Community Builder: The Life & Legacy Of J.C. Nichols

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• Posted 05/30/10 by RAYMOND ROBINSON
  HELLO THIS IS RAYMOND ROBINSON I LIVE AT 4305NORTON KANSAS CITY,,,IAM SENDING THIS COMMENT ABOUT THE PLAZA PROBLEM WHEN BLACKS CAM TO THE PLAZA AND DISGRACE ME BADLY,,,IAM A BLACK 58 YR OLD FATHER OF TWO SONS,,AND WHEN I SAW THE PLAZA THAT NIGHT IT HURT ME VERY MUCH,,,AND IF I EVER MET J.C. NICHOLS I WOULD SAY IAM SO SORRY ABOUT WHAT HAPPEN ON THE PLAZA,,,TODAY IS MAY 30.2010 I TOOK MY TWO SONS DOWN THE STREET TO PLAY BASEBALL AT THE BOYS CLUB PARK LOCATED ON 43RD CLEVELAND KC MO AND IT WAS LOCKED,,WE WANTED TO PLAY BASEBALL ON THE FIELD AND THERE WERE 4 DIAMONDS IN THAT PARK SO WE CLIMB THE FENCE TO PLAY BALL IT WAS ONLY 4 OF US JUST HITTING THE BALL AROUND AND THE BOY'S CLUB SUPERVISOR CAME OVER TO THE BASEBALL FIELD AND KICK'S US OUT AND THERE WERE NOBODY BUT US JUST PLAYING BALL,,,SO TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT THE BLACK COMMUNITY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THERE ARE KIDS THAT WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING IF THERE WERE SOMETHING TO DO AS JUST PLAYING BASEBALL OR OTHER ACTIVITIES AND THEY KICK THE FATHER AND HIS TWO SONS OFF THE BASEFEILD SO IM SO SORRY ABOUT J C NICHOLS PLAZA STORY ABOUT BLACK KIDS CAME AND DID WHAT HAPPEN,,,IT'S THE BLACK COMMUNITY THAT EVEN DONT WANT THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE KIDS TO DO SOMETHING GOOD. AND THAT'S WHY YOUR PLAZA WAS A TARGET TO GO DO SOMETHING TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY GIVE OUR KIDS SOMETHING TO DO AND PASS TIME EVEN JUST A BASEBALL FIELD TO PLAY BALL,,,,AND THAT'S WHATS GOING ON IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY THAT THE BOY'S CLUB ON 43 AND CLEVELAND DONT EVEN WANT THE UNDEPRIVE KIDS TO PLAY ON THERE FIELD TO PLAY BALL ,,,SO WHAT DOES THAT SAY,,,THE BLACK COMMUNITY DONT EVEN GIVE A DAM ABOUT THE COMMUNITY FOR THE ONE'S THAT CANT PAY TO EVEN PLAY BASE BALL ON THE FIELD ACCROSS THE STREET WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO CITY HALL,,,AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS...I WAS SO SICK WHEN I SAW THE PLAZA ACCIDENT ,,,BLACK KIDS ARE LEFT OUT ,,,,,OUR CITY HALL AND LEADERS TOO DONT GIVE A #### ABOUT THE POOR COMMUNITY UNLESS THE POOR COMMUNITY PAY MONEY TO EVEN PLAY BASEBALL ON THE FIELDS AT THE BOYS CLUB ON 43&CLEVELAND;KCMO ,,SO AGAIN IAM RAYMOND ROBINSON A FATHER OF TWO SON'S FEEL REAL BAD WHAT HAPPEN ON THE PLAZA...TRULY SORRY RAYMOND ROBINSON
• Posted 02/21/09 by Max Wallace
  As someone who grew up in KC but moved away long ago, it was great to see the underpinnings of a wonderful community driven largely by one man's vision. This film is a terrific base for understanding the new urbanism in architecture.