 |
Business | Industries | Finance | Tax |
| Index: > A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
|
|||||
| First Prev [ 1 2 3 4 ] Next Last |
Kansas City is well-known for its spacious parkways and many parks. The parkway system winds its way through the city with broad, landscaped medians that include statuary and fountains. One of the best examples is Ward Parkway on the west side of the city, near the Kansas state line.
Swope Park is the nation's largest in-city parks, comprising over one thousand acres (4 kmē), and including a full-fledged zoo, two golf courses, a lake, an amphitheater, day-camp area, and numerous picnic grounds.
Kansas City has always had one of the nation's best urban forestry programs. At one time, almost all residential streets were planted with a solid canopy of American elm; Dutch elm disease was devastating to Kansas City, with almost all of its elms dying and replaced with a variety of other shade trees.
Kansas City ranks second in the world in number of fountains (160), exceeded only by Rome.
Kansas City Sports team presently include the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL's American Conference Western Division; The Kansas City Royals, of MLB's American League Central; The MLS's KC Wizards; the MISL's KC Comets; the ABA's KC Knights; and the newly formed Kansas City Outlaws in the United Hockey League.
Past teams include NBA's Kings, IHL's Blades, NHL's Scouts, and MLB's Athletics.
The following is a partial list of people associated with Kansas City for various reasons, including birth:
| Politics | Business | Finance |
 |
 |
 |
|