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St Joseph Boulevard System & Parks |
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 Arial view of Civic Center Park at 11th & Frederick Avenue. Appears to have been taken back in the 1930's. All the buildings across the street are now gone with Urban Renewal. (And the trees are huge now) |
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 Maple Leaf Parkway, era 1920's. The old Grand Avenue bridge can be seen in the background. Chicago Great Western railroad yards can be seen to the left. In 1927, these yards held over 700 cars. |
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 Municipal Pool or also known as Noyes Pool. Located at 26th & Angelique, it was a huge public swimming pool. It opened in 1928 and because of deterioration in the foundations, was replaced by another pool in the 1950's. |
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St Joseph 1st real snow of 1999. Sunday morning, December 5, 1999. The Weather man predicted 1" or less, we got 8" plus. This is our Northeast Parkway heading down the hill to Corby pond near our home which is also pictured. |
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The Original Krug Park entrance |
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 In 1890, Henry Krug donated 20 acres of land for the creation fo Krug Park. In the 1920's, there was a 10,000 animal zoo here. |
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 The rose garden with it's gazebo and covered arches is one of today's many beautiful areas of Krug Park. |
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 The entrance to Krug Park as it is in 1999. Krug Lagoon & the Mallard ducks, domestic ducks & geese & canadian geese. |
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 Playground area at Krug Park Castle. I remember playing in the wading pool in the 50's. For years, there was 3 fifty-two foot long sliding boards, the longest I had ever seen, that the children loved. Two were straight and the other was up & down wavy. They are now gone. The original upper level swings appear in picture #2. Back in the 50's & 60's, really nice wooden gliders replaced these swings. Today, the gliders have been replaced with squeaking, rusty,bent up metal gliders. The building's top level was originally to have one large room to be used for a recreation hall or banquet room. The Great Depression in 1929 brought construction to a halt. In 1980, the Parks Dept divided the room into offices for the department's use. |
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 Very beautiful sight overlooking the lagoon. One of the long tunnels that everyone loves to honk their horn when going through. The facial rock is beginning to loosen and fall away. |
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 Deteriation and physical damage is noticable throughout the castle. One shot shows massive damage on the castle entrance stairs. The city's park department doesn't seem to be upkeeping the park's structures very well. Areas that are have been repaired appear to be done very sloppy with concrete just dumped on. |
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 A sign with the history of the Krug Park Castle. Good idea if it was low enough to easily read and was more professionally done. We got a crick in the neck looking up at this sign and eye strain trying to make out the wording. |
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 Corby Pond, just east of 22nd St and Northeast Parkway. |
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 Southwest Parkway & Hyde Park area |
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 Noyes & Messanie looking north, old RR bridge is now gone Across from Moila looking north. Frederick & Noyes - looking north Further north on Noyes - looking north. |
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THE FOLLOWIN INFORMATION IS FROM ST JOSEPH NEWS PRESS HOMEPAGE
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| Bartlett Park consists of 24 acres bounded by Renick, Duncan, 30th and 32nd streets. It contains a picnic area, handicap-accessible playground, softball field, youth baseball field, restrooms, shelter and concessions. |
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| Bode Sports Complex, at 2500 Southwest Parkway next to Phil Welch Stadium, has a full-sized ice rink with concessions, conference room, locker and restrooms, pro shop and skate rental and sharpening. The arena also is available for broomball and private rental. The complex also soon will include a lighted in-line roller blading rink with bleacher seating, six outdoor basketball courts with lights and seating, sand volleyball courts, restrooms and outdoor concession. |
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| Carden Park at 14th and Duncan streets covers almost 16 acres and has a ballfield, playground equipment, city overlook and picnic area. |
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| Carnegie Park, occupying two and a half acres bounded by Massachusetts, Gordon, Carnegie and Michigan streets, is a rest park, walk area and grounds of Carnegie Library. |
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| Civic Center Park comprises 10 acres surrounding City Hall, extending from Frederick Avenue to Francis Street and Ninth to 12th streets. The park includes the Pony Express statue, Veteran’s War Memorial, Statue of Liberty replica, fountain and rest areas. |
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| College Hill has a basketball area, softball backstop, playground equipment, multiuse play area and restrooms on more than an acre bounded by 12th, 13th, Henry and Ridenbaugh streets. |
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| Corby Grove comprises 105 acres that include a four-acre fishing pond (ice skating also is allowed if the weather stays cold), three hard-surface tennis courts, picnic area, comfort station and nature trail. Also included are the Marion and Goff ballfields, two youth baseball fields with concession and restrooms. The area extends from Marion to Osage and 22nd to 26th streets. |
