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Whether you are buying or selling your primary residence, a second home, an investment property, or relocating to a new neighborhood, Jacqueline McCroy Elbert can help make your homeownership dreams come true. To aid you in your home buying or selling process, my website, www.SearchHomesKansasCity.com, offers a wealth of information about the home finding and buying process along with information about the KC Metro area.

Thursday, February 08, 2007

Classsic Tudor






The old and the new meet...the result is stunning. Gourmet Kitchen, bricked Sun Room, spacious Family room with windows across the back, plus picturesque landscaping that provides beauty and privacy.





This classic Tudor style is located in Fairway, Kansas; one of many towns which make up Johnson County. Fairway is a rather popular area, even though the land area is only one square mile. What makes it so desireable is the charm and the location. The much over used phrase, "Location, Location, Location", is so true when you are talking about Fairway.

Saturday, February 03, 2007

The City Of Fountains




Kansas City....the "City Of Fountains". Truly beautiful. As you drive north on Ward Parkway, early on a spring morning, the trees are budding and the flowers are blooming, you come upon the circle fountain at Meyer Boulevard...gorgeous!



The interest in fountains began in the late 1800s. The first fountains were practical in purpose. They were of animals like birds, horses, dogs, etc.; the fountains were for beautification of the city. It was not until the early 1900s, the development of the Country Club Plaza, by J.C. Nichols, and his use of fountains to replicate the town of Seville, Spain, when the interest in fountains exploded.




A walk thru the Country club plaza, music on the corners, with an unexpected fountain here and there. My favorite is the "Boy and The Frog" fountain found at 302 Nichols Road & Central Avenue. The fun and innocence of childhood is depicted in this fountain.





Click here for a wonderful site for the history of the Kansas City Fountains.