Kansas City, Missouri: Mini-Baseball Diamond and Mural
Vacant lot turned into a miniature baseball diamond with a fake retro outfield fence; wall murals of Negro League baseball players and hometown hero John "Buck" O'Neil.
- Address:
- 1832 The Paseo, Kansas City, MO
- Directions:
- Southeast edge of downtown, on the northwest corner of The Paseo and E. 19th St.
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A tip of the cap to the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Baseball League.
[Scott Sheahen, 06/08/2019]
A vacant lot next to an old YMCA (built for people of color in 1914) has been turned into a miniature baseball diamond with a fake retro outfield fence and big murals of Negro League baseball players and hometown hero John "Buck" O'Neil. In 1920 the building was the site where the Negro National Baseball League was created.
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