Boss Tom's House is For Sale!

[gblowfish]

Tom Pendergast's Ward Parkway home is up for sale at just under $4 million. Are you listening Eric Fisher???

If you don't know who Tom Pendergast was, he was the political boss of KC in the 1920's to the 1940's. He's the guy who put Harry Truman in politics.

He was KC's version of Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley before Mayor Daley existed.

Cool house: Check the pictures!

http://www.reeceandnichols.com/homes-for-sale/MO/Kansas-City/64113/5650-Ward-Parkway-72245645

[L.A. Chieffan]

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[Donger]

http://rwimage.fnisrediv.com/ListingImages/KSHEART/addl_picts/0/0/1772894-14.jpg

Is the big fucking snake included?

[allen_kcCard]

Is there a snake in the bed? Or am I just happy to see you?

[siberian khatru]

"And in this room you can see the red velvet pillows with gold trim that Harry Truman knelt on to service Mr. P."

[gblowfish]

I know, WTF is with the snake????
The indoor pool is nice though....

[Rain Man]

Nice place, but I'm not looking to downsize right now.

[Chief_For_Life58]

I wonder if the underground tunnel to his buddies house across the street is still in the basement

[Dayze]

needs work. /CP

[BlackHelicopters]

At 4 mil, buy two.

[RippedmyFlesh]

too small /CP

fyp

[Dayze]

lol; that too.

[HemiEd]

80 year old house with a 2 car garage for 4 mil?

Not even if I had that kind of dough. I guess the owner history must be of some value, as I have seen homes for 1/2 that price much nicer.

[VAChief]

80 year old house with a 2 car garage for 4 mil?

Not even if I had that kind of dough. I guess the owner history must be of some value, as I have seen homes for 1/2 that price much nicer.

Depends on where you live, it's a bargain compared to comparable homes on the coasts.

[Stewie]

80 year old house with a 2 car garage for 4 mil?

Not even if I had that kind of dough. I guess the owner history must be of some value, as I have seen homes for 1/2 that price much nicer.

It's the location. Kind of like spending $25 million for a New York City condo. The old money of KC live in that area. It's really accessible to the city without being in the city. The adjacent area on the Kansas side is also pricey. Back in the day the people that wouldn't put up with the KC corruption moved a mile west. The Kansas side became popular because of it. Ewing Kauffman, the Block family (H&R Block), Russell Stover (candy), the Disney family, the Kohl family (Hemingway wrote most of For Whom the Bell Tolls in their guest house... you'd be proud of a house like that!), the Talge family (Rival, Crock Pot, Seal-a-meal)... ah, too many more to list. It's an awesome area.

[L.A. Chieffan]

It's the location. Kind of like spending $25 million for a New York City condo. The old money of KC live in that area. It's really accessible to the city without being in the city. The adjacent area on the Kansas side is also pricey. Back in the day the people that wouldn't put up with the KC corruption moved a mile west. The Kansas side became popular because of it. Ewing Kauffman, the Block family (H&R Block), Russell Stover (candy), the Disney family, the Kohl family (Hemingway wrote most of For Whom the Bell Tolls in their guest house... you'd be proud of a house like that!), the Talge family (Rival, Crock Pot, Seal-a-meal)... ah, too many more to list. It's an awesome area.

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[Stewie]

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That was funny three days ago.

[Rain Man]

That was funny 500 posts ago.

I'm hoping to use it in some game threads this season.

[Chief_For_Life58]

It's the location. Kind of like spending $25 million for a New York City condo. The old money of KC live in that area. It's really accessible to the city without being in the city. The adjacent area on the Kansas side is also pricey. Back in the day the people that wouldn't put up with the KC corruption moved a mile west. The Kansas side became popular because of it. Ewing Kauffman, the Block family (H&R Block), Russell Stover (candy), the Disney family, the Kohl family (Hemingway wrote most of For Whom the Bell Tolls in their guest house... you'd be proud of a house like that!), the Talge family (Rival, Crock Pot, Seal-a-meal)... ah, too many more to list. It's an awesome area.

Mission Hills, where the beer flows like wine and minorities are pulled over before they even cross the state line.

[Stewie]

Mission Hills, where the beer flows like wine and minorities are pulled over before they even cross the state line.

The KCMO cop-thugs are much more worrisome than Mission Hills. Mission Hills doesn't have a police department.

[Chief_For_Life58]

and where you get tailed and pulled over after 11pm for going the speed limit...great place

[Stewie]

and where you get tailed and pulled over after 11pm for going the speed limit...great place

What are you talking about? Spend a lot of time cruising in MH?

[Chief_For_Life58]

The KCMO cop-thugs are much more worrisome than Mission Hills. Mission Hills doesn't have a police department.

perfect village cops got mission hills on lock

[Chief_For_Life58]

What are you talking about? Spend a lot of time cruising in MH?

in high school, yes

[Stewie]

perfect village cops got mission hills on lock

Yeah, it's a regular gestapo with four patrol cars covering MH and PV.

[Stewie]

in high school, yes

Where did you go to high school? I might know you.

[Chief_For_Life58]

Where did you go to high school? I might know you.

one of the high schools in that greater area. a true super hero never reveals his true identity

[Al Bundy]

needs work. /CP

Too fat!/Omaha

[Stewie]

one of the high schools in that greater area. a true super hero never reveals his true identity

I was just curious. Nobody cruises MH. There's not a straight road in 98% of the city. State Line and Mission Rd. don't count. Tomahawk is a speed trap. The rest of it is cul-de-sacs, two blocks of straight side-street followed by a curved road that becomes a dead end.

[Chief_For_Life58]

Which house would you take in MH if you could choose any of them?

[saphojunkie]

Fucking love the lifecycle sitting between a pool table and wet bar with an ashtray on it.

http://rwimage.fnisrediv.com/ListingImages/KSHEART/addl_picts/0/0/1772894-10.jpg

[saphojunkie]

It's the location. Kind of like spending $25 million for a New York City condo. The old money of KC live in that area. It's really accessible to the city without being in the city. The adjacent area on the Kansas side is also pricey. Back in the day the people that wouldn't put up with the KC corruption moved a mile west. The Kansas side became popular because of it. Ewing Kauffman, the Block family (H&R Block), Russell Stover (candy), the Disney family, the Kohl family (Hemingway wrote most of For Whom the Bell Tolls in their guest house... you'd be proud of a house like that!), the Talge family (Rival, Crock Pot, Seal-a-meal)... ah, too many more to list. It's an awesome area.

It's also the fact that all those huge houses in south overland park are made out of balsa wood and about as original as Clay quoting PFF for the bajillionth time.

[Spicy McHaggis]

http://goodbeerfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/boss_toms_bottle__large.jpg

[T-post Tom]

Almost $27K in taxes....plus earnings tax. Ouch.

[Dylan]

Not to be meticulous, but it should be “French Provincial architectural design, not "French Provencial architectural design."

It you are going to advertise a $3,950,000 house online at least get the spelling right.

[saphojunkie]

Not to be meticulous, but it should be “French Provincial architectural design, not "French Provencial architectural design."

It you are going to advertise a $3,950,000 house online at least get the spelling right.

Provençal?

[Fairplay]

It would be lucky to get 2.5. houses like that are the hardest to sell, very small percent of buyers have that kind of money and if they do they will build their own. As someone else stated a two car garage the price is a huge diterrant.

[Fairplay]

Not to be meticulous, but it should be “French Provincial architectural design, not "French Provencial architectural design."

It you are going to advertise a $3,950,000 house online at least get the spelling right.



Show the agent the mistake on that Dylan, better yet show the typo to the seller they will love it.