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| It's just a two-block strip of 11th Street between Main
and Grand, but for many years and for many Kansas Citians it was the heart of the downtown
experience. As the hub of the downtown retail district, Petticoat Lane was an important
and familiar facet of the lives of at least six generations of city residents. From well
before the turn of the century to the late 1960s, the stores on Petticoat Lane provided
not only goods and services to local shoppers, but vivid, lifelong memories as well. The
warmth of the Tea Room at Emery, Bird, Thayer, the scent of new linens at Woolf Brothers,
and the feel of a crisp new blouse from Harzfeld's are merely a few of the associations
Kansas Citians have of this beloved district. Perhaps this exhibit, focusing on the street
and its various components, will spark more. |
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