Just where are those
bungalows, anyway?
Bungalows can be found
practically everywhere in Kansas City, but the best chance of finding large
blocks of them will be in neighborhoods whose primary growth took place in
the late 1910's to about 1930 or so. Fortunately, Kansas City went
through a major growth spurt about that time, and the map below illustrates
the area where large clusters of bungalows can be found. This area
stretches roughly from 47th Street on the north to Gregory
Boulevard on the south, and from State Line Road on the west to
Bruce R. Watkins/US 71 on the East. This area is home to some
of the best neighborhoods and most interesting residential and public
architecture to be found in Kansas City . . . from the world-famous
Country Club Plaza, to the equally renowned Nelson-Atkins Museum
. . . from elegant Ward Parkway to always-popular Brookside .
. . from quiet, shady, tree-lined streets to some of the most urban and
workaday neighborhoods in the city.