So there it sits, at 63rd Street and Ward Parkway, what was a house and home is now an empty lot.
Who, exactly--what person or group of persons at what bank--thought this would be a good idea, to tear down a rather historic house on Kansas City's most visible avenue?
Some information on what was the house and home:
The mansion was built in 1925 and was purchased by the Bloch family in 1957. The house had over 40 interior and exterior design areas. It sat on 4 residential lots with a pool, gazebo, cabana and tennis court. The pool is believed to be the first in-ground pool in Kansas City.
The house had 5 bedrooms and 4 and 1/2 baths.
It's a big, vacant lot now. The home that was there was torn down 2 years ago and discarded, as we do here in the US far too quickly.
What a waste.
And now, as many people predicted, for nothing.
That this was apparently done by "Solutions" Bank only adds irony.
Link: Historic Ward Parkway Bloch Mansion Torn Down
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My understanding of the situation is that the owners who had defaulted on the mortgage had removed many of the interior architectural highlights, i.e. stair cases, fixtures, etc to the extend that repairing it would have cost more than the property was worth.
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