft. Der zunehmende Wartungs- und Instandsetzungsaufwand der über 60 Jahre alte Brücke veranlasste den Betreiber MoDOT bis 2017 eine Studie zu Überholungs- und Neubauoptionen durchzuführen. Derzeit wird die Finanzierung eines Neubaus über das INFRA-Programm (Infrastructure For Rebuilding America) des Verkehrsministerium der Vereinigten Staaten geprüft, der gegenüber einer Überholung der Brücke zwar teurer, langfristig aber kostengünstiger ist. Das Verkehrsaufkommen lag 2016 bei 34.600 Fahrzeugen täglich, wobei mit einem Anstieg auf 66.000 Fahrzeuge bis zum Jahr 2040 gerechnet wird. Lage und Beschreibung Die Brücke befindet sich etwa 2 km flussabwärts hinter der Mündung des Kansas River in den Missouri River, kurz hinter dem Scheitelpunkt einer Flussschlinge des mäandrierenden Missouri. Der über sie verlaufende U.S. Highway 169 verbindet das Stadtzentrum von Kansas City, Missouri, mit dem Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport und mit der nördlich gelegenen Stadt Riverside. Das östlich vom Flughafen liegende North Kansas City ist über den Highway nicht direkt erreichbar, da sich dazwischen ein großer Rangierbahnhof der BNSF Railway (Murray Yard) befindet. Hauptteil der rund 850 Meter langen Stahlbrücke sind drei 17 Meter breite Stabbogenbrücken von 165, 138 und 137 Meter Länge (von Süd nach Nord), wobei die Bögen als Fachwerke und die Versteifungsträger als Vollwandträger ausgeführt sind. Die sich beidseitig anschließenden Zufahrten sind aus einer Vielzahl von Balkenbrücken mit Spannweiten von 20 bis 38 Metern aufgebaut. Die lichte Höhe der südlichen Stabbogenbrücke über der Schifffahrtsrinne beträgt bei Niedrigwasser etwa 20 Meter und bei Hochwasser etwa 16 Meter. Weblinks Broadway Bridge / Buck O’Neil Bridge. HistoricBridges.org. Buck O’Neil Bridge. Missouri Department of Transportation. The New Buck O’Neil (U.S. 169) Crossing. Mid-America Regional Council. Einzelnachweise
Buck O'Neil Bridge

The Buck O'Neil Bridge was a triple arch bridge that spanned the Missouri River in Kansas City, Missouri, in the United States. It first opened for traffic September 9, 1956 as the Broadway Bridge. It was built at a cost of $12 million. It was a toll bridge until 1991. It replaced the Second Hannibal Bridge just to its east which had handled auto traffic on its upper level. In turn, the Buck O'Neil Bridge has now been replaced by the New Buck O'Neil Bridge. It provided access from downtown Kansas City to the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport and to the city of Riverside, Missouri. U.S. Route 169, which the bridge carries across the river, never enters North Kansas City, Missouri, but skirts the western border. On June 24, 2016, the Bridge was officially renamed from the Broadway Bridge to the Buck O'Neil Bridge named after the Kansas City Monarchs player and manager John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil. On May 18, 2018, MoDOT began construction on the Buck O'Neil Bridge, with plans to repair the expansion joints, cable keep replacements and partial scour remediation. The project was expected to last until December at a cost of $7 million. On January 29, 2024, the new Buck O'Neil Bridge opened to northbound traffic. Major demolition of the original 1956 bridge began on February 15, 2024, with the northern span being brought down with explosives. See also Transport portal Engineering portal United States portal List of crossings of the Missouri River References External links Broadway (Hwy 169) Missouri River Bridge in Kansas City, Missouri
Brookings Hall

Brookings Hall is a Collegiate Gothic landmark on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. The building, first named "University Hall", was built between 1900 and 1902 and served as the administrative center for the 1904 World's Fair. The first cornerstone was laid on November 3, 1900. In 1899, after holding a national design competition, Washington University's administrators selected the Philadelphia firm Cope and Stewardson (represented by James P. Jamieson) to design the building as the centerpiece of an extensive new campus master plan. The general contractor was Bright Construction Company. A large square tower with corner turrets and an arched passageway below was a favorite motif of the architects that they also used at Blair Hall of Princeton University (1897), the Quadrangle dormitories at the University of Pennsylvania (1894–1912), and Rockefeller Hall at Bryn Mawr College (1904) and was likely inspired by the Great Gates of Trinity and St. John's colleges at Cambridge University in England, where Cope and Stewardson are known to have visited. Since 1905, the building has served as Washington University's administrative center. Initially known as University Hall, the building was renamed Brookings Hall on June 12, 1928, in honor of board president Robert S. Brookings. There are numerous inscriptions on the building; most prominent is the inscription above the clock on the Western side which reads Cedunt Horae, Opera Manent ("The hours go by, the works remain"). The inscription on the east facade reads Discere Si Cupias Intra: Salvere Iubemus ("If you wish to learn, enter: we welcome you"). Alumnus Steve Fossett used Brookings Hall as a mission control center for two of his attempts at circumnavigating the globe in a balloon, including his sixth and ultimately successful attempt in the Spirit of Freedom in 2002. Currently, South Brookings houses the Admissions Office and the administrative offices for the College of Arts and Sciences. North Brookings houses the Office of Student Financial Services, the Office of the Chancellor, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. References External links Washington University in St. Louis Danforth Campus Tour, Brookings Hall 1904 World's Fair Administration Building Photos of Brookings Hall
Buchanan County Courthouse (Missouri)

Buchanan County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at St. Joseph, Missouri. It was built in 1873, and is a cruciform plan, Renaissance Revival-style brick building. It features pedimented porticos with Corinthian order columns and a glass and tin central dome. It was first listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Buchanan County Courthouse and Jail in 1972. Its boundaries were decreased in an amendment in 1978 and the NRHP listing was renamed as "Buchanan County Courthouse", apparently excluding the jail. References
Captain Meriwether Lewis

The dredge Captain Meriwether Lewis is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The dredge is one of the few surviving examples of its type built to control flooding and improve navigation along the nation's rivers. History Built by the Marietta Manufacturing Company in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Captain Meriwether Lewis was launched on December 12, 1931 while only half-complete by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps completed construction the following year. This side-wheel steam paddle dredge was operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to help channel the Missouri River and to maintain it as a navigable waterway. This massive vessel, at a length of 268' 11-1/2", housed a standard operating crew of 52, with quarters available for 58 men. Captain Meriwether Lewis could dig to a depth of 20 feet at an average speed of 150–200 feet per hour, all powered by the 25-foot steam-propelled paddle wheels. With all three steam engines running, the dredge burned up to 6,000 gallons of oil in a day. The Babcock & Wilcox marine boilers could produce up to 40,000 pounds of steam or more per hour when dredging. The triple expansion engine that drives the pump turbine is rated at 1,300 hp. The dredge was pulled forward by the two deck gypsies and not propelled by the paddlewheels when dredging. In 1976, Captain Meriwether Lewis was given to the Nebraska State Historical Society and moved to Brownville one year later. It was dry-berthed along the Missouri River where it remains today. Captain Meriwether Lewis was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989. Today, Captain Meriwether Lewis houses the Museum of Missouri River History, where exhibits from Native American history to exploration and westward expansion can be seen. Visitors can also learn about the vessel and its role in improving navigation on the Missouri River. Museum of Missouri River History The Nebraska State Historical Society took possession of the ship in 1976 and moved it to Brownville, Nebraska the next year. The ship is dry-berthed along the Missouri River. Visitors can tour the ship, which includes the Museum of Missouri River History, opened in 1981. The museum's exhibits are located in several rooms of the boiler deck. Exhibits include Native American history, area exploration, westward expansion, the ship and navigation on the river. See also List of U.S. National Historic Landmark ships, shipwrecks, and shipyards Citations References Delgado, James P. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form". National Park Service. Retrieved August 26, 2012. Delgado, James P. "Accompanying Photos". National Park Service. Retrieved August 26, 2012. External links Official site Archived May 10, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School

Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in St. Louis, Missouri. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis. Background Cardinal Ritter Prep opened on September 6, 1979. It is named for Cardinal Joseph Ritter, Archbishop of St. Louis in the mid-20th century. From 1977–1978, a community representative task force was established by the Board of Catholic Education of the St. Louis Archdiocese to study the future existence of a Catholic school in the old Labouré location in North St. Louis. Arrangements to establish Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School as a co-educational college preparatory high school began in August 1979. On May 18, 2003, Cardinal Justin Rigali dedicated the new Cardinal Ritter Preparatory High School adjacent to the Saint Louis University campus. The school opened for students in August 2003. Ritter Prep is ranked in the top 50% among the large private high schools in Missouri. Location When the school first opened, it was located in the neighborhood of Walnut Park. In 2003, a new location was opened adjacent to Saint Louis University on 701 N. Spring Ave. Athletics The school is in MSHSAA Class 3, with some sports played in different classes based on size and success. Cardinal Ritter plays soccer in Class 1, while its football program has moved up from Class 3 to the much more prestigious Class 5 in recent years to accommodate the level of success the team has had. The athletic conference they are a member of is the Archdiocesan Athletic Association. The school has 8 varsity sports. Sports offered here are Football, Volleyball, Dance, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Baseball, Boys Track & Field, and Girls Track & Field. Notable alumni Chopsquad DJ, DJ Chris Carrawell, former NBA basketball player Ali Jones, rapper Rockwell Knuckles, rapper Fredrick Moore, American football player Jahidi White, basketball player Jameson Williams, American football player Loren Woods, basketball player Luther Burden III, American football player Notes and references External links Official website
Carondelet Park

Carondelet Park, established in 1875, is the third largest park in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. The park contains nearly 180 acres (0.73 km2) and is located in the southeastern portion of the city, just west of Interstate 55, and is accessible at the Loughborough Avenue exit. Loughborough Avenue is the park's southern boundary; its northern boundary is Holly Hills Boulevard. The park takes its name from Carondelet, St. Louis. The Carondelet, Holly Hills, Boulevard Heights, and Bevo Mill neighborhoods surround the park, and the park is a focal point for the community. Among other features, the park contains two lakes that are stocked for fishing, tennis courts, softball, baseball, and soccer fields. The park also has playgrounds, a recycling center (with mulch and compost), picnic areas, and a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) bicycle path. The Alexander Lyle house, a historic home dated around 1840, is located on the property. A community recreation center is on the eastern edge of the park adjacent to I-55. According to resident historian Steven Strohmeyer, the park is home to the White Wall, a large stone wall, white in color, where a local underground fight club met in the early 1980s. See also Grand Boulevard (St. Louis) Forest Park Tower Grove Park References External links Carondelet Park website Holly Hills neighborhood website Southside Journal story "Neighbors Anticipate Fun Times at Recplex"
Caruthersville Bridge

Die Caruthersville Bridge ist eine vierstreifige Straßenbrücke über den Mississippi River zwischen Caruthersville in Missouri und Dyersburg in Tennessee. Sie ist die nördlichste Brücke am Unterlauf des Flusses und die einzige entlang seines Laufes zwischen Cairo und Memphis. Die Fachwerkbrücke führt die Interstate 155 und den U.S. Highway 412 und ist die einzige direkte Straßenverbindung zwischen den Bundesstaaten Missouri und Tennessee. Geschichte Erste Initiativen für eine Brücke bei Caruthersville gehen bis auf das Jahr 1946 zurück, eine staatliche Genehmigung wurde aber erst 18 Jahre später 1964 erteilt. Die Bauarbeiten begannen 1969 und nach weiteren sieben Jahren konnte die Brücke im Dezember 1976 eröffnet werden. Beschreibung Zentrales Element der Hauptbrücke ist ein 439 Meter langer Stahl-Fachwerkträger, der als unsymmetrischer Gerberträger ausgeführt ist. Er bildet Spannweiten von 280 Meter über der Schifffahrtsrinne auf der Tennessee-Seite im Süden und von 159 Meter in Richtung Missouri-Seite im Norden. Auf den Fachwerkträger folgen beidseitig jeweils fünf Balkenbrücken aus Stahl-Vollwandträgern von 4 × 72 m und 1 × 40 m; daran schließen sich eine Vielzahl von weiteren Stahlbeton-Balkenbrücken von je 27 Meter Länge an. Die Brücke ruht auf insgesamt 58 Stahlbetonpfeilern und erstreckt sich über eine Gesamtlänge von 2165 Meter. Siehe auch Liste der Brücken über den Unterlauf des Mississippi Weblinks Caruthersville Bridge. Bridgehunter.com Caruthersville Bridge: I-155 Mississippi River Crossing At Caruthersville. John A. Weeks III. Einzelnachweise
Caruthersville Bridge

The Caruthersville Bridge is a single tower cantilever bridge carrying Interstate 155 and U.S. Route 412 across the Mississippi River between Caruthersville, Missouri, and Dyersburg, Tennessee. Completed in 1976, it is the only bridge that connects Missouri and Tennessee, and the northernmost bridge on the Lower Mississippi River. It stands downstream of the Cairo Mississippi River Bridge and upstream of the Hernando de Soto Bridge. History The bridge was first proposed in the early 1940s. A committee was created by both state legislatures to study the possibility of constructing the bridge in 1949. The site was chosen by the commission on November 18, 1952, which was subsequently approved by the Army Corps of Engineers on August 20, 1953. Construction of the bridge began in March 1969. The bridge cost US$25,800,000 (equivalent to $145,973,684 in 2025) and was opened on December 1, 1976, in a ceremony by Missouri Governor Kit Bond and Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton. It is the only bridge to cross the Mississippi River between Cairo, Illinois and Memphis, Tennessee, though the Dorena–Hickman Ferry also crosses the Mississippi in this area. It is also the only bridge to connect the states of Missouri and Tennessee directly. Interstate 155 connects Dyersburg, Tennessee (and the proposed Interstate 69) with Interstate 55 near Caruthersville, Missouri and Hayti, Missouri. U.S. Route 412, when created in 1982, was routed across the bridge. See also List of crossings of the Lower Mississippi River Delaware Memorial Bridge, only Delaware River crossing between New Jersey and Delaware References Transport portal Engineering portal
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción (Kansas City)

La Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción​ (en inglés: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception)​ Es una catedral católica en Kansas City, Missouri,​ Estados Unidos. Junto con la Catedral de San José es la sede de la diócesis de Kansas City-Saint Joseph.​ Es una propiedad que contribuye en el vecindario de Quality Hill, que aparece en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos de Estados Unidos. El Rev. Benedict Roux llegó a Kansas City en 1833. Dos años más tarde construyó una iglesia de troncos en la Undécima y Broadway que se llamó San Juan Francisco Regis (St. John Francis Regis). De 1845 a 1880 la parroquia fue servida por el Rev. Bernard Donnelly que era un sacerdote que se movía en varias parroquias. Él tenía una iglesia del ladrillo construida en 1857 que fue nombrada "Inmaculada Concepción". La diócesis de Kansas City fue establecida por el Papa León XIII en 1880. El obispo John Joseph Hogan eligió la Inmaculada Concepción como la catedral de la nueva diócesis y colocó la primera piedra de la actual catedral en 1882. Véase también Iglesia católica en los Estados Unidos Arquitectura de las catedrales y las grandes iglesias Referencias
Cathédrale de l'Immaculée-Conception de Kansas City

La cathédrale de l'Immaculée-Conception (en anglais : Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception) est le siège du diocèse de Kansas City-Saint Joseph dans le Missouri avec la cocathédrale Saint-Joseph (en) de Saint Joseph. Dédiée à l'Immaculée Conception, elle se trouve à Kansas City. C'est une contributing property du quartier de Quality Hill et est inscrit au registre national des lieux historiques. Histoire Le P. Benoît Roux, né en France, arrive à Kansas City en 1833. Deux ans plus tard, il fait construire une modeste église de rondins qu'il dédie à saint Jean-François Régis. De 1845 à 1880, la paroisse est desservie par l'abbé Bernard Donnelly qui visite les différentes missions à cheval. Il fait construire en 1857 une église de briques qu'il dédie à l'Immaculée Conception. Le diocèse de Kansas City est érigé par Léon XIII en 1880 et Mgr John Joseph Hogan choisit cette église comme cathédrale. Il bénit la pierre angulaire d'un nouvel édifice, la cathédrale actuelle, en 1882. Alors que les travaux ne sont pas terminés, la première messe est dite le dimanche de la Trinité 1883. La cathédrale est bâtie sur un point culminant de la ville (76,2 m) et c'est à l'époque l'édifice le plus grand de Kansas City. Pour lever des fonds au début, la paroisse vendait des tickets aux visiteurs pour qu'ils puissent admirer la vue du haut du clocher Un carillon comprenant onze cloches est placé en haut de la tour en 1895. Elles sont baptisées : Sainte Anne, Saint Bernard, Sainte Catherine, Sainte Cécile, Saint Édouard, Sainte Élisabeth, Sainte Hélène, Saint Jean, Sainte Marie et Saint Thomas (qui est la plus grosse). Les vitraux sont l'œuvre d'artisans locaux, la Kansas City Stained Glass Works Company, et ont été installés en 1912. Ils décrivent différentes scènes bibliques et de la vie de Jésus. L'intérieur a été rénové en 1955. Quelques mois plus tard, le diocèse fusionne avec celui de Saint Joseph. En 1960, le dôme de cuivre de la cathédrale donne des signes de dégradation et il est remplacé par un nouveau dôme, et une coupole et une croix dorées à la feuille d'or. Une autre campagne de restauration intervient en 2001 et la cathédrale est de nouveau consacrée (par Mgr Boland), le 23 février 2003. Notes et références Voir aussi Liste des cathédrales des États-Unis Église catholique aux États-Unis Liens externes (en) Site officiel de la cathédrale (en) Site officiel du diocèse Portail du Missouri Portail de l’architecture chrétienne Portail du catholicisme