Some old pics and postcards of Kansas City...I threw a little of my own music in the background. Check out my new instagram account where I'll be uploading a lot of these visuals of the old world. Don't forget to like/share/sub.
Im 74. Grew up in Kansas City. I don’t remember most of the buildings you showed but thank you so much. I also question what we were taught. I loved Prairi Village and dressing up to go downtown in the snow to walk around Wolfe Bros. And Emery, Byrd, Thayer to see the animated displays in the windows. We had a Black cleaning women who half raised me. It may have been a racist society but they taught me love and respect as much as my folks. Also, all that city architecture was in the middle of FARM COUNTRY. That culture too had major flaws. I learned the joy of working hard and being connected by that labor to the Earth and the good people around me. I’m no longer a Christian. There is a beauty in singing wholeheartedly in a one room church with generations of kin. My grandfather shot my old dog when we moved to California. It wasn’t perfect. We should question and learn. Why hate the Past? Why hate each other? I don’t.
You can’t turn away from loving Jesus and if you do, did you really ever love him? Or was your heart somewhere els. But if the path wasn’t wide and the gate not narrow than he’d be a liar. Prayin for ya
Thank you so much for your videos. I so appreciate them. Some of those buildings are still standing. The Liberty Memorial and the train depot are still there. I was a volunteer at the Nelson Atkins Instutite of Art (museum) for the one year that I lived in KC. I was a guest lecturer at KU Med. That's an incrediable and massive structure. The lobby is other worldly and will take one's breath away. The first floor is under ground. There are windows in the underground level that are facing dirt. That's were staff's conference rooms/break rooms are. We are told that it was built in the middle of the depression.
Great work, very awesome visuals, I see a lot of Mud Flood buildings and of course the city is already built out. You never see any construction site's, or cranes in the sky, working on building sky scrapers or street work, in all these old photos. The Old World buildings were extremely well built with stone and brick, they were also very ornate, these buildings were so well built, they lasted for centuries. In our modern and highly sophisticated times, our modern day built, buildings are given a self life of one hundred and fifty years.
Another eye opening video. That Willis Wood theater at 6:20 is impressive. I lived in K.C. For 7 years And I can’t say that I remember any of these buildings except for liberty Memorial. There is an area south of downtown called the Plaza which has a lot of old structures. Also Kansas City is known as the city of fountains because there are so many. I love the music btw. Thank you!
What do you make of the Country Club Plaza? Do you think those buildings are old world? Down town still has some of these massive structures, but I never thought about the Plaza. The Liberty Memorial is still there. They used to have the "KC Spirit Fest", a music festivial, on the grounds of the memorial.
I haven't been there in many years but I would imagine some of them are, also the original Rockhurst building. Would love to see it all again with my new improved vision.
@@billwong101 Well, I'll know later this fall, when I take my son to the University of Kansas (where a load of old world architecture) for a college visit. We'll spend some time in KC. I'll be looking at all of it with fresh eyes.
The "snarky commentary" is to point out that the narrative is a huge lie. Instead of believing what you're told, believe what you see with your own eyes.
@@oldworldex i personally like it, instead of completely over the top loud mouth type commentary like a lot of content creators. Similar to jon levi. Well done. I cant believe all those buildings were in kansas city, amazing. I say " were" because im assuming most are gone now.
Man have you ever been to Kansas City? We didn’t make them, but there are still a ton of them there. Reason why they call it chief’s kingdom, castles and old world buildings everywhere. I don’t meant to hate maybe I wasn’t paying close attention enough attention and I don’t know the exact buildings that are or were there. To clarify I’ve been to KC dozens of times living about 3 hours away, the old world architecture that still exist there seemed abundant to me, but wanted to be sure I wasn’t coming off as I knew for sure which buildings were there and or gone.
I don't know all of the buildings. But I know that at least the liberty memorial at the WW1 museum is still there. I think at least one of the theaters shown in here is alive and well
At 5:58, is that the interior of a KC, MO train station? 😳 Birmingham, Alabama where I live, had the most beautiful train station you could imagine, but this one could give it a run for its money. Wow. Simply beautiful.
@@mollyg4980 I just googled Union Station KC Missouri. WOW!!! The interior is incredible! It looks more holy than a Cathedral. Thank you for enlightening me to its existence!
Sorry you lost yours, the ceilings were repaired, could see sky in places, they hired a guy from England to replaster and paint ceilings, they are awesome.
It seems most are missing the point here. The history we have been taught and shown in pictures doesn't match up to these old world buildings. How did they do this in horse and buggy days with primitive tools? Were they doing all the architectural work from ladders 20-30 stories in the air? Think about the pics we have all seen on the streets in New York, or Chicago some 130 years ago. Early 1800's what were the buildings made of? Logs, not ornate stone and marble. Something is off, I'm just not sure why.
Many of these buildings look to have had an upper story addition or more at different times. Those who lived on the top floor must have had some sturdy legs. Presuming no elevators in them.
