Long ago on independence square (Lee's Summit: expansion, small, silver)

[Mad Anthonie]

Okay, y'all aren't easily fooled. I just wanted to make sure you were certain of the location.

Here is another easy one.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Okay, y'all aren't easily fooled. I just wanted to make sure you were certain of the location.

Here is another easy one.

Do you know the story on the traffic lights at that location?

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Okay, y'all aren't easily fooled. I just wanted to make sure you were certain of the location.

Here is another easy one.

Let's try Crackerneck and Lee's Summit Road.

[MRG Dallas]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Okay, y'all aren't easily fooled. I just wanted to make sure you were certain of the location.

Here is another easy one.

So is alot of that area "developed" now? I wonder why eastern Independence didn't grow with the same vigor that Blue Springs did. The location is more desirable (closer to KC and not far from I-70) Are the schools that dissimilar? Seems like Independence schools would be satisfactory for most people.

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

Do you know the story on the traffic lights at that location?

I'm not sure what year they went up, but they were there for a long time. They came down after the new Lee's Summit Road opened and people got used to using it.

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

Let's try Crackerneck and Lee's Summit Road.

Darn, I knew that was too easy!

Originally Posted by MRG Dallas

So is alot of that area "developed" now? I wonder why eastern Independence didn't grow with the same vigor that Blue Springs did. The location is more desirable (closer to KC and not far from I-70) Are the schools that dissimilar? Seems like Independence schools would be satisfactory for most people.

This area did grow. The Dominion, one of our upper-crust neighborhoods, sits on top of the hill in the left half of my photo. Milton Estates is just south of there, along with other nice hoods.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Darn, I knew that was too easy!

That apparently is Glendale Park in the photo with the creek meandering through. Come to think of it I remember parking in that parking area to check the park out. That would have to have been many years before the photo, though.

Over the years since your photo, it looks as though the city laid a large drainage pipe to accommodate the water flow and filled in the eroded area resulting in more grassy area for the park.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by SilverDoc

There's a landfill called Courtney Ridge south of Kentucky Road on the sw corner of Courtney Road and 291.

Just saw where the Independence Police were searching the Courtney Ridge landfill looking for something that was a connection to the triple murder that occurred on Nov 16 on Pope Ave.

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

That apparently is Glendale Park in the photo with the creek meandering through. Come to think of it I remember parking in that parking area to check the park out. That would have to have been many years before the photo, though.

Over the years since your photo, it looks as though the city laid a large drainage pipe to accommodate the water flow and filled in the eroded area resulting in more grassy area for the park.

You are correct on both counts. The parking area is in the same location. The park was refurbished about 15 years ago and has become rather popular.

Does anyone recall a rather large pig that advertised a new subdivision just south of I-70 on either Phelps or Lee's Summit Road back in the 1960s?

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

You are correct on both counts. The parking area is in the same location. The park was refurbished about 15 years ago and has become rather popular.

Does anyone recall a rather large pig that advertised a new subdivision just south of I-70 on either Phelps or Lee's Summit Road back in the 1960s?

No, I certainly dont off hand anyway. Who was she? Uh, on second thought scratch that.

[SilverDoc]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

No, I certainly dont off hand anyway. Who was she? Uh, on second thought scratch that.

Now, now! that's not very nice! But funny, never the less!