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the first official park board and the head of the Kansas City branch of the Armour Meat
Packing Industry. Landscape architect George Kessler designed Armour Boulevard according to the standard 100-foot right-of-way proposed in the first Board of Park Commissioners report of 1893. Grading and paving occurred during 1900–01. In 1928 Armour Boulevard was widened and the curbside row of trees was removed; during the next year the roadway was repaved with asphaltic concrete.
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Simeon Armour was a powerful supporter of Kansas City's new Parks and
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