Urban Walk 2: Waldo to the River - April 8, 2006
Part 5: Union Hill to Hospital Hill
Union Hill...
31st & Gilham...
Heading north on Gilham...
30th & Gilham...
30th & Oak...
Gilham & McGee...
Gilham at 27th Terr...
26th & Gilham...
26th & Holmes...
2500 block of Holmes...
2500 block of Cherry...
Alleyway behind the 2500 block of Cherry...
2500 block of Holmes...
Hospital Hill...
UMKC's Diastole (25th & Holmes)...
25th & Cherry...
Entering Children's Mercy Park at 25th & Gilham...
Helicopter on the helipad...
This piano actually works. It lights up and plays each note as you step on the keys...
Main entrance to Children's Mercy...
22nd & Locust...
23rd & Holmes...
Holmes, approaching 24th...
24th & Campbell...
24th & Troost...
The skyline, viewed from the 24th/Tracy overpass over US-71...
I had planned to go directly to 18th & Vine from here but I got myself turned around at this intersection and decided I'd be better off backtracking and going a different route than risk going the wrong way. I later found out I'd have hit The Paseo, as I intended, if I'd just gone another 1500 feet or so.
24th & Tracy...
24th & Troost...
Troost Ave. overpass over US-71...
Troost Ave. overpass over the railroad tracks...
Just after I passed those tracks I found a cool looking junkyard around 20th & Troost.
But a trio of junkyard dogs ran me off before I could get a picture.
Next up... Jazz District. Continue