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University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, February 7, 1989
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Andrew Morrison/Kansan
Discussing the proposed renovations of Southtown are Ann Carter, Kansas City, Mo., left, and Rikli Walters. Neighborhood Development Specialist for East Meyer Community Association, Kansas City, Mo., right
Students design KC's future
A model of a nearly 1,800-foot-by-70-foot park is displayed to Rene Diaz, KU professor of architecture, by Dave Hensley, Parkville, Mo., senior.
by Marian Weeks
Kansan staff writer
When members of Kansas City's Southouth Council thought their part of town might need a face-lift, 10 KU students went all out.
The students, members of the fifthyear urban design studio,collected visions from community leaders, added their own and wove them into a plan of what Southtown might be.
The students presented their work yesterday to about 200 people at Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Mo.
Their vision came to life in a slide show. "Southtown: Where Kansas City Grew Up." narrated by Walt Bodine, a Kansas City radio host and commentator, and in the color models schottizes and scale model on display.
Judith A. Ramalay, executive vice chancellor, accepted a plaque from Colin Gage, Southtown Council president, thanking KU for the students
Mari Lee, executive director of the Southount Council, estimated the value of the students' project at more than $200,000.
After researching Kansas City's
history from its geological base to its economic and racial descriptions, the students focused their designs on an area bounded by Bruce R. Watkins Roadway and the West Street on north Wormald Road on the west and 75th Street on the south.
Each student worked on a segment of the project, turning barriers and problems into unifying forces and protecting and reinforcing Southtown's strengths, said Glen LeRoy.
KU associate professor of architecture and urban design.
For example, LeRoy said that a large part of the project was the Bruce R. Watkins Roadway, conceived nearly 20 years ago but held up in the courts until a recent judicial order designated it a parkway rather than a highway.
Neighborhood associations opposed the roadway because it divided their residential community.
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