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Wednesday, August 23, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Neighborhoods
From page one
Goodman, president of the Old West Lawrence Association, said.
A few of the houses in this neighborhood are survivors of Quantrill's 1863 raid. Quantrill and his men destroyed 75 businesses and more than 100 homes
After the raid, many of the destroyed homes were rebuilt, and this became a fashionable neighborhood. After a decline in the 1930s and 40s, a number of residents started in 1961 to preserve and protect the neighborhood from further deterioration and from stores and parking lots, Goodman said.
--from the 1940s and '50s. Relatively new hernias, duplies and apoptosis are more common in the neighborhood.
"We want to preserve the character of the neighborhood, because it's an interesting place."
SEVERAL OF THE HOME are quite
tropical, with turrets, gables and bay
windows.
Some houses in the neighborhood are listed in the National Register for Historic Preservation.
"The only thing that worries me is that we have a constant battle against encroachment of commercial interests," Goodman said.
Its southeast corner is similar to Old West Lawrence and the homes there are between 60 and 113 years old. The Pinkney Elementary School, at Sixth and Illinois streets, has been a school site since the 1870's.
The Pinckney Neighborhood, located north and east of Sixth and Iowa streets, varies in the density, ages and types of residential property.
Moving north and west, the houses are comparatively newer, most of them dating
NORTH LAWRENCE, the area north and east of the river, is an area with which most students are unfamiliar. It includes many of the homes have plots of cultivated land and gardens.
"Also, this is the only place that I could afford. The taxes are also very reasonable."
"I came from a farm background and I like the neighborhood because it's nice and quiet," Howard Gregory, 309 Perry St., said.
Most of the homes are single-family houses, about 40 to 56 years old. Some are more than 100 years old. There is very little chance that a person will be one reason that few students live there.
"Most people in North Lawrence own their homes, and I mean they own them, not they and the bank," Margareat Brun, of the North Lawrence Improvement Association.
IT IS AN OLD neighborhood, and the degree of upkeep varies greatly. The rural atmosphere is partly created by the lack of curbing and sidewalks and the large lots.
"I like the cheap taxes and the people but the city don't maintain the ditches along my street," Louise Gentert, 716 N. Third St., said.
srun said, "Some people want it left this way, and some people want it more urban. I know that I wouldn't want to give up my easedement."
In East Lawrence, the area south of the river and east of Massachusetts Street, the residential area is almost completely developed.
Local man was novel character
Louisa May Alcott's character, Laurie, in "Little Women," was modeled after a Lawrence resident, Alfred Whitman, a good friend of the Alcott family.
It was in a letter from Boston dated Jan. 6, 1869, that Alcott told Whitman he was in her novel: "Dear Alf. I have planned to write to you dozens of times, but work prevented. Now I really will, though piles of manuscript lay waiting for my editorial eye. Don't you ever think old Sophy forgets the Dohpushlan? You're one of the best and the least lads story is one of the best and the desired lads I ever knew! 'Laurie' is you and My Polish boy jointly.' You are the sober half and my Ladislas (whom I met abroad) is the gay whirligig half; he was a perfect dear."
1900 Ackt wrote that she had tried to write plays for Kansas because of the drought the Midwest was experiencing, but she did not say, "Everyone was stupid," she said.
In another letter, she tells Whitman she does not want him to 'go to war and be snuffed up'.
Whitman was born in Concord, Mass, and when he was 15 he went to stay with Monot
Pratt, a neighbor of the Alcotts, in Concord. His mother was dead and his father had gone to Kansas. Whitman formed a close friendship with the Pratt and Alcott families while he was in Concord. Alcott and Whitman exchanged letters and remained good friends after he moved to Kansas to live with his father in 1858.
whitman lived in Lawrence from 1858 until his death in 1907, with the exception of Charles P. Reid.
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"Some people think that only blacks live in East Lawrence and that the houses are all shacks," one resident said. "Most of the stock are as nice or nicer than the ones in West Lawrence."
INDIAN HILLS is a relatively new residential area, located between 23rd, 31st, Iowa and Louisiana streets. The commercial districts on Iowa and 23rd streets are separated from the homes in the rest of the area by a great concentration of apartment complexes and other multiple unit housing.
"It's a nice, stable neighborhood with trees and sidewalks and nice yards," Marie Hardcastle, of Indian Hills Home Association, said.
Naismith Park, a 22-acre tract of unequal developed land, runs through Indian Hills. Most of the structures are from 10 to 15 years old, although some are only a few years old.
Local legislators listed backgrounds described
Pioneer Ridge, Country Club North and the Dearfield School areas are almost exclusively modern homes. Some of the homes in this area are old, and building continues in these areas.
The areas west of Lawrence are separated from the rest of the city by large areas of undeveloped land. Alvamar Park, 31st Street and Kold Drive, 23rd and 19th streets, is a combination of homes and apartment complexes, most less than 10 years old.
Douglas County is governed by a three-member county commission, which meets every fourth Wednesday of the month.
—Peter A. Whitenight, Lawrence clothier,
commission chairman.
The county commissioners are:
-Beverly Bradley, Douglas County farmer.
-Bob Neis, Douglas County farmer.
There are three state representatives from Lawrence. They are:
—John H. Vogel, Republican representative from the 43rd district, Vogel, who graduated from KU's school of business in 1939, is a farmer and businessman in Lawrence. He is in his eight term as state representative. —Mike Glover, Democratic representative from the 57th district, Glover graduated from KU in 1970 with a BA in history and is in his third term of office.
—Lloyd Buzzi, Republican representative from the 45th district. Buzzi, who owns Buzzi and Associates Insurance and Realtors, graduated from KU in 1963.
The State Senators from the Lawrence area are Arnold Bergman and Wint Winter.
Berman, Democrat from the Second
district, is a Lawrence attorney. His office is at 827 Vermont.
Winter, Republican from the 11th district, is a banker in Ottawa. He is a graduate of KU and is in his fourth term of office. His RSA is one of Canada's National Bank of Ottawa, 4343 MAIN. S
The U.S. Congressman representing the Third district, which includes Lawrence, is Larry Winn Jr. Winn, a Republican, is a 1941 Democrat from Dearborn and was president Building, Washington, D.C., 20615.
U. S. Senators from Kansas are James B. Pearson and Robert Dole. Pearson has announced his retirement from the Senate to be replaced in the November elections.
Robert Dole, Republican from Russell, graduated from Washburn University in Topeka. He is the ranking Republican on the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, a member of the Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. His office is in the New Senate Building, Washington, D.C., 20510.
Robert F. Bennett, Kansas governor,
received his Bachelor of Arts degree from
KU in 1860 and his law degree from KU in
1924. He was in November of 1974 to a
four-year term.
During his first two years as governor, Bennett placed an emphasis on education, agricultural economy, and increased government efficiency.
His office address is Second floor of the State Capitol Building, Topeka, 66612.
Shelby Smith, lieutenant governor, is a businessman from Wichita and a KU graduate.
Elwil M. Shanahan, secretary of state, is the first woman to have been elected to the office in Kansas. She is a member of the National Association of Secretaries of State and served as President of the Association in 1976.
Curt Schneider, attorney general, is a native of Coffeyville. He has a law degree from
Each member of the state government
is appointed to the State Capitol in Topkapi, 6612
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