Comments on: A Walk Through Historic Janssen Place, Hyde Park, Kansas City

By: willow

willow — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:14:48 +0000

When we were newly married, we lived on Gillham Rd., in an apartment building just a block from Janssen Place. We have such fond memories of our Sunday afternoon walks in this magical neighborhood.

Thanks for sharing. Lovely post.

By: nancy in alaska

nancy in alaska — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:40:09 +0000

thanks for this post! I love, love, love looking at beautiful old houses. And since I am in Alaska, I appreciate your posting these photos because we have no old houses here and terrible architecture. when i was on vacation back home in New England a few years ago, i was so happy to just drive and walk around and look at all the houses and old buildings.

By: Rechelle

Rechelle — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:32:26 +0000

Iowa Cowgirl – What? What is this Death Takes a Holiday? I have never heard of that. I am going to google it right now.

By: Joanna (JamaGenie)

Joanna (JamaGenie) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:50:59 +0000

Gorgeous! Makes me want to brave the traffic and wander into KC just to see them in person! They don’t build homes like these any more. Such a pity. Oh, and I too love that fountain. Reminds me of formal gardens in England.

By: bdaiss

bdaiss — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:50:17 +0000

Gorgeous. Please tell me these folks have a home tour that you’ll be going on this year with your camera?

I always loved Westmoreland Place when I lived in the ‘Lou. (Okay, I loved a *ton* of the houses around Forest Park. Dreamed of the possibilities…)

By: Leila

Leila — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:59:28 +0000

This is tricky. I don’t even know where I am on your blog right now!!

Lovely pictures.

I know what you mean about the “doing something wrong” thing.

My husband will listen to me tell him about an incident like that and then say, “Word ‘em if they can’t take a joke.”

But he doesn’t say “word”.

xoxo

By: LynneFtWorth

LynneFtWorth — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:34:11 +0000

I love the photos of these magnificent homes. Your color is so bold and bright. You made my day happy.

By: DarLie

DarLie — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:45:06 +0000

I just adore historical towns and villages. I moved into mine 4 years ago and every year I adore it more than the previous. There is something comforting about homes that have stood the test of time. The omit a sense of security to me and calm my nerves when frayed.
smiLes
DarLie
aka LiBBy BuTTons

By: Jennie

Jennie — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:19:23 +0000

I love old homes and old neighborhoods. I live near the Pittsburgh, PA area, and there is nothing as beautiful as the old neighborhoods surrounding the city – Oakland, Shadyside, etc. Such grandeur and magnificence. Tracy – I agree – I’d love to see the insides of those homes too! We are still friends with the realtor that sold us our farm, so when I see a historical home for sale in our town, I call him and see if he can get me a peek. It is amazing the woodwork and detail that people take for granted! When I see those old places, I often wonder what the people that built them & lived in them did for a living – I’m sure around here where I live, a great many of the homes were built from steel money. I often wonder how much did it cost to run a household like that with the size and the staff. Especially here in Pgh. Once, on a tour of the Frick home near Pgh, I learned that the Fricks had a staff of launderesses that were in charge only of tending to the window treatments! The home had white curtains, and back in the day of the thriving steel mills, Pgh was a dirty, dirty place, so the curtains would get so dirty daily that they had to be laundered! Can you imagine that?

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:42:51 +0000

What I’d really like to do is see inside these old places. There’s a huge place in town I’d love to snoop through. It was up for sale a good many years ago and I seriously considered pretending to be interested in it just to look through it! I chickened out though.

By: Martha in Kansas

Martha in Kansas — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:14:38 +0000

Wow! Just wow! Beautiful pictures, wonderful color.

It takes me back too. I grew up in KCK, somewhat north (and smaller houses similar to “your” house, but we used to drive those neighborhoods and gawk at the houses. Nothing wrong with admiring and taking photos!

By: IowaCowgirl

IowaCowgirl — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:35:02 +0000

Wow. All beauties. I especially love the big urn in the MIDDLE of the walkway of the last photo. It reminds me of the urns in “Death Takes a Holiday” (best movie ever made of course).

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:15:03 +0000

Thank you, thank you! All the pictures are wonderful, both pre-crank-in-the-car and post. They evoke the Midwestern towns of my childhood, complete with the wonderful light of this time of year.
I enjoy lurking here quite often, but this post made me feel so good I just had to comment.
Thank you!

By: km

km — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:51:37 +0000

The second to last house will be mine someday. I have a picture of The Breakers in Newport RI to inspire me at work but I think the 2nd to last house is where I want to be.
Seriously, next vacation, take everyone to Newport, RI. You will love the architecture, your kids will love the beaches, CD will love New Englanders’ practicality, the dollar is still good and no Franglish:) lauguage.

By: Annie in Indiana

Annie in Indiana — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:10:07 +0000

Thanks for sharing! I could look at old houses all day, so I loved your photographs. Good for you for continuing to take pictures despite that weird lady’s admonitions. Seriously, who does she think she is??