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Hyde Park: A Walk Through 40 Years of Porches
Block by block through one of Kansas City's earliest streetcar suburbs, reading the porches like a timeline.
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The Shirtwaist: Kansas City's Signature House
Brick on the bottom, frame on top. In this episode Franny walks Hyde Park and Old Hyde Park to trace how one housing type came to define the look of an entire city.
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