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San Antonio Light in San Antonio, Texas

12 Mar 1911

Page 31

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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1911

Page

31

City Plan Lifts San Antonio Real Estate Value

The Light argues a city plan boosts San Antonio's beauty and economy. It cites riverfront improvement by Alfred Giles and Kansas City success led by George E. Kessler, urging Houston and Commerce area renewal without floods or harsh climates.

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San Antonio Houston Commerce Streets Houston Street Alfred Giles The Real Estate Exchange Light Richard Watrous American Civic Association Arnold B. Brunner New York American Institute of Architects George E. Kessler Kansas City Dallas Kessler United States Kansas City Park Board
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Parks Transform Kansas City Neighborhoods and Property Value

The development of Spring Valley Razor Park and Holmes Square shows how new park spaces and playgrounds reshaped surrounding neighborhoods transforming youth behavior and boosting local value. Kansas City's boulevard system yielded a quarter million dollars more frontage value than non boulevard streets, per conservative real estate estimates.

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Spring Valley The Park Commission Holmes Square Kansas City Kessler Civic League of St. Louis
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Kansas City Boulevard System Costs and Property Frontage Gains

The passage explains that parks and boulevards total around ten million dollars, with adjacent frontage areas rising in value far beyond that figure. It notes that Kansas City has acquired many boulevards at little cost to the park commission and that future extension is backed by profitable frontage gains.

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Supreme Court Kansas City Park Kessler Board of Park Commissioners Park Commission Philadelphia
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Exports Rise in February Trade Report

Special Dispatch from Washington notes February exports and domestic products from the United States show an increase over the prior February. Exports are valued at 39 161, while domestic products total 42 4549 520, reflecting a rise in trade activity.

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Special Dispatch Washington United States
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Lon On Nanoag San Antonio River Commerce Street Giles
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