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A tree-lined boulevard just south of the Country Club Plaza that takes you past stately homes. The houses are home of some of Kansas City's elite including the family that owns Russel Stover's Candies and the Applebee's family among others. The historic houses were built in many different styles, inspired by European architecture.
Ward Parkway is a boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Ward Parkway begins at Brookside Boulevard on the eastern edge of the Country Club Plaza and travels west 2.8 miles along Brush Creek as U.S. Route 56 before turning south near Kansas-Missouri state line. It continues south for 4 miles, terminating at Wornall Road near Bannister Road. A short spur, Brush Creek Parkway, connects Ward Parkway to Shawnee Mission Parkway at State Line Road.
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Just off the UMKC campus, 3-min drive from the plaza.
NCAA Division I sports teams of the University of Missouri–Kansas City, playing in 16 sports (with no football) in the Summit League, mainly featuring regional teams.
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and visible from the Plaza.
Also has the Kansas City Sculpture Park. Art collection housed in a beautiful 1930s building and a new, critically acclaimed modern wing by Steven Holl. Free.