Scarritt :: Part of KANSAS CITY'S historic northeast

Tosspot · #1 Posted **Jan 7, 2007, 6:19 PM**

I went to Scarritt and came away with 87 photos. Here are 45 of them.
Saturday, Jan. 6, 2007.

flar · #2 Posted **Jan 8, 2007, 4:36 AM**

Nice old neighbourhood

STLgasm · #3 Posted **Jan 8, 2007, 1:28 PM**

Very nice...

Tosspot · #4 Posted **Jan 8, 2007, 7:40 PM**

thanks guys.

chrizow · #5 Posted **Jan 11, 2007, 4:24 PM**

excellent thread of a great up and coming area.

it's criminal how much KCMO threads get overlooked on this forum. what gives?

Suburban Lou · #6 Posted **Jan 16, 2007, 2:12 AM**

Great pics of a rarely seen KC hood.

Wheelingman04 · #7 Posted **Jan 16, 2007, 2:47 AM**

I want to see more neighborhood photos of KC. When I was there in 2002, I only got to see downtown and a couple of other neighborhoods south of downtown.

Tosspot · #8 Posted **Jan 18, 2007, 5:12 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wheelingman04

I want to see more neighborhood photos of KC. When I was there in 2002, I only got to see downtown and a couple of other neighborhoods south of downtown.

I'm gonna try to get more neighborhood scenes in the coming weeks/months. It's all ice and cold here at present, though.

James Bond Agent 007 · #9 Posted **Jan 18, 2007, 5:14 AM**

Awesome! I love old neighborhoods like that.

Ex-Ithacan · #10 Posted **Jan 19, 2007, 12:24 PM**

I think the words sturdy and urban apply here. Looks like a place with a nice future in front of it, and the great history behind it. Thanks for the tour Tosspot.

JivecitySTL · #11 Posted **Jan 19, 2007, 12:40 PM**

Nice tour, where is this 'hood in relation to downtown?

SPonteK · #12 Posted **Jan 19, 2007, 6:59 PM**

Scarritt, my old hood, is part of a larger neighborhood cluster usually called Northeast or Old Northeast, which is abutts the CBD's northeast corner and runs east along Independence Ave for about 3 miles. Scarritt lies north of the Avenue and east of Chestnut, about two miles due east of the River Market.

KCtoBrooklyn · #13 Posted **Jan 19, 2007, 7:15 PM**

Seeing the street sign of Benton Blvd, a thought occured to me - does the name have any connection to Thomas Hart Benton?

I wouldn't think that it is named after him, but his great-uncle (and namesake) was a senator from Missouri. I believe there were some other politicians in the family as well. Anyone know the story behind the name of the street?

Wheelingman04 · #14 Posted **Jan 19, 2007, 10:05 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tosspot

I'm gonna try to get more neighborhood scenes in the coming weeks/months. It's all ice and cold here at present, though.

Thanks.

SPonteK · #15 Posted **Jan 22, 2007, 8:42 PM**

Benton BLVD is named after Thomas Hart Benton, who lived in Midtown and taught for many years at KCI (in fact, Pollack studied under him).

DeBaliviere · #16 Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 10:15 PM**

Tom Skerrit gives this thread a "thumbs-up."

KCtoBrooklyn · #17 Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 10:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by chingon

Benton BLVD is named after Thomas Hart Benton, who lived in Midtown and taught for many years at KCI (in fact, Pollack studied under him).

Thanks for the info.
I would have thought that if there were a boulevard named for him it would have been in Valentine or near the Art Institute.