History Bluff - Quality Hill
Quality Hill is a historic neighborhood near downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA, situated on a 200-foot-high bluff which overlooks the confluence of the Kansas River and Missouri River in the West Bottoms below. Situated within fourteen blocks of the Missouri River itself, Quality Hill is the oldest established residential area in the Kansas City metropolitan area to remain continuously inhabited.
It is located on the west side of downtown, bounded by Broadway to the east, I-35 to the west, 7th Street to the north, and 14th Street to the south. The Kansas border is half a mile away through the West Bottoms. Since 1978, Quality Hill has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Lewis and Clark Expedition
On September 15, 1806, the Lewis and Clark Expedition stopped on what is now Quality Hill, on its return from the Pacific Ocean. Meriwether Lewis noted in his journal that the site offered a "commanding situation for a fort." Today, the site is commemorated by a large bronze sculpture, informational signposts, and a lookout point at the north end of Case Park, located at 8th Street and Jefferson Street.
Today
Since its initial refurbishment, Quality Hill once again has become a highly upscale urban neighborhood. It is widely regarded as one of the best successes in urban renewal in the United States. Quality Hill's attractiveness to potential inhabitants derives from both its historic beauty and its ready access to the cultural and business benefits of downtown Kansas City. Its architecture – both historic and new, echoing Kansas City's origins and in a similar architectural style to St. Louis's historic Soulard neighborhood – is mostly in a 19th-century French colonial style.
Please:
- Use stealth, there may be walkers / lurkers about.
- Ensure cache is placed whereas not to be accidently discovered.
- Comment on what was seen on your visit.
- If trading swag, remember to trade up.
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Items visible from this vantage point:
- Quality Hill - LINK
- Kaw Point (Lewis and Clark Expedition) - LINK
- West Bottoms (Central Industrial District) - LINK
- Kemper Arena - LINK
- American Royal - LINK
- Kansas City Stockyards - LINK
- Kansas City Live Stock Exchange Building - LINK
- Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport - LINK
- American Hereford Association - "Bob"- LINK
- HNTB Corporation - LINK
- FBI Building (Kansas City Division) – LINK