39th Street (Kansas City)

The Eagle Scout Memorial Fountain at the intersection with Gillham Road, featuring one of the four "Day and Night" statues by Adolph Weinman that once flanked clocks in Penn Station.

39th Street is a major west/east main street that runs in Kansas City, Missouri from State Line Road to Topping Avenue. It was originally named Rosedale Avenue as it led to the town of Rosedale.[1][2] It connects Westport and Kansas City, Kansas. The University of Kansas Hospital is at the starting point and the ending point is in the Leeds Industrial District.

39th Street West

It serves the neighborhood and businesses located along 39th Street from State Line Road to Southwest Trafficway.

39th Street West attractions are the 39th Street ArtWalk, Roselawn, Thomas Hart Benton Home & Studio Museum, Roanoke Park, and the Westport-Roanoke Community Center.

39th Street serves as the main artery of the Volker Neighborhood, as well as the southern boundary of the Roanoke Neighborhood.

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References

  1. ↑ Monroe Dodd (2002), A Splendid Ride: The Streetcars of Kansas City, 1870-1957, p. 65, ISBN 9780972273985
  2. ↑ Theodore Spencer Case (2000), History of Kansas City, Missouri, p. 414

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