Long ago on independence square (Jackson, Salisbury: common, sheriff, remote)

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by SilverDoc

You got it!

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

My initial guess is that is a two-lane Noland Road going south with a divided Southside Boulevard veering off at an arc going west.

Fair Street is going east from the arc across Noland.

As a kid, I always wondered why Southside Boulevard was a divided four lane street for just a short distance.

I also was confused as to why a street was named Southside when it was more in the middle of city.

In that same photo, but out of site on Noland Road the street just south of Alton (23rd) intersection was a divided four lane for about 200 feet or so. In later years, I thought maybe the city was trying to have a divided four lane swinging around to Southside and then going further west as some type of grand entry to the city. Somewhere along the way, they may have given up and scrubbed the project.

Noland north of Alton intersection and on to Pacific was four lane as far back as I can remember and probably before I was born.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by SilverDoc

Noland Road-71 Bypass

What part of Independence was this in? Would seem to me it might have been north of Truman.

[SilverDoc]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

As a kid, I always wondered why Southside Boulevard was a divided four lane street for just a short distance.

I also was confused as to why a street was named Southside when it was more in the middle of city.

In that same photo, but out of site on Noland Road the street just south of Alton (23rd) intersection was a divided four lane for about 200 feet or so. In later years, I thought maybe the city was trying to have a divided four lane swinging around to Southside and then going further west as some type of grand entry to the city. Somewhere along the way, they may have given up and scrubbed the project.

Noland north of Alton intersection and on to Pacific was four lane as far back as I can remember and probably before I was born.

Maybe because Southside is on the "south side" of 23rd? More than likely though, at some point in time, it was the south side of town.

Of course Noland is now four lanes from 24 Hiway south to 40 Hiway.

[SilverDoc]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

What part of Independence was this in? Would seem to me it might have been north of Truman.

Yes. From the east side of Noland (71 bypass) looking west, with 24 hiway just a block to the north.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

I am guessing that is the Missouri Pacific depot at Liberty and Short Streets.

Is this the correct answer or is the place of this photo unknown?

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by SilverDoc

Here's my last one:

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

I am guessing that is the Missouri Pacific depot at Liberty and Short Streets.

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

Is this the correct answer or is the place of this photo unknown?

To me that depot looks like one in Indiana, not Independence.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

To me that depot looks like one in Indiana, not Independence.

Originally Posted by SilverDoc

Try this one one for size. (Sorry it's somewhat out of focus)

If that would be the case, this one must be from Indiana also, chuckle.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by SilverDoc

Maybe because Southside is on the "south side" of 23rd? More than likely though, at some point in time, it was the south side of town.

Of course Noland is now four lanes from 24 Hiway south to 40 Hiway.

The Independence southern city limits were a block south of Southside Boulevard until 1948.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by SilverDoc

Of course Noland is now four lanes from 24 Hiway south to 40 Hiway.

It seems to me that the first expansion of Noland was the south side, the area from the Clark Barnard drug store at Noland and Alton south in stages to I-70. The Noland roadway south of I-70 to US 40 was not expanded until a few years later. The city priority was to get Noland up to four lanes coming into the square area as fast as possible to coincide with the opening of I-70.

At that time, the existing Noland Road four lane island dividers from Pacific to Alton had grass that the city had to keep up by mowing, etc.

In the first stretches of the Noland south expansion, the city tried to emulate the grass dividers by putting in green indoor-outdoor carpeting, where there were island dividers, in place of grass.

That misguided effort did not last very long. At some point the city also got rid of the green grass between Pacific and Alton by replacing with brick pavers.

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by SilverDoc

Noland Road-71 Bypass

Using Google Streetview I see that the first two houses still exist. Go to 912 N Noland.