Kansas City Then & Now 3 Review

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Kansas City Then & Now 3 ReviewVery interesting collection of photographs and information, particularly for someone curious about the development and evolution of Kansas City's urban core.
The book contains photographs and descriptions of many of the downtown intersections as they were at some point in the past and as they were again in 2007. It is interesting to see some of the downtown buildings that remain today as they were decades earlier. The focus is definitly on downtown, though there are a few photographs from areas like Merriam and Waldo.
The book contains a fair amount of Kansas City history -- information about the Blue River (and a photo with hundreds of uniformed sailors, many rowing along the river), the stockyards, the genesis of the Nelson-Atkins, the municipal airport, TWA headquarters, the location of Harry Truman's haberdashery, the Muehlebach family, Katz drugstores, The Savoy Grill, Harzfeld's, Petticoat Lane . . . and more. I think it would be meaningful to someone who already has some minimal understanding of Kansas City history -- someone familiar with the names and places. There narrative supports the photographs, but it doesn't provide a stand-alone history lesson. Nor is it an introduction to KC's hot spots --
The photography is just so-so. Part of the issue is that the photographs are restricted in location -- the photographer is trying to capture the scene from the same angle and vista of the original, decades-old shot, which is no doubt limiting. In my mind, many of the 2007 images don't quite capture the scene as well as they could, but that is perhaps because the photographer is simply trying to capture a specific location rather than the essence of an area.
I also found much of the narrative difficult to follow. Each photograph is captioned with a description of the changes. I sometimes found it difficult to locate what was being described in the caption or to understand what exactly the caption was expressing vis-a-vis the photograph.
Overall, though -- a good book for anyone interested in Kansas City's development, particularly around downtown.Kansas City Then & Now 3 OverviewUntil the 21st century, Kansas City grew outward, gobbling up farms and fields and converting them to stores and shops and subdivisions. Now, the city is also looking to its roots, building a new buzz near the place where it all began - downtown. What better time to take another look at where we've been than today?Kansas City Then & Now 3 does just that. As did its two predecessors in The Kansas City Star's popular series, this volume compares photographs of life long ago with the same scenes today. The "then" scenes remain intriguing as ever, but these days the "now" is often as beguiling. Kansas City Then & Now 3 shows a Kansas City that's turning out as exciting as any time in history. So take a trip through time, and be ready for another fascinating ride.

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