KC Crossings from 74th and Oak

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Written By Fred Kaffenberger
Lincoln Prep. Red brick building with limestone portal. Two large trees in front: one mostly yellow leaves, the other mostly green. View is from NW corner including the driveway & the chain link fence of the parking lot

Lincoln Academy seen from a yellow schoolbus

In Kansas City, the historical racial divide is along Troost and 71 Highway. The Paseo was originally built as a luxury corridor for white residents, but demographics shifted.
I read this December 4, 2002 at the closing reception for “This Land is My Land/Your Land” at Greelease Gallery, Rockhurst University.

Fred Kaffenberger
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