This time of year gifts of ice from our northern neighbors in Montana, the Dakotas, and Nebraska start arriving via the Missouri River. Above, the Kaw is in the foreground and is relatively ice free. The Missouri is in the background. All shots taken from Kaw Point in Fairfax, Kansas City, Kansas.
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Monday, December 13, 2021
Christmas At The Saint Francis
The Saint Francis Apartments were built in 1912. The current owners purchased the building in 2011.
If you'd like to see what the building looked like before renovation: https://hyperblogal.blogspot.com/2011/04/saint-francis-revival.html
Above, Third floor entryway. Below, entrance to the apartment.
The Apartments overlook the Concourse in Historic Northeast Kansas City. Renovations are ongoing, major updates ahead.
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Deck The Halls
This home was built in 1902 for Edward A. Stevens a Kansas City lawyer who dabbled in real estate. The entire cost was $25,000 including the land which was purchased from the Nathan Scarritt family it is almost 8,000 square feet in size. Jeff Zumsteg and J. Grant Linville are the current owners and are continuing the restoration of this beauty . Each Christmas it is decorated top to bottom. This Colonial Revival is across the street from the Kansas City Museum . It contains seven bedrooms, three and a half baths, eight fireplaces and a ballroom on the third floor.
Thursday, December 2, 2021
3242 Norledge Renovation Update 6
Bishop Eugene Hendrix and his wife Annie Elizabeth Scarritt built this home in 1887. This is a brief
update of the ongoing work to renovate the home. Just the first floor is shown.
Here's a link to the first post on the home: years-in-https://hyperblogal.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-story-134-years-in-making.html
Drywall is finished, along with some painting. Trim is installed.
Above, this was originally Bishop Hendrix Office/Study. Below, original staircase.
Above, living room. Two below kitchen cabinet installation underway.
Above, tile finished in one of the bathrooms.
Above and below, patio/deck finished.
Drywall is finished, along with some painting. Trim is installed.
Above, this was originally Bishop Hendrix Office/Study. Below, original staircase.
Above, living room. Two below kitchen cabinet installation underway.
Above, tile finished in one of the bathrooms.
Above and below, patio/deck finished.
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