LocationE. 29th St. & Cypress Ave.Council District3 |
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Park DistrictCentralYear Acquired1967 |
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Acres5.19 |
Cypress Park is home of land sculpture playgrounds designed by internationally acclaimed sculptor, Dale Eldred. Mr. Eldred was as internationally known sculptor and long-time faculty member of the Kansas City Art Institute.
Nearly 200 hundred years after the area’s first fur trading post was settled on the bluffs of the Missouri River, Kansas City is preparing to honor the French pioneer Francois Chouteau who established it, and the Native Americans with whom he traded. Francois Chouteau...
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