A Century of Local. Brookside is Kansas City’s first suburban shopping area (fun fact – did you know the Brookside Shops predated the County Club Plaza?). On September 1, 1919, the headline of the Country Club District Bulletin read “Construction Begun on First Group of Neighborhood Shops at Sixty-Third and Brookside Boulevard.” Ground had been broken for the Brookside Shops. Conceived before the first World War and started in 1919, the shops were completed over the next decade.
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A Century of Local. Brookside is Kansas City’s first suburban shopping area (fun fact – did you know the Brookside Shops predated the County Club Plaza?). On September 1, 1919, the headline of the Country Club District Bulletin read “Construction Begun on First Group of Neighborhood Shops at Sixty-Third and Brookside Boulevard.” Ground had been broken for the Brookside Shops. Conceived before the first World War and started in 1919, the shops were completed over the next decade.
Designed to serve the automobile set, it boasted specialty, grocery and drug stores, medical offices, even a special community center, as well as the first south-side police and fire stations. 100 years later, Brookside is an enduring model of a neighborhood center. Unlike many other historic centers, Brookside still serves its community with basic needs like a grocery store, drugstore, restaurants, a dime store, realtors, accountants, and so many other services.
Today Brookside is home to over 90 shops, restaurants, and offices, all unique and in keeping with the original neighborhood charm and architecture.
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