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Methodist Medical Center Parking Lot/Historic Homes Controversy, 1979Entry/Object ID
AM2015.28.50Scope and Content
Methodist Medical Center Parking Lot/Historic Homes Controversy, 1979. In 1979, the medical center, seeking more parking, bought 2 homes on N. Eighth Street, behind the hospital complex, intending to raze them and create a parking lot. Historical preservationists, especially those connected with the Hall Street District, opposed the action.
St. Joseph News-Press articles include:
Dec. 1, 1978. "Methodist Medical Center adding 120 spaces for parking"
Feb. 24, 1979. "Citizens group to take protest plea to hospital board".
Feb. 25, 1979. News Photo, "Group Asks this House be Spared"
April 11, 1979. "Methodist to Proceed with Parking Lot Plans"
April 17, 1979 News Photo, "HEW Won't Intervene in Plans to Raze Homes"
Also:
April 11, 1979 Report by Hall Street Neighborhood Association.
Gives their view of the hospital's intentions and alternatives to razing homes.
Feb. 28, 1979 Kansas City Star
"Group Battling Plan to Raze Old Houses" with news photo of the houses along 8th Street north of Robidoux St.Lexicon
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