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| Eleventh and Grand Ballfield is a youth baseball field with concessions and restrooms. |
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| Fairview Golf Course, 136.8 acres southwest of Duncan Street on the Southwest Parkway, is an 18-hole course with clubhouse, pro shop and concessions. |
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| Hochman Park, at Pickett Road and Hillside Lane, has a baseball field and playground, concessions and restrooms. |
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| Hoffman Field, adjacent to Phil Welch Stadium at Southwest Parkway and 28th Street, is a lighted softball field with bleacher seating, concessions and restrooms. |
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| Huston Wyeth Park, with a Missouri River and Rosecrans Airport overlook, is along the river bluffs on the North Side. To reach the park, follow Poulin Street west to Elwood Street, then turn north. Encompassing 33 acres, the park includes a picnic area, shelter, restrooms and playground equipment. |
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| Hyde Park consists of 93 acres at Fourth Street and Hyde Park Avenue. It includes Hyde swimming pool and patio, three lighted tennis courts, playground, picnic area, bandstand/shelter house, a gazebo and three additional shelter houses, six lighted ballfields, horseshoe courts, basketball goals, two concession stands and restrooms. |
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| King Hill Overlook is 13 acres on a historic American Indian site, accessed from Southwest Parkway. Go west on King Hill Drive just west of the juncture of the parkway and Mansfield Road. |
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| Krug Park includes 162 acres in the 3500 block of St. Joseph Avenue at Karnes Road and Northwest Parkway. There is a 1.2-mile circular drive through the park, a large amphitheater for outdoor events, a one-acre lagoon with ducks, fountain, waterfall and dock (paddleboating in summer, and ice skating in winter, conditions permitting), nature trails, picnic areas, log cabin, Italian Renaissance structures, native animal exhibit, playgrounds and flowerbeds. |
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| Leonard Road Acres covers 5.8 acres and includes a neighborhood play area and picnic area at Shawnee and Cheyenne streets in the Deer Park area. |
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| John Lucas Recreation Center consists of an acre at 18th and Charles streets with two hard surface tennis courts, basketball courts, horseshoe pitching area, playground and restrooms. (Site includes the old Horace Mann school building with a gymnasium and rooms rented to Eastside Human Resource Center, EOC, Head Start and Job Corps.) |
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| Maple Leaf Playground is on Maple Leaf Parkway between Grand Avenue and Richardson Street and offers a playground adapted for the physically disabled. |
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| Mitchell Park, bounded by Duncan, Doniphan, 10th and 11th streets, is a neighborhood park that offers rest areas. |
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| Muchenberger Center at Fifth and Sycamore streets covers two acres and provides a community recreation center with a gym for basketball, volleyball and other games, pool and game rooms, a stage, restrooms and dressing rooms, a kitchen, softball field, playground equipment and wading pool. |
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| Northside Complex extends along St. Joseph Avenue from Karnes Road to Randolph Street and includes the Krug swimming pool, restrooms, a patio and concessions, three lighted tennis courts, two lighted handball/racquetball courts, playground area, two unlighted ballfields, lighted softball field, two shuffleboard courts and four horseshoe courts. |
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| Noyes Athletic Field has a lighted football stadium and track, football fields, youth baseball field, multipurpose building, Noyes swimming pool, field house and tournament center, 12 lighted hard-surface tennis courts, playground and 16 horseshoe courts on 23 acres bounded by Noyes Boulevard and Edmond, Messanie and 26th streets. |
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| Outdoor Nature Center is one acre bounded by Ninth, 10th, Powell and Lincoln streets, on the site of the former Sisters’ Hospital. It includes a gazebo, walkways, special plantings and trees. |
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| Parkway A, 13 acres from 28th to 30th streets south of Messanie on the parkway, includes a playground, sledding hill and backstop. |
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| Patee Park has a fountain, playground equipment, antique steam engine, gazebo, shelter and gardens on one acre bounded by Seneca, Penn, Ninth and 10th streets, across from the Pony Express Stables. |
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| Phil Welch Stadium, at 2500 Southwest Parkway between 22nd and 28th streets, is a field for baseball and softball with seating for 5,000 people, concessions and restrooms. It is adjacent to Hoffman Field and the Bode Sports Complex. |
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| Rest Square Park is a half-acre neighborhood play area in the 2200 block between Vories and Pacific streets. |
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| River Bluffs Park is an undeveloped natural historic area on the Missouri River banks west of Huntoon Road and north of Huston Wyeth Park. |
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| Riverfront Park, home of the "Spirit of St. Joseph" showboat, is directly on the Missouri River at the foot of Francis Street. It has an asphalt riverwalk, historical marker, picnic tables and benches, stage/shelter, patio, concessions and restrooms. |
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| Seitz Addition Park, east of U.S. Highway 59 between Esther and Elijah streets, is a neighborhood play area. |
